The Prop Lord
Well-Known Member
Hey guys! Some of you may have seen my Eye of Agamotto floating around on the here or Etsy. This isn't a interest thread for that (I may open one if Etsy dies down too much). But I wanted to add a picture of it though to help showcase my ability to replicate near perfect detail.
I plan to make the Book of Cagliostro from Marvel's Doctor Strange. Story and Comic wise, the book is filled with information regarding many Mystical Arts throughout the world. I intend to make a perfect-as-possible replica of the book, with a few twists and I wanted to see if it garnered interest.
The Specs:
The Hard Bits: The "metal" parts will be 3d printed so as much and precise detail can be made. Once printed, they will be molded, then either be cold cast or cast with resin then painted to look as ancient. It will hopefully, also have a partially locking clasp/latch (no "hard core" mechanics). Possibly magnetic.
Hard Cover: It will be a hard back book, likely some form of plastic sheeting or heavy Chipboard. It will be wrapped in either real or faux leather, holding 8.5" x 11" sheets of printed / weathered / aged parchment paper.
Prints: Pages will consist of accurate recreations of the pages we saw on screen, along with more content than we actually saw. It will have original art, all hand drawn, then digitized, by me (I get to put my Graphic Design degree to good use
), but all styled exactly the way the other pages are shown so it has a consistent feel. It would feature things like the sling rings, inter-dimensional beings, different artifacts that had screen time like The Staff of One and the Wand of Watoomb, maybe a few hints of the Infinity Gauntlet, things like that.
Electronics: The front of the book, (around 1/4"-1/2"), will be partially hollow / solid, with electronics that make the glyphs pulse / glow when turned on. It is my intention that faux pages (still made of paper) take up this space so it still looks like a normal book.
Paper: As far as the actual paper portion goes, according to my scaling of the image of the book.... Having the pages sit at 8.5" x 11"each, the thickness of the paper is around 1.2" - 1.3" , which is roughly between 300-350 sheets of 60-80lb "normal" paper. Parchment Paper is seemingly more dense, so 60lb is considered "card stock", while "normal paper" is 110 for the "normal" card stock, and 130~ for good business cards. So I may go with 300 sheets of 24lb Parchment Paper.
Binding: it's nearly impossible to get a large quantity of 11" x 17" Parchment Paper without it exceeding well over the desired cost per book, so I intend to do the binding a bit like a paper back book, so far as gluing the sheets together, instead of sewing the pages together. (No folds, no need for sewing). But I'm more than likely going to use FreeSole instead of something weak like PVA. I use FreeSole to glue Urethane Rubber pieces together to other Urethane Rubber. The rubber rips way before the glue ever lets go. I swear by the stuff.
I will of course test it and other glues to make sure the book lasts forever, as I'm not 100% sure the glue will permeate the paper enough to make a perfect bond.
Accuracy: am I getting the details? With all of the clips around the web, and Marvel's Doctor Strange: The Art of the Movie, there is ample information that will render a highly detailed book. I'd share pictures from The Art of the Movie, but, that might be a copyright infringement thing.
Price:
With all of the material costs taken into account, I'm thinking around $150+Shipping (It might go up, it might go down)
Shipping Inside the US will more than likely be $15~, Outside the US may be upwards of $30.
I would love to hear your input! So please, let me know what you guys think! Good idea? Bad idea? Too expensive? Low balling the prop? What extra content should be in it, or should there only be 6 pages ( lol )?
Progress:
First 3d printed piece.
I plan to make the Book of Cagliostro from Marvel's Doctor Strange. Story and Comic wise, the book is filled with information regarding many Mystical Arts throughout the world. I intend to make a perfect-as-possible replica of the book, with a few twists and I wanted to see if it garnered interest.
The Specs:
The Hard Bits: The "metal" parts will be 3d printed so as much and precise detail can be made. Once printed, they will be molded, then either be cold cast or cast with resin then painted to look as ancient. It will hopefully, also have a partially locking clasp/latch (no "hard core" mechanics). Possibly magnetic.
Hard Cover: It will be a hard back book, likely some form of plastic sheeting or heavy Chipboard. It will be wrapped in either real or faux leather, holding 8.5" x 11" sheets of printed / weathered / aged parchment paper.
Prints: Pages will consist of accurate recreations of the pages we saw on screen, along with more content than we actually saw. It will have original art, all hand drawn, then digitized, by me (I get to put my Graphic Design degree to good use
), but all styled exactly the way the other pages are shown so it has a consistent feel. It would feature things like the sling rings, inter-dimensional beings, different artifacts that had screen time like The Staff of One and the Wand of Watoomb, maybe a few hints of the Infinity Gauntlet, things like that.Electronics: The front of the book, (around 1/4"-1/2"), will be partially hollow / solid, with electronics that make the glyphs pulse / glow when turned on. It is my intention that faux pages (still made of paper) take up this space so it still looks like a normal book.
Paper: As far as the actual paper portion goes, according to my scaling of the image of the book.... Having the pages sit at 8.5" x 11"each, the thickness of the paper is around 1.2" - 1.3" , which is roughly between 300-350 sheets of 60-80lb "normal" paper. Parchment Paper is seemingly more dense, so 60lb is considered "card stock", while "normal paper" is 110 for the "normal" card stock, and 130~ for good business cards. So I may go with 300 sheets of 24lb Parchment Paper.
Binding: it's nearly impossible to get a large quantity of 11" x 17" Parchment Paper without it exceeding well over the desired cost per book, so I intend to do the binding a bit like a paper back book, so far as gluing the sheets together, instead of sewing the pages together. (No folds, no need for sewing). But I'm more than likely going to use FreeSole instead of something weak like PVA. I use FreeSole to glue Urethane Rubber pieces together to other Urethane Rubber. The rubber rips way before the glue ever lets go. I swear by the stuff.
I will of course test it and other glues to make sure the book lasts forever, as I'm not 100% sure the glue will permeate the paper enough to make a perfect bond.
Accuracy: am I getting the details? With all of the clips around the web, and Marvel's Doctor Strange: The Art of the Movie, there is ample information that will render a highly detailed book. I'd share pictures from The Art of the Movie, but, that might be a copyright infringement thing.
Price:
With all of the material costs taken into account, I'm thinking around $150+Shipping (It might go up, it might go down)
Shipping Inside the US will more than likely be $15~, Outside the US may be upwards of $30.
I would love to hear your input! So please, let me know what you guys think! Good idea? Bad idea? Too expensive? Low balling the prop? What extra content should be in it, or should there only be 6 pages ( lol )?
Progress:
First 3d printed piece.
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