I just finished this up (while waiting for the glue on another project to dry), & I'm pretty stoked about how it turned out. First, relevant screencaps:
I noted there was actually two versions of this prop. A thin-ish one that fits conveniently into a Grammaton Clerics' front coat pocket:
And a full-sized book that was used in the big Cleric Partridge 'sense-offense' reveal:
For my version, I utilized the graphics provided so graciously by (IIRC) 'amish', created a suitable background for said graphics, sized them, & had them printed out on 70# paper. The book, which I found/purchased on Amazon three years ago, is something I REALLY lucked out on. On-screen, the book Partridge is actually holding is (quoted from the unofficial/official website):
After paper-cementing my cover onto the book, I set about weathering it. I had actually planned to take my 9mm & make a screen-accurate bullet hole through the book, but I was worried about how much damage might occur to the book (beyond the hole), so I opted for a drill & dremel.
After finishing that up, I decided (even though it isn't screen-accurate) that I would add some blood to the inside of the book, just cuz I'm pretty confident that if one got shot in the throat while holding a book right in front of one's melon, that there would be some spatter. So I took a razor blade (WHATWHATWHAT?) & made a small slice on the palm-side of my middle finger, let a couple drops of blood pool up, then I flicked it at the book a couple of times. After that, I called it done. Anyway, here's the finished piece, & thanks for looking:
I noted there was actually two versions of this prop. A thin-ish one that fits conveniently into a Grammaton Clerics' front coat pocket:
And a full-sized book that was used in the big Cleric Partridge 'sense-offense' reveal:
For my version, I utilized the graphics provided so graciously by (IIRC) 'amish', created a suitable background for said graphics, sized them, & had them printed out on 70# paper. The book, which I found/purchased on Amazon three years ago, is something I REALLY lucked out on. On-screen, the book Partridge is actually holding is (quoted from the unofficial/official website):
I was able to find a book of W. B. Yeats' poetry, that was of correct approximate dimensions (height, width, thickness), AND after I got it (this blew my damn mind), the poem Partridge was reading on-screen ("He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven") was not only on the correct (right-hand) side, but was approximately the same distance into the book (!!!).
After paper-cementing my cover onto the book, I set about weathering it. I had actually planned to take my 9mm & make a screen-accurate bullet hole through the book, but I was worried about how much damage might occur to the book (beyond the hole), so I opted for a drill & dremel.
After finishing that up, I decided (even though it isn't screen-accurate) that I would add some blood to the inside of the book, just cuz I'm pretty confident that if one got shot in the throat while holding a book right in front of one's melon, that there would be some spatter. So I took a razor blade (WHATWHATWHAT?) & made a small slice on the palm-side of my middle finger, let a couple drops of blood pool up, then I flicked it at the book a couple of times. After that, I called it done. Anyway, here's the finished piece, & thanks for looking:
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