Ehyder20
Active Member
Hello folks! Want to make a replica of Kurtz's Dossier? You have come to the right place!
After seeing Adam Savages build of his Dossier, I instantly knew I had to make one. I have made paper props before like the grail diary, but this has proved to be an entirely different beast. There is just such a large amount of material and small parts and for me personally I found that really overwhelming to get started. It is my goal here to upload all material I have compiled into a organized and accessible place. The files uploaded here are a mix of a lot of Adams work from his Dossier, as well as files I have made myself. I am quite new to photoshopping stuff and making the documents so forgive me if there are some things that are not 100% accurate. I am always wanting to make it better so feel free to point something out that doesn't look quite right! Ivory's will be updated as I add more material.
The documents are sorted by the Different Ivory's. Page 1 is the top piece of paper for that Ivory it goes in order underneath from there. Documents labeled with (OS) are to be printed in onion skin paper. Don't have access to that? Simply take some tracing paper and adhere it to some regular printer paper with a glue stick around the edges. Trim the edges. This will give it enough grab to feed into most consumer printers. you can simply then peel off the paper and there should be little to no residue. For assembly watch Adams video seen here:
It will be your bible.
(PHOTOS) All the photos that need to be printed out can be found here!: Kurtz Dossier (In the miscellaneous I have included the clippings that can be adhered to specific photos seen is Adams video)
(VINYL POUCHES) One of the more difficult parts is going to be getting the correct vinyl pouches. The only way to really get them is to have them custom made. I don't have the cash to do that but I have found these: Snap Closure Vinyl Envelopes - 6 x 9 They are not perfect but they are pretty damn close.
(CLASSIFIED FOLDER) Ivory's 3 and 4 both have a red jacker that covers them indicating they contain classified documents. There is 2 options for getting these. You can download the file called red-grunge-background found in the misscelaneous section and then adhere it to a donor folder or you can buy these folders called "Skillcraft classification folders" here is an example :Office Depot Brand Pressboard Classification Folders With Fasteners, 2 Dividers, Letter Size (8-1/2in x 11in), 2in Expansion, 100% Recycled, Red, Box Of 10 Credit goes to Jamesfett for finding these!
(US ARMY WAX STAMP) When Willard first gets the dossier, there is a shot where he tears off the string of the folder and breaks a seal. I am assuming this is a standard US army eagle. I found one that looks very close found here: US Army Symbol Wax Seal Stamp
UPDATE LOG:
-added insert that is glued on to the inside of the red folder. It can be found in miscellaneous (03/30/24)
-added front and back of 1960s Vietnamese ids (03/31/24)
-added last to pages for Ivory 3. It is now complete. (03/31/24)
-Finished ivory 4 (03/31/24)
-added TIME magazine cover in miscellaneous (04/09/24)
-added the envelope that gets handed to Willard at the start in miscellaneous (04/10/24)
-added envelope letter in miscellaneous (04/22/24)
After seeing Adam Savages build of his Dossier, I instantly knew I had to make one. I have made paper props before like the grail diary, but this has proved to be an entirely different beast. There is just such a large amount of material and small parts and for me personally I found that really overwhelming to get started. It is my goal here to upload all material I have compiled into a organized and accessible place. The files uploaded here are a mix of a lot of Adams work from his Dossier, as well as files I have made myself. I am quite new to photoshopping stuff and making the documents so forgive me if there are some things that are not 100% accurate. I am always wanting to make it better so feel free to point something out that doesn't look quite right! Ivory's will be updated as I add more material.
The documents are sorted by the Different Ivory's. Page 1 is the top piece of paper for that Ivory it goes in order underneath from there. Documents labeled with (OS) are to be printed in onion skin paper. Don't have access to that? Simply take some tracing paper and adhere it to some regular printer paper with a glue stick around the edges. Trim the edges. This will give it enough grab to feed into most consumer printers. you can simply then peel off the paper and there should be little to no residue. For assembly watch Adams video seen here:
(PHOTOS) All the photos that need to be printed out can be found here!: Kurtz Dossier (In the miscellaneous I have included the clippings that can be adhered to specific photos seen is Adams video)
(VINYL POUCHES) One of the more difficult parts is going to be getting the correct vinyl pouches. The only way to really get them is to have them custom made. I don't have the cash to do that but I have found these: Snap Closure Vinyl Envelopes - 6 x 9 They are not perfect but they are pretty damn close.
(CLASSIFIED FOLDER) Ivory's 3 and 4 both have a red jacker that covers them indicating they contain classified documents. There is 2 options for getting these. You can download the file called red-grunge-background found in the misscelaneous section and then adhere it to a donor folder or you can buy these folders called "Skillcraft classification folders" here is an example :Office Depot Brand Pressboard Classification Folders With Fasteners, 2 Dividers, Letter Size (8-1/2in x 11in), 2in Expansion, 100% Recycled, Red, Box Of 10 Credit goes to Jamesfett for finding these!
(US ARMY WAX STAMP) When Willard first gets the dossier, there is a shot where he tears off the string of the folder and breaks a seal. I am assuming this is a standard US army eagle. I found one that looks very close found here: US Army Symbol Wax Seal Stamp
UPDATE LOG:
-added insert that is glued on to the inside of the red folder. It can be found in miscellaneous (03/30/24)
-added front and back of 1960s Vietnamese ids (03/31/24)
-added last to pages for Ivory 3. It is now complete. (03/31/24)
-Finished ivory 4 (03/31/24)
-added TIME magazine cover in miscellaneous (04/09/24)
-added the envelope that gets handed to Willard at the start in miscellaneous (04/10/24)
-added envelope letter in miscellaneous (04/22/24)
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