My Marauders map (Lots of pics)

[Rcampen]

I think ill start with a bit of back story....

About a year ago i needed a present for my sisters birthday, unfortunately i couldn't find anything she would like in my price range(unemployed at the time) so i started searching for other alternatives, i knew she liked Harry Potter so i started searching for ideas and then i came across the Marauders map and thought I'd give it ago.

Now I've never made anything like this before, but once id started i couldnt stop i started hunting all over the internet for reference material, i found out the size and realized that i could not make it at that size i reduced it by a few inches so i could fit it on something that was as tall as A4 and started tracing

Now this is no where near accurate but it fits my purpose perfectly and she absolutely loved it

I didnt get many pictures of the start but here are the ones i did get (Sorry for quality)

The start of the map

And here is my finished version (NOTE: i actually made 2 so there may be differences in the pics)

Tell me how you think i did :confused

 

[Figure5901]

Fantastic work! Congratulations on your first prop.

 

[bondfan2000]

That thing looks HUGE. LOL That looks fantastic.

what are the dimensions?

I would love to make one like that, could you share the files and explain what steps you took to age it like that.