Saw a post on these not that long ago and being a huge fan of Narnia decided to get one despite having made the larger maps on an earlier project here. I had printed a large 25X28 on actual parchment and then colorized it and then aged it to give it a real world map feel. But I swore if a licensed piece ever made it out on the market, I would make the purchase.
Sure enough, someone posted this one up:
http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=813786&event=SP80623|1029825|80623|1029825|80623
I picked up a couple and received them today. They are smaller, 13X16 but with a great frame and etched glass that looks terrific. But the print stunk. Terrible, you cannot make out most of the detail from a foot away it was so faded. Because of that, at first thought, I was going to send them back for a refund. But the frame was so nice and the etching so good, I figured maybe I could substitute something inside. Being a boxed frame, it would make a super back ground display for some thing like the Mini MR Narnia pieces mounted inside.
Still, I really liked the map idea so I ended up printing out the colored map that New Cinema released here:
http://www.parable.com/content/page/narnia_/NarniaMap.jpg
I printed out the full color copy on parchment using MS Publisher and then carefully folded and refolded the edges so I could tear them off. After doing so, I mounted the map on the black backing of the original frame mat and it came out looking terrific.
For $ 12.00, you cannot loose on this purchase. The frame and etched glasswork alone is worth it and with a bit more work, you can have an incredible display piece with the map or for your MR pieces as a background display box. If you have any Narnia collectables, this is well worth the purchase to get one or two of these.
Sure enough, someone posted this one up:
http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=813786&event=SP80623|1029825|80623|1029825|80623
I picked up a couple and received them today. They are smaller, 13X16 but with a great frame and etched glass that looks terrific. But the print stunk. Terrible, you cannot make out most of the detail from a foot away it was so faded. Because of that, at first thought, I was going to send them back for a refund. But the frame was so nice and the etching so good, I figured maybe I could substitute something inside. Being a boxed frame, it would make a super back ground display for some thing like the Mini MR Narnia pieces mounted inside.
Still, I really liked the map idea so I ended up printing out the colored map that New Cinema released here:
http://www.parable.com/content/page/narnia_/NarniaMap.jpg
I printed out the full color copy on parchment using MS Publisher and then carefully folded and refolded the edges so I could tear them off. After doing so, I mounted the map on the black backing of the original frame mat and it came out looking terrific.
For $ 12.00, you cannot loose on this purchase. The frame and etched glasswork alone is worth it and with a bit more work, you can have an incredible display piece with the map or for your MR pieces as a background display box. If you have any Narnia collectables, this is well worth the purchase to get one or two of these.
