National treasure book of secrets pics of weathered books

[houdiniguy]

Re: National treasure book of secrets pics

Looking awesome, I was just looking at photos of the books made for the movie by Ross McDonald yesterday and then saw this thread.

Hello!
May I ask what the link may be to view the photos you mentioned?
Does Ross mcDonald have a site to view such pages?

By the way Mars. Taz and all you masters of all that is way cool...
I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Best Regards
tom

 

[Stefan Jones]

Re: National treasure book of secrets pics

Click her please......

:love

 

[TK-2126_MD]

Re: National treasure book of secrets pics

Nice work! I too want to know what's on page 47. :cool

the next sequel LOL :lol

 

[marsattack]

Re: National treasure book of secrets (UPDATE)

Book are printed and binded, I am picking them up Mondat morning , as I could not pick them up friday night.
I will post pics of them ,
Next I will do the individual leather pockets exact to size and weather accordingly.
I am expecting to ship them out by Wednesday.
Once again to the parties involved , I thank you for your patience.
marcel

 

[marsattack]

Re: National treasure book of secrets (UPDATE)

Hi , books are all printed and binded and in my hands!!!
will be assembling and shipping out this week, i will pm you directly for the last payment as I finish assembling the books.

here they are prior to weathering them second pic shows stitching, then weathered with some inserts starting to go in!!!
thank you
Mars

 

[Walter]

Awesome!

 

[MurdocXXL]

WoW :eek The aging is looking amazing!! Congrats to everybody who is looking forward to receive mail shortly (unfortunately not me :cry ).

Still wandering about the aging of the completely binded books :confused. I think i know how to age single pages...but how to do it with a finished book :confused Any tipps regarding this ? at least where to search for infos.? :angel Thanks in advance!

 

[kevjh]

Looking GREAT
Kevjh

 

[AlHazred]

This is awesome and exciting! Makes me wish I had the cash to spare; this has been a bad year for me props-wise -- all this stuff I want came out, but unemployment forced me not to buy! Grrr!!!

I'm intensely curious what you went with as far as source material for the inserts. There are so many options!

 

[Stefan Jones]

looks simply wonderful !!

 

[smordant]

I am sure these are going to be beauties and yes I wish I had spare funds for one, one can but drool.

 

[KramStaar]

Taz / Mars... Guys this is unbelievable!! The amount of work you've put into this masterpiece would freak grown man out so seriously that he'd run screaming for the hills!

Warmest congratulations to you both and many thanks for your dedication, skill and kindness in making it available to the rest of us. I can't wait to lay my hands on one of these beauties!!!

Oh yeah!!!

 

[marsattack]

Sorry Guys , I had posted pics on this thread by mistake , then I posted the same on Chris's thread as to show progress.
Thank you all for taking the time to post encouraging comments.
To the chap that inquired about ageing, I have pmd you.
To the rest again thank you , it is worth the while making stuff when the comments are as such.
It was a lot of work and "which inserts" as there where many available, I think we used ALL OF THEM !!!!lol
80 plus
Marcel

 

[hman2015]

FROM OTHER THREAD TAZVADER WROTE:

Ok folks just a small update

The first 5 covers are coming hot off the press. Might I say they look AMAZING!!!!! lol Mars is going to take some nice pics tonight and post them after he has had a bit more of a fiddle.....no-one will be dissapointed with these babies Remember this is the covers.......

Now the bad news... because of the time involved in putting together each individual book, we are going to be doing VERY limited runs. Basically we want a very definite timeline from payment to you having your item in your hand. I detest interest lists and would rather have the item ready and out the door as soon as payment is recieved.

We are unsure as to how many we will be doing but the first run will consist of only 5 books. No more no less. Stay tuned for the pics.........they will knock your socks off!!!!!!!

Regards
TAZ



Hi everyone , here is what Taz and me have been doing........
About the book:
6 months ago Chris and me discussed a possible BOS , we talked and came up with a lot of ideas and stories. As I said before , the original replica of the BOS is currently sold by the owner for $5000. We cannot duplicate that book.
instead Chris took the job of rewriting the entire book from scratch, over 70 stories, all original , fun , some funny , interesting , pure genious.
You could say this could of very well been used in the movie.
ALL STORIES IDEAS are found as the per the movie book maybe even some extra ones , just completely different.
We also asked "Indy Magnoli " to put an entry in here, so be prepared to find
his talents in the form of a common story and some custom inserts made by him.
Mark Raats, another member , friend and a well respected artist whose work is beyond "incredible" has also provided us and the book with original artwork used in the Roswell story.
Todd (turboman) helped and supplied us with inserts/photos etc.

There are a few more people that have given us permission to use their original artwork, these people , I will mention as we get closer to the end.

The book cover is made from a thick hide, weathered using oils and treated.
The presidential seal has been reproduced , artwork redone and burnt on to the leather.
Buttons are cold casted with real bronze for weight and color.
All stories will be handwritten then scanned, printed and aged.
ALL pages will be debossed with the presidential seal and/or stamped with it.
Notary embossed seals were also made for documents/letters.
We had these made so you would get an original page not just a print.
We have over 70 inserts maybe more than what was on the original, but we may not use all in the book.
Our newspaper front pages are copies from originals and are full pages not book size.
All photos are individually printed by a photographic shop not at home.
Again all photos will bear the emblemm stamped AFTER printing.
We have not taken shortcuts to make this ,we spent a lot of money and time.

There is still the painstaking job of assembling, that is why 5 books are only going to be for sale now and a very small amount after that, this is due to the cost the leather which was astronomical , time already spent and still the cost of assembling it. Professional book binding is also included.
We have not taken any money from anyone to do this nor will we until all components are ready.
I have removed costings as per forum rules , will initiate a sale thread soon in the junkyard.


It has taken 6 months and actually between my construction work and Christians homw away work , I think we have done well.

I cannot paste here all the pages but since we have already shown to some of you the TITANIC page , here it is again.
Also a schematic drawn and proivided by Ramiel for the sonic gun.
Another work of art!!!
Pics of the leather as I got it today, fold , trim and further ageing to be done.
It will have some torn edging.
Cheers everyone
Marcel

September 13 1982

It is my unfortunate duty that not only must I know of this book and its contents. But because I must write an entry. Not just for the sake of posterity but also for the future protection and prosperity of this, our great nation.

In 1910, our then President, William Taft learned through our various international contacts of a meteor that had crashed in Austria. (Refer Pres’ Taft’s 2nd entry) That precious cargo was eventually to be shipped to these United States by liner. A 46,000 tonne liner to be accurate. Needless to say the cargo never arrived. But that was of no concern to us at the time as the ship in question was one RMS Titanic. So at least if we could not secure the element for our country and the security of the free world, at least it would be safe from any nefarious elements.

Since April 1912 this surety and peace of mind has been unknowingly kept, unbeknownst to everyday Americans.

Until today. On this day I received a file on my desk containing pictures taken by one of the Navy’s deep sea submersibles. The intention of this seemingly innocent exploratory mission was to locate the Titanic’s lower cargo area and if possible raise the element from the depths. Investigation shows the ship to be broken into at least two pieces. But on further study of its superstructure and original schematics, it has come to light that it is not the Titanic lying on the ocean floor. But is in reality her identical twin sister...the Olympic!
Although nameplates and markings and other details had been changed enough to fool the casual observer. It is indeed, undenialably the Olympic.
Our analysts have discovered that it was not an opposing nation or regime that had orchestrated this switch. But greed. Our first thought was the incentive was to steal the ore. But it was really an attempt to defraud the company insuring the two ships. A desperate hoax gone horribly wrong. Somewhere in the changeover the element was apparently misplaced. We believe the changeover took place whilst both ships were in drydock on March 6 1912. The Olympic had at that time lost a propeller. So the Titanic was moved in order for it to be replaced.

I have authorised the continuation of this subterfuge. For all intents and purposes the “Titanic” will remain unreachable at the bottom of the North Atlantic. The element still seemingly unreachable to our enemies.

We must keep it so until we can locate the cargo. It is likely to be either stored in some dusty warehouse where no knowledge of its actual value is known. Or even dumped somewhere as a useless ore.....somewhere.
All efforts are being made by this administration to find it and it is my wish that this search continue until it is found.
Pres. Ronald Regan

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[TazVader]

Mmm. It was a long time ago but I can have a look. Email me.

Cheers
T
A
Z



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