Never Ending Story The Book

[VashDstampede]

My screencaps were a bit dark, so those pics were lightened, but here's one without any adjustments.

No she never got around to doing the corners, but I can tackle it if nobody else steps up, I'm a bit of a sculpter myself

 

[LordFett]

Yeah, if you email me the .pdf or the link to it I'll convert it.

lordfett213 at gmail dot com

 

[irishamericanlad]

burnt orange?

My screencaps were a bit dark, so those pics were lightened, but here's one without any adjustments.

No she never got around to doing the corners, but I can tackle it if nobody else steps up, I'm a bit of a sculpter myself

 

[Contec]

Will the real book be as thick as the movie book? or will it need blank pages.

 

[propologist]

I think it would be fairly easy to do the pages if you can get the top and bottom scrolls right. You could put greeking in everything else and just copy enough pages. The thickness and size would be the only important part. The cover details can be made with all the talented guys here.

 

[N2darkness]

I'd really be interested in a copy of this, either blank or the original story. Here is a hi-res pic from the import Blu-ray.

 

[Rik1138]

it doesnt look like leather though...

Well, whatever they use on the cover of 'high-end' (or old) hard-back books... It's definitely got a texture and look like morocco leather, or some kind of leather used for books. I suppose it could just be a vinyl or some kind of imitation leather. (What do they use on books these days?)

Keep in mind, the book is supposed to be an antique, so real leather of some kind would probably suit the look of it.

Rik

 

[LordFett]

I have a feeling it is just stretched tooled leather.

 

[VashDstampede]

I agree that leather would be ideal for the book cover.

Anyway I drew up a guide to sculpt the corner pieces:

Again, this is just a guide, the depths and thickness will come when it gets sculpted.
I scaled it to the Auryn (approx. 3" circumference) and it's about 3.25" on the two sides and approx. 4.5" on the longest side.
With these sizes, I drew it up and the scale of the book would probably be around 11" x 14".
Don't know if I'm right, but looks good to me.

 

[Rik1138]

Okay, found some stuff in the second movie (just scanning through it quickly). It's obviously a different prop (the pages are cut smooth, that gives it away immediately), but if we want to try to incorporate both versions into one book:

I'd stick with the design of the first movie as much as possible, but in the second movie the Auryn is removed from the book at the beginning, leaving a pressed pattern in the shape of it in the leather. If we wanted to try something really crazy, we could try putting a piece of metal (or magnet) in the book cover itself, and then put magnets in the Auryn as well, so you can remove it if you want... :cool Probably overkill, but it sounds cool.

The first two pictures show this.

The second two show the pattern of the endsheets (with the first one being brightened up a bit...), and also the little sticker that gives the name and address of the shop were Bastian gets the book (presumably in both films...)

The next two pictures show two different chapter starts with the huge dropped capitals that I assume start each chapter, and the artwork at the top/bottom of each page. This artwork is different than the first movie, so I don't think we should worry about it.

The last image is the only real piece of artwork in the book that I noticed will zipping through the movie.

Thought I'd post those, just in case...

 

[VashDstampede]

Here's a quick lay-out:

 

[darthinvictus]

Marbled end papers and illumination sounds really cool!!!!
Also that sticker woud be pretty awesome.
I can start the wax original for the corner brackets, but i dont want to dominate in any way if others are want ing a stake in the project.
Vash big thanks on my end.

 

[troopermatthew]

Its probably a good idea to combine bits from both books. Take all we can from the first book and any missing details (such as the design of the end pages) can be sourced from the second book. What about the pictures from the second book? Could be useful in padding it out abit! Loving that sticker though, what a great piece of detail!

 

[Eduard]

@Vash: great start !! :thumbsup

After some search I also found the original german version as pdf.
As a German I really like the idea to have the book also in its original german version :lol

The movie was filmed in the 80's at the munich moviestudio named "Bavarian Filmstudios".
I visited the studio as a child an dhad the luck to sit on Falcor and to fly
with him (bluescreen :lol )

If I can help you guys - just contact me, it would be a honor for me.

 

[Eduard]

Also that sticker woud be pretty awesome.

Yes the sticker is great and should definitely make it into the book!

 

[irishamericanlad]

I can see the grain better nowand will cut out some tooling leather and give it a test

 

[Eduard]

Had some time today and worked on the sticker:
I am not completely happy with the curves on the letters.
I painted them by hand because I didn't find a good font.
Please keep in mind this is my first prop I ever made :lol

 

[Jericho]

Nice job on the sticker personaly i dont think youll notice the curving on the lettering as when its in the book it will be smaller and look more sharper. What size is the sticker in the book?

 

[Stormgirl]

Had some time today and worked on the sticker:
I am not completely happy with the curves on the letters.
I painted them by hand because I didn't find a good font.
Please keep in mind this is my first prop I ever made :lol

Thats an awsome job!!!!!

 

[Stormgirl]

Incase any one wants to invest in it, amazon also has a collectable version of the hard bound book. It has all the color pictures and color writings, but its going for $95.00 bucks. Very steep, but could have all the stuff inside yall are looking for.

I am definatly interested in this one that yall are putting together. count me in too please.