Bonded Hawk
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Thank you for doing this. I am hoping to add this to my man cave.
Wonder Woman 1918 photograph
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Bonded Hawk
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Has anyone going to try printing this to plexiglass? I think I might try waterslide decal paper.
Arlington Beech
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Was thinking a waterslide decal....but sue to lack of material an ease of finding others am trying a transparency print (for an over head projector) and fixing it to glass....if i can figure out the appropriate glue to use
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Also, for size reference here is a photo I found online:
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Also, for size reference here is a photo I found online:
Feezle-nuts does TFT (Thin Film Transfer) [basically just a printed clear sheet with a sticky backing] for the full color display plates he creates. He has done some fairly large plates, i would check with him to see if he could do one this big.
Bonded Hawk
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Just playing around. This is a clear case I carry a netbook in. Not trying for accuracy on this at all.
jheilman
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It's not as good as the images found online. Very muddy and soft.
jheilman
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Amazing. What were your sources for this? The best I've found online are much more cropped than this. I know you built them out with Photoshop, but did you really build that much top and bottom from scratch? What I'd like to try with this is printing on clear adhesive vinyl and mount to 8x10 glass. But here's a question for photo buffs, is the image on the front or back of the glass? Did the camera hold a glass plate which produced a negative or positive image? In the film, Wayne said he was able the locate THE original. Which sounds like the camera plate produced the final image. So, if the emulsion faced the subject, the final image would be behind the glass to be right-reading, yes? :behave
jheilman
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So, I built my own version from the source photos and will get some prints this week, I hope. Based on a bit of research, actual glass plate photos from the time were 8.5x6.5. But, given the screencap from WW, they went with something that looks like a 10x8. I also believe that the image would be on the front of the glass, but a replica would look cooler if it were on the back. So, that's what I'm planning. I have a composite file of 4-color plus white ink. The image is flipped (wrong reading) and we'll print four color first followed by a white ink layer. Then I'll mount that to glass and viewing from the front of the glass, it should be correct. Will probably take a couple rounds to get it right.
BrotherWilliam
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Just reading this article that mentions the still photo was taken about a year and a half prior to the filming of the actual scene where it happens.
Arwyniel
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Please show us your results, would love to see how it turns out!
jheilman
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Not so great results. Two problems. The white ink is very delicate. Just using a soft cloth to press down the vinyl, it scratched badly. Also, there is a visible texture because the vinyl is not being pressed down firmly and evenly enough. The scratching can be eliminated by adding a lamination over the white ink. But the adhesion would need to be done with a machine press to remove the texture and I don't have access to something like that. It looks OK, but not something I would ever display. I tried. 
Arwyniel
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Sorry it didn't go as well as planned. I would still love to see it if you wanted to share a pic.
I'm trying my own. I'm sure it won't be screen accurate, but I'm giving it a go. Printed the image on vellum, using watercolor paper as a backing and putting it behine a borderless glass frame. Waiting on the frame now. I really like how it looks on the vellum.
I'm trying my own. I'm sure it won't be screen accurate, but I'm giving it a go. Printed the image on vellum, using watercolor paper as a backing and putting it behine a borderless glass frame. Waiting on the frame now. I really like how it looks on the vellum.
What process are you using to produce your vinyl layer? And how are you affixing it to the glass? I used to work with vinyl a lot as a sign writer but I don’t know if any of my advice is worthwhile until I understand your process better.
Whilst I was reading through this thread I was inspired to do a little research into period photographic techniques. I’ve not seen the movie yet and it’s hard to tell from the screen shot, but is there actually any black pigment used is it just the dark background of the case showing through? If this is an ambrotype it would be white only and rely on a dark background to provide contrast.
Whilst I was reading through this thread I was inspired to do a little research into period photographic techniques. I’ve not seen the movie yet and it’s hard to tell from the screen shot, but is there actually any black pigment used is it just the dark background of the case showing through? If this is an ambrotype it would be white only and rely on a dark background to provide contrast.
Arwyniel
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I like it, I think it looks pretty cool. It is unfortunate about the bubbles and scratches.
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