As promised some time ago - over at "asavage" thread related the "Broom's Box" (http://www.therpf.com/f9/hellboy-prop-brooms-box-need-info-49791/?highlight=Broom's+Box), here are some details, thoughts and WIP - pics from my replicas of the set of 6 books which will go to fill my own replica of "Broom's Box".
Without the thread about the Box itself, started by "asavage", this thread here, would - by 99 % - not exist. So many thanks Adam for get the
the ball rolling and all the others over there to keep it rolling.
Looking forward to get other opinions and thoughts, so feel free to spare your ideas and/or knowledge about those books.
What i basicly did, as we all do replicating a prop, seen in a movie we like, was starting collecting screenshots, excisting pics of available private collections and or ebay listings poping up from time to time. Due to Adams existing thead about the box this was quit easy, as a lot (all?) of info. can already be found there.
One of the existing pics, which I took as a guide was directly posted by Adam S.:
This pic (and others) had been the basis for all the research until last week, until Adam thanksfully posted very detailed and close up pics of his books.
So some of the info. below, seems to "outdated" now, but they are not wrong (or meanwhile confirmed), I would like to start with them!
The following 2 files shows some basic informations I gathered together :
Symbols and ruman no. count.
Symbols and measurments
The measurements are a bit tricky, as those are going to fit my box and not necessarily being mentioned to be screen accurat and/or fitting into Adams Box.
As well I already found mistake in my calculation of the block meaures. As the book blocks ar going to be rounded, the block measurement has to concider
the increase of the block weight due to the rounded spine.
In generell we do have:
- 6 books
- bound in leather (my guess is goat-skin)
- case-binding with hollow spine
- pages are plain, off white (sand-cream) colored, withou any structur (such as a laid paper would show)
- book blooks bound in signatures (4 leafs each Signatur, folded, making 8 leafs or 16 pages per Signature (my guess, not confirmed)
- How many signatures you need to receive the requested thickniss of the book block depends on the paper weight
- blocks are rounded
So these are the first "rough" info. enabling me to bind the first books for testing....
(below the blocks is the colored leather)
Being all for the moment, more to come as soon as I bound the first book into. the cover.
Looking forward to receive your feedback and coments...
Without the thread about the Box itself, started by "asavage", this thread here, would - by 99 % - not exist. So many thanks Adam for get the
the ball rolling and all the others over there to keep it rolling.
Looking forward to get other opinions and thoughts, so feel free to spare your ideas and/or knowledge about those books.
What i basicly did, as we all do replicating a prop, seen in a movie we like, was starting collecting screenshots, excisting pics of available private collections and or ebay listings poping up from time to time. Due to Adams existing thead about the box this was quit easy, as a lot (all?) of info. can already be found there.
One of the existing pics, which I took as a guide was directly posted by Adam S.:
This pic (and others) had been the basis for all the research until last week, until Adam thanksfully posted very detailed and close up pics of his books.
So some of the info. below, seems to "outdated" now, but they are not wrong (or meanwhile confirmed), I would like to start with them!
The following 2 files shows some basic informations I gathered together :
Symbols and ruman no. count.
Symbols and measurments
The measurements are a bit tricky, as those are going to fit my box and not necessarily being mentioned to be screen accurat and/or fitting into Adams Box.
As well I already found mistake in my calculation of the block meaures. As the book blocks ar going to be rounded, the block measurement has to concider
the increase of the block weight due to the rounded spine.
In generell we do have:
- 6 books
- bound in leather (my guess is goat-skin)
- case-binding with hollow spine
- pages are plain, off white (sand-cream) colored, withou any structur (such as a laid paper would show)
- book blooks bound in signatures (4 leafs each Signatur, folded, making 8 leafs or 16 pages per Signature (my guess, not confirmed)
- How many signatures you need to receive the requested thickniss of the book block depends on the paper weight
- blocks are rounded
So these are the first "rough" info. enabling me to bind the first books for testing....
(below the blocks is the colored leather)
Being all for the moment, more to come as soon as I bound the first book into. the cover.
Looking forward to receive your feedback and coments...
