Also, also, long overdue but looks great. Camlost and I were joking that you have a hidden room to hide out in and obsess upon your craft.
Omnibus edition :)!Thanks!
Also, I'm surprised that the leather isn't stamped before the book is bound as you have it. What's the next (final?) step?
Also, also, long overdue but looks great. Camlost and I were joking that you have a hidden room to hide out in and obsess upon your craft.
Wilshire,Thanks. I thought it would be fun to post a bit of the process since it was going to take so long to get the final product complete.
Make sure you post a photo of the completed product. I'm anxiously awaiting the big reveal and want to see what the heat branding looks like. If it comes out looking good I think I may be placing an order! Thanks for sharing this!
Also, also, long overdue but looks great. Camlost and I were joking that you have a hidden room to hide out in and obsess upon your craft.
"It came to me, my own, my love... my... preciousssss." - said Wilshire, while petting his leather bound treasure.
It is stamped post binding because it would be difficult - impossible - to line the leather up exactly. If its off by a hair, the design would be tilted and you'd see it. Easier to line it up and stamp it after its all set in place, or at least this is what I was told. Foolish lehmen.
Yeah I'm with you Nil.
An option I toyed with was getting high quality but low grade leather. Low grade leathers mean it has some scarring, tearing , and even parts of brands (typically from older animals). The leather is still good, but it has blemishes. The added bonus with these is they are cheaper because people don't typically want it, and it would look damn cool if thats the look you are going for.
With something like that I'd imagine something more like the branding from above, or even using a wood burning pen to work in the letters.
It would look like it survived the first holy war ;)
I made an account to say I need this in my life and will pay for one as well as ship my 1st/1st to make it happen.
After rebinding will the DJ still fit?
I had to run to my bookshelf and check. Honestly, it never occurred to me to put the dustjacket back on. The new hardcover boards are slightly bigger both in width and length. The dustjacket still covers about 99% of it though. That said, the boards can be cut to any size, so you could explicitly cut it so that it would be no larger than the original covers.
Once I finish, I'll be sure to figure out what it will cost to do it again. This has taken me over a year to do, though it's more like a week or two of work for a real binder working on it. Randomly guessing so that I can put my foot in my mouth later, I'd probably expect a 6 month lead time, more/less depending on how busy she is.
You're one of the 52 people that have the Erikson lettered edition from Subterranean Press? I'm so extremely jealous. I was able to get in at MT, so I should have numbered editions of MT through CG once its all done. But the lettered editions, those are truly beautiful books. Can you post pictures of your collection somewhere?
A clam-shell box (aka traycase) would be an additional expense. I'm tapped out as far as budget goes for this project, so I never looked into the cost of that, but I can do that for you as well, just to see. They really are the best way to keep your book in pristine condition, but I think its kind of a shame to hide it after putting all this work into it.
Those are so awesome. Thanks for sharing!
I hope Bakker publishes some limited edition stuff through someone eventually... Really just anyone other than Overlook.
I hope Bakker publishes some limited edition stuff through someone eventually... Really just anyone other than Overlook.
Yep. Letter Y. Took these just for you, my friend: http://imgur.com/a/IxeOn
And here's a look at everything I own as of a couple weeks ago: http://imgur.com/a/5b78Q
Yep. Letter Y. Took these just for you, my friend: http://imgur.com/a/IxeOn
And here's a look at everything I own as of a couple weeks ago: http://imgur.com/a/5b78Q
Sweet collection, ValHallAwaits.
Welcome to the forum, by the way :). I've always loved Norse mythology, though literally started watching Vikings today.
Do you happen to know, or can you find out, what the biggest die his hot foil stamp press can handle?
How it works is if someone designs the image for the the case I then get a metal plate made for the hot foil printing.The plates cost from about £15 to about £50, if enough people are interested in a certain slipcase like The Martian and RP1 then I don't pass on the cost of the plate.
If one was to be interested, what is the price we're talking about here? I need something and would be willing to add my name to the list just to drive the cost down. I left my TDTCB on the coffee table, and my 4 year old ripped the cover to shreds. My hardcovers are all in great shape and I've never made any marks in them. I'd be willing to spruce up Darkness, as long as we're not talking something too outrageous.
Going to have to disappoint you on cost. $350 is probably a low end estimate for something like this. A comfortable number is probably double that. I will probably have spent $700-$800 once its done.
The biggest issue is economies of scale. The materials alone are extremely expensive to buy for just one book, so unless you're making a 500 book print run, done on machines rather than by hand, it becomes egregiously expensive. I got to learn this lesson first hand.
Phew, that might be something I'd have to do around tax time, lol. If you guys could get enough of us who want one and drive the price down somehow I'd be in before that. I do see the appeal, and would love to have one.
@Wilshire, yes that's why I wanted to add my name to the mix. In all seriousness, if you're still able to do a nice one for me next Spring, I will drop the money in a heartbeat. But, if enough of us want one and you could get it to a more reasonable price I would be interested also.
Thoughts? Interest at a price range of $100/book or $175/omnibus?I think if 5 people were interested I could really start pursuing this.
So if this isn't an official thing what are we talking about? We would have to supply our own books for binding I assume.
Everyone would, again I'm assuming, have to have the same edition and print so they're the same size. Could we reap the advantages of economies of scale if we bind different books in the series or does it have to be the same one? Like say I want all six books bound and you wanted five, would that matter?Economies of scale are only vaguely working in my favor at this point. The plan, currently, would be for me to personally rebind each book. I can only do so much, so I'd start with a set of, say, 5 TDTCB and move on from there. One issue is I don't have the means to support a large supply of excess materials, so I need to be careful not to buy to much leather and other materials. I would hopefully make 5 more/less identical copies of TDTCB and then see where things stood.
Personally, I'm a "Less is More" guy. So if there's a design I would I'd prefer something simplistic and relevant. I can't think of one for TDTCB but something like a circumfix for The Warrior Prophet which, come to think of it, would look like a basic Xmen symbol. Or just have that script the runs down the NA release on the cover. I'd honestly like a simple "The Darkness That Comes Before: Second Apocalypse Book I" on the cover. Maybe translate that into Nonman or some Earwa language for flavor.If you haven't, go back to my original post in this thread and check out my hot foil stamps. Or just click here http://imgur.com/AfsqB5w. The original Rankine cover art for the first prints of each PoN book had a unique design. Unfortunately, Rankine did not do any more after that, so I have no clue what designs for AE would be good. That's way too far down the line though.
TLDR: TAKE MY MONEY
Wilshire,
I trust your creative judgment. Choose the edition that you think most appropriate and choose colors that you would like. I'm not picky and I'll buy.
I think he's in "renewed vigour" mode ;).
Here's another little preview.
http://i.imgur.com/HfTmT7V.jpg
Well, finally finished it.Looks awesome Wilshire :)
http://i.imgur.com/qOCSUE5.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/SHyjJ0v.jpg
Looks pretty great. The stamps, as expected, were a bit too detailed and so the final product didn't come out as crisp as I might have dreamed, but it still looks amazing.
If anyone wants one just like it, I have enough to make 1 more. It'll cost you about $1,000.
Amazing, if only I had a spare grand laying around.Don't worry, I'm pretty sure no one does :P .
Don't worry, I'm pretty sure no one does :P .
I don't know how many hours I spent researching, making calls, going to places, the actual binding, etc. etc. I'd suggest that its easy enough to do yourself if you've got lots of free time - but I know you're short on that too though :/ . Maybe one of these day's I'll get a cheaper option together for people.
Well, now I've got a foot in the industry right? I know a couple binders, raw material suppliers, a place to use/buy/rent equipment, relationships with said binders I might draw upon for questions, and I have a some minute modicum of experience.
In short - I left with my merest fraction.
Hopefully I can leverage it to get the rest of you something 90% the same at 10% of the cost :D . That's the dream at least.
Libraries have laser etchers? Man, I haven't been to a library in years though, what else am I missing out on? :)Well, I'm guessing the library here is special, but its got a laser etcher/cutter, three 3D printers, a poster printer (wish I knew about this before I made those TGO posters, would have save me like $100), button makers, free usage of computers with full adobe creative suites (photoshop, etc.), a studio quality sound proof recording booth (including audio editing), green screen and rentable video camera, and probably something else I forgot about. This place was amazing.
The local library here is almost literally a hole in the wall.Yeah, major city libraries are where its at, apparently. We have some cool local ones, but none of them like the this library.
I have a feeling though that even the "biggest" (non-New Orleans) Libraries here wouldn't have anywhere near the much stuff.