As you all may have cleverly deduced, it's almost Christmas.
My sister Sharon and I had this tradition where we would watch The Muppets Christmas Carol every year on Christmas Eve to get into the holiday spirit and all that.
Since we are now both a bit older (ie teenagers rather than tiny humans) we decided to find a new Christmas movie to watch every year.
On our search for a more 'sophisticated' movie, we came across The Hogfather.
The Hogfather is based on a book of the same name by our favourite author Terry Pratchett.
It's a TV movie from 2006, so, the special effects are a bit well, basic, but once you get past that it's a hilarious movie.
Basically, The Hogfather (Discworld's version of Santa) has gone missing, and Death must take his place while Susan, (Death's granddaughter) attempts to get to the bottom of the mystery.
You wouldn't think Death would make a good Santa, but Terry Pratchett's Death does. He really cares about humans and tries very hard to get into the 'spirit of Hogswatch'. However, since he is basically a large animated skeleton, it's rather amusing to watch him trying to play Santa.
There are lots of funny moments (and a few adorable ones involving puppies) but my favourite one involves a snowman and (I won't go into more details because SPOILERS).
I will do another more in-depth review of this movie at a later date, but I thought I'd just do a quick post about how cool this movie is.
You can watch it on Youtube by the way https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaOHaBaKq-8
Anyway, I'd better get back to creating our Christmas gingerbread creation (all will be revealed in a later post).
Merry Christmas!!!
Tuesday 23 December 2014
Tuesday 16 December 2014
Doctor Who Gift Box Part 3 - River Song Journal
This is the third part of the Doctor Who gift box I made for one of my friends.
River Song's 'Spoilers' Journal was one of my favourite props from the show (apart from the TARDIS of course). It's really elegant and simplistic and I love how it reflects the TARDIS, and I have always wanted to have a go at making one myself.
I started by looking at a couple of tutorials on the internet, the main one I used can be found at this link http://indellibleink.com/2011/11/dr-who-journal/
I kind of used it for a reference point, but I made up my own measurements and stuff.
I started out by finding a hardback journal. I didn't want one that was really specific and had the year and all the dates and stuff so I just got one that was filled with blank pages.
I ended up getting a blue hardcover buffalo journal from this awesome shop called Typo.
After that, I basically used the steps I outlined in the box part:
Drew a rectangle the size of the book.
Used a ruler to measure lines I would cut along.
Cut along all the lines.
Trimmed the pieces until they fit properly.
Stuck everything on until it looked like the picture of River Song's Journal.
I cut out a piece of cardboard the correct length and size for the spine.
After that, I looked at a picture of the spine of River Song's Journal and then cut the piece of cardboard into what I thought looked like the correct sizes. Then I glued them on.
Then I mixed up blue paints until I got the correct colour. Next I painted the whole thing, being careful not to get paint on the pages. After that I covered all painted surfaces with glaze.
This diary wasn't too hard to make. The part that took the longest, was all the measuring and cutting out. The size of the pieces depends on the size of the surface you are covering.
Sorry I don't have any detailed measurements, as I said, I was doing it all by eye and cutting off bits as I went.
River Song's 'Spoilers' Journal was one of my favourite props from the show (apart from the TARDIS of course). It's really elegant and simplistic and I love how it reflects the TARDIS, and I have always wanted to have a go at making one myself.
I started by looking at a couple of tutorials on the internet, the main one I used can be found at this link http://indellibleink.com/2011/11/dr-who-journal/
I kind of used it for a reference point, but I made up my own measurements and stuff.
I started out by finding a hardback journal. I didn't want one that was really specific and had the year and all the dates and stuff so I just got one that was filled with blank pages.
I ended up getting a blue hardcover buffalo journal from this awesome shop called Typo.
After that, I basically used the steps I outlined in the box part:
Drew a rectangle the size of the book.
Used a ruler to measure lines I would cut along.
Cut along all the lines.
Trimmed the pieces until they fit properly.
Stuck everything on until it looked like the picture of River Song's Journal.
I cut out a piece of cardboard the correct length and size for the spine.
After that, I looked at a picture of the spine of River Song's Journal and then cut the piece of cardboard into what I thought looked like the correct sizes. Then I glued them on.
Then I mixed up blue paints until I got the correct colour. Next I painted the whole thing, being careful not to get paint on the pages. After that I covered all painted surfaces with glaze.
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| Sorry the picture quality is so bad, the light was terrible |
This diary wasn't too hard to make. The part that took the longest, was all the measuring and cutting out. The size of the pieces depends on the size of the surface you are covering.
Sorry I don't have any detailed measurements, as I said, I was doing it all by eye and cutting off bits as I went.
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