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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