Frostgrave Library Terrain

Now that Cangames is over, its time to get cracking on my bookshelf terrain for the Frostgrave scenario.

I saw some excellent foam core shelves at Cangames (see previous post), however I had already set my mind to doing them with popsicle sticks & foam core books.

I completed my first prototype this past weekend & have several more in various stages of completion now. Always a bother waiting for the glue to dry, so I am hoping to get this phase done before heading to bed each night, to give it a chance to dry.

First up, the cut pieces of Popsicle (Craft Sticks) are glued together. I am using some lego as a guide

Once that dries, a piece of cardstock backing is added, & then its painted up.

For books, I printed out numerous "Old Book Covers" which I searched for online. These were then cut to wrap around 1cm x 1cm foam core books. Thus the book cover was cut to 1cm x 2.5 cm to account for the spine.

The pages portion will then be painted with Old Parchment colouring. 

The shelf is then loaded with books. 

The completed shelf with figures for scale. Yes these would be more like tomes than books. I may dabble with making some smaller ones. We shall see. Time is the killer at this point, as I have quite a few of these to build. I can always add more later. Also as the base is thin, I may add them to a base which I can further litter with books. Just thinking on how best to do those.

The scenario also calls for piles of discarded books. More food for thought.

Lastly we hit our first Town Wide Garage sale this past Saturday & I found this old pencil sharpener curio for 50 cents, which although large, will make an interesting centrepiece.  I am thinking I will build it up with a platform around it. We shall see.

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