As a former junk journaler, tear at least half the pages out and crumple the remaining pages before flattening them out then spray your coffee dye, you can also use Parisian browning essence instead of coffee. It’s a brown food dye used in making gravy. If you run an exacto knife along the straight edges of the paper (you can do a bunch at once, just hold them together) it gives the paper a handmade looking edge. Great work!
I good idea would be to put the coffee in a spray bottle and spray the pages. That would still be quick but less messy than pouring the coffee directly onto the pages.
If you cover your white mottling with liquid latex before painting it really feels fleshy. Also, dehydrated coffee crystals and sponge and/or spray bottle stain controllably dark and fast.
I like to make the loose edges of the paper look more rustic by opening the cover and placing a ruler vertically close to the loose end of the sheets but with a bit of space along the open edges of the papers. Then you press down on the ruler with your left hand while ripping the loose edges off with your right hand. After ripping a couple sheets you can open the book up to the next page that is un-ripped and continue doing that until you've ripped the edges off all the loose ends of the papers.
Better pro-tip if you're going to have a half page like the one you did write something on the page before you burn it such as a spell or your typical journal entry and the bonus Pro tip if you want real leather instead of toilet paper just walk around when you see construction sites and time the old leather gloves it's a worn holes in the fingers he can cut the back of the hand in the palm of the hand out and you'll have pieces of leather you can stitch together and then glue to your book
For the leather you can also look for old leather couch that people are throwing away on the street and cut the leather out of the couch. It gives you huge pieces of great quality leather ^^
A nice one! I can also see how this would be easy to adapt to have emblems, forms, and other oddities shaped out as an emboss on the front (for something like a spell book)
I was actually kicking myself for not adding a pendant like from a necklace or something on the front. My sister in law makes books along these lines but using much different techniques and she sculpts stuff into the covers. Check out her stuff if you want: www.etsy.com/people/ashleymccauley1
Will take a look... I'm thinking if one is to go Necromancer/Chaos spell book then having a stretched face with teeth would possibly be a fun mix with some faux stitching just to bring in the full look
its almost funny that we create OLD books form an medieval perior , while trying to play AT that perior that the books were new ! Or do you actualy think that people that were able to handwrite and create minibooks were crappy crafters back then ?
I agree with your point and I think many people might overlook that fact. However, for me it is more of distressing then making look old. As a hardened medieval "fantasy" warrior, I think my journal would be stained, burned, stabbed and generally abused, I wouldn't expect it to resemble a well kept book. However, if it were a book in an elves home library, then yes, I'd say it should look immaculate, if it were meant to be a book from that current time. I also need to separate medieval recreation from medieval fantasy, for medieval reenactment, I agree the books should look period, but if they were current books of the time, they should not be distressed and burned, etc. But in a Dungeons and Dragons fantasy style game, much is left open for style. Thanks for the comment and it's important to note depending on how you intend to use books in a game. I personally find it amusing when people are wearing bright new clothes with not a single stain or distress mark on them at games. Important details to consider.
True, though pages did tend to be off white and look stained and such since they were, before paper was Introduced into Europe, made of leather and velenm, which was the incredible thin leather.
As a former junk journaler, tear at least half the pages out and crumple the remaining pages before flattening them out then spray your coffee dye, you can also use Parisian browning essence instead of coffee. It’s a brown food dye used in making gravy. If you run an exacto knife along the straight edges of the paper (you can do a bunch at once, just hold them together) it gives the paper a handmade looking edge. Great work!
Awesome tips, thanks for sharing them!
“Ancient with knowledge. And power... and very cheap to make.” Love that.
what's good about this is I noticed that older books are smaller, so using a small notebook like this one makes it look older
I good idea would be to put the coffee in a spray bottle and spray the pages. That would still be quick but less messy than pouring the coffee directly onto the pages.
Very cool DIY. Great tips. Subscribed! Keep up the great work!
I’m so exited to do this I’m working on a cosplay and this is perfect for a prop
Let me know how it works out!
If you cover your white mottling with liquid latex before painting it really feels fleshy. Also, dehydrated coffee crystals and sponge and/or spray bottle stain controllably dark and fast.
awesome idea unfortunately I have a skin allergy to Latex... what about silicone? or a different substance ?
@@Artst2010 Or gloves.
I like to make the loose edges of the paper look more rustic by opening the cover and placing a ruler vertically close to the loose end of the sheets but with a bit of space along the open edges of the papers. Then you press down on the ruler with your left hand while ripping the loose edges off with your right hand. After ripping a couple sheets you can open the book up to the next page that is un-ripped and continue doing that until you've ripped the edges off all the loose ends of the papers.
Better pro-tip if you're going to have a half page like the one you did write something on the page before you burn it such as a spell or your typical journal entry and the bonus Pro tip if you want real leather instead of toilet paper just walk around when you see construction sites and time the old leather gloves it's a worn holes in the fingers he can cut the back of the hand in the palm of the hand out and you'll have pieces of leather you can stitch together and then glue to your book
Good tip about the gloves for sure!
For the leather you can also look for old leather couch that people are throwing away on the street and cut the leather out of the couch. It gives you huge pieces of great quality leather ^^
Have a page with a wizard shopping list haha that would be an awesome find
The cover of the book reminds of beef jerky
LARPGASSSSSSM woo
An idea is that instead of the elastic thing on the book to keep it closed, you could also cut it off and use string or yarn
I'd say better yet still, a piece of suede or leather cord. Great idea!
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A nice one! I can also see how this would be easy to adapt to have emblems, forms, and other oddities shaped out as an emboss on the front (for something like a spell book)
I was actually kicking myself for not adding a pendant like from a necklace or something on the front. My sister in law makes books along these lines but using much different techniques and she sculpts stuff into the covers. Check out her stuff if you want: www.etsy.com/people/ashleymccauley1
Will take a look... I'm thinking if one is to go Necromancer/Chaos spell book then having a stretched face with teeth would possibly be a fun mix with some faux stitching just to bring in the full look
Nevermind... I see your sister in law had a similar idea with her "Necronomicon" book
Yep, but you can always give it a try yourself and see how it works out. If you do, best of luck!
It looks like the burnt flesh of a ghoul. Looks awesome!
its almost funny that we create OLD books form an medieval perior , while trying to play AT that perior that the books were new !
Or do you actualy think that people that were able to handwrite and create minibooks were crappy crafters back then ?
I agree with your point and I think many people might overlook that fact. However, for me it is more of distressing then making look old. As a hardened medieval "fantasy" warrior, I think my journal would be stained, burned, stabbed and generally abused, I wouldn't expect it to resemble a well kept book. However, if it were a book in an elves home library, then yes, I'd say it should look immaculate, if it were meant to be a book from that current time. I also need to separate medieval recreation from medieval fantasy, for medieval reenactment, I agree the books should look period, but if they were current books of the time, they should not be distressed and burned, etc. But in a Dungeons and Dragons fantasy style game, much is left open for style. Thanks for the comment and it's important to note depending on how you intend to use books in a game. I personally find it amusing when people are wearing bright new clothes with not a single stain or distress mark on them at games. Important details to consider.
True, though pages did tend to be off white and look stained and such since they were, before paper was Introduced into Europe, made of leather and velenm, which was the incredible thin leather.