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Ta-moe — Merlin's spell book

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Description finally, I managed to finish the spell book for my Merlin cosplay *.* >.< I need props too lol, Arthur has crown and sword and Uther too - so what about me LOL
haha

I used an old leather bound book I bought at an antique store and made ALL the golden pieces out of FIMO (gold), painted (gold, bronce and brown and black colours) them and glued it all on the book
I can open and close it as well ^^
I carved the patterns into it using carving tools BEFORE baking it :3 I put all the pieces together AFTER baking to make it open and close ^^

book in action

uther's crown
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dragonspir [2017-08-18 18:40:19 +0000 UTC]

I want to know how to make at book what thing is need. It look really amazing it be cool to make one. So please.

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Ta-moe In reply to dragonspir [2017-08-21 20:16:25 +0000 UTC]

buy an old book, make the buckles from fimo - paint them and glue them on ^^
takes some patience but it's not impossible

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dragonspir In reply to Ta-moe [2017-08-21 21:33:49 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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AmalStar [2017-01-23 20:17:45 +0000 UTC]

sorry
Can you take a look at my account?
I want your criticism

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HillandClark [2016-04-03 14:54:24 +0000 UTC]

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I WANT IT SOOOOOOO BAD!!!!!   

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Ta-moe In reply to HillandClark [2016-04-03 15:07:06 +0000 UTC]

hahaha XD thank you XD

too bad it's one of my favourite cosplay bits

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HillandClark In reply to Ta-moe [2016-04-03 15:11:14 +0000 UTC]

     

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SakurasDream [2015-11-15 08:35:16 +0000 UTC]

Hiya How much do you charge for a set of buckles? Soooooo interested! im obsessed with merlin! 

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Ta-moe In reply to SakurasDream [2015-11-15 10:00:52 +0000 UTC]

I still have the top ones left over but they are only for decoration so far - and don't really the time to make new ones atm
but it's not hard to make all you need is some gold FIMO and some patience ^^

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moomoo721 [2015-04-11 03:34:36 +0000 UTC]

ahh its amazing could you make a tutorial? I'd love to try and make one but wouldn't have a clue where to start

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Ta-moe In reply to moomoo721 [2015-04-11 07:47:23 +0000 UTC]

it's atually pretty easy ;D
get some cardboard, draw down the design, cut it out
get some FIMO, roll it out flat - draw the design of cardboard on it, cut it out. add little balls and pieces for the relief, cut out some pieces that are supposed to go deeper
then burn it in the oven
once that is done, paint it
let it dry
glue it on a book

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AnastasiyaKosenko [2014-12-11 13:39:38 +0000 UTC]

Gorgeous work!

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Ta-moe In reply to AnastasiyaKosenko [2014-12-15 10:58:55 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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Jellianjack [2014-01-24 02:59:51 +0000 UTC]

This is absolutely stunning! Keep up the amazing work!

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Ta-moe In reply to Jellianjack [2014-01-27 09:08:30 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

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LadyofAlbion [2013-11-20 08:28:47 +0000 UTC]

How did you even--?! 

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Ta-moe In reply to LadyofAlbion [2013-11-21 18:30:03 +0000 UTC]

just fimo
but it does take ages ^^°

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LadyofAlbion In reply to Ta-moe [2013-11-22 07:21:29 +0000 UTC]

fimo? looks like it takes a while. it's brilliant!

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Ta-moe In reply to LadyofAlbion [2013-11-22 19:02:49 +0000 UTC]

it does XD
but was totally worth it

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LadyofAlbion In reply to Ta-moe [2013-11-23 00:40:08 +0000 UTC]

definitely.

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xmagicamelot3 [2013-09-02 09:27:30 +0000 UTC]

that's amazing I wouldn't know where to start with any of the cosplay

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Ta-moe In reply to xmagicamelot3 [2013-09-02 17:08:27 +0000 UTC]

thanks
haha, really?
it's always a start to just start

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Reinohikari [2013-08-24 00:26:47 +0000 UTC]

Just wondering... if I want to make such a book, but the only fitting book has wrong color, which kind of paint do you recomend painting it with..?

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Ta-moe In reply to Reinohikari [2013-08-24 07:13:31 +0000 UTC]

I wouldn'd recommend painting it - since you should try and find a book that has a leather or leatherlike binding and colour --> which is impossible to draw over
search until you find a good book - antique shops usually have tons of old and cheap books as long as you don't care about the contents inside ^^

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Reinohikari [2013-08-22 21:32:02 +0000 UTC]

That's so cool! And I don't even watch Merlin! How did you even make it?

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Ta-moe In reply to Reinohikari [2013-08-23 06:06:40 +0000 UTC]

thanks XD
haha, I made the buckles and all the golden bits out of FIMO ^^
the rest is just an old book I bought in a shop ^^

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Reinohikari In reply to Ta-moe [2013-08-23 10:08:20 +0000 UTC]

Sounds fun! But I heave this problem that I like old books a lot and I don't dare doing anything to them :'|. Bought an old Hans Christian Andersen book the other day, from 1900 or something(the book itself was very very vague yet huge and awesome) and it's in old danish and just looking at it makes me proud of it... but I still it sounds so fun since I want to have a magical book! Hn..  maybe I can find one online..?

People in the olden times where awesome! Being able to make books without machines or anything..!

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Takuto90 [2013-06-13 22:12:54 +0000 UTC]

Hi!!! Any change that you can make another one? But with free/not-written pages inside? (to write on it)
I'd like to have it, please! *-*

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Ta-moe In reply to Takuto90 [2013-06-14 05:54:37 +0000 UTC]

if anything I can make you the buckle things - the golden ones, and you can buy your own book and stick them on ^^
(but I'm still working on a few for a friend, coz I'm slow and they are taking ages)
write me a note if you are interested

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Takuto90 In reply to Takuto90 [2013-06-13 22:50:39 +0000 UTC]

*chance! sorry for my bad english >_<

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druidkid [2013-04-26 20:22:20 +0000 UTC]

wat is FIMO

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Ta-moe In reply to druidkid [2013-04-27 08:30:49 +0000 UTC]

it's some kind of sculpting clay

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druidkid In reply to Ta-moe [2013-04-27 19:38:15 +0000 UTC]

thanx

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merlin7780 [2013-02-18 17:08:21 +0000 UTC]

Are you going to sell it because I would totally buy it and if you sell please make the price not to high. Thank you.

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Ta-moe In reply to merlin7780 [2013-02-18 18:27:42 +0000 UTC]

nope, it's mine
but I do take comissions for the buckles alone (you can easily glue them on any book you like )
but the whole set of buckles takes a long time to make (since I'm busy with work LOL) but if you are interested note me and we can talk about the price (u have to take in consideration the price of FIMO for example, it's about 3,- each package and I need at least two to make them)

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ChloeClik [2013-01-10 18:00:30 +0000 UTC]

Wow this is brilliant. It looks just like the book in the show. And the clasp is brilliant. I just spent ages drawing the clasp in my pic and that was hard, so to make it. Wow!

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Ta-moe In reply to ChloeClik [2013-01-10 18:30:50 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much ^O^
haha, it was hard work indeed
but it was nothing in comparison to making Uther's crown *laughs*

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ChloeClik In reply to Ta-moe [2013-01-12 17:35:40 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome.
It really looks it but it paid off
Wow that does look very very hard!

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c-zen [2013-01-03 11:27:54 +0000 UTC]

this is epically awesome

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Ta-moe In reply to c-zen [2013-01-03 20:00:43 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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SarahMinishCap [2012-11-30 17:11:49 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!!

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Ta-moe In reply to SarahMinishCap [2012-11-30 20:31:17 +0000 UTC]

thank you ^^

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DistantDireWolf [2012-11-03 22:33:31 +0000 UTC]

This. Is. Perfect. 100% perfect! Ah my god! I want it/one so badly! Can you make another?

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Ta-moe In reply to DistantDireWolf [2012-11-04 21:38:02 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much ^o^
if you want, you can commission me - but just so you know, the base book I used is just some random old book with boring stuff in it - since those are cheaper

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DistantDireWolf In reply to Ta-moe [2012-11-04 21:47:50 +0000 UTC]

If I found an old book and sent it to you, could you add the pieces it needs on it?

Also do you know where I can find a really old book? I don't have any book stores around me and my library is up-to-date books <:\

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Ta-moe In reply to DistantDireWolf [2012-11-05 08:30:25 +0000 UTC]

I could make you the pieces for the book, it's easy to glue them on, you just have to give me the details of your book then thickness, size and all that stuff ^^

mh, I bought mine in an antiques shop

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DistantDireWolf In reply to Ta-moe [2012-11-05 13:43:20 +0000 UTC]

Ok
I'll look for a good book, take a picture for you, and give you the details on it

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Ta-moe In reply to DistantDireWolf [2012-11-06 18:22:41 +0000 UTC]


sure ^.^
best thing would be via note then

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DistantDireWolf In reply to Ta-moe [2012-11-07 05:39:52 +0000 UTC]

ok thanks

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CosAyane [2012-10-10 02:25:42 +0000 UTC]

uihjlasodikausdas I want iiiiit. You did a fantastic job!

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