eldargal
10-23-2012, 10:55 PM
This is something I'm really keen on at the moment, making portraits for my Empire Nuln army primarily but also frescos for the walls of building and even icons for 40k Imperial buildings.
First you get a 28mm scale picture frame, you can make your own out of plasticard and greenstuff or whatever if you want, or just buy them. Dollhouse picture frames work perfectly. You will probably want to paint the frame.
http://www.dollhouseminiatures.com/images/frames/jac02gold.jpg
Then you take a piece of art, resize it so it will fit in the picture frame (leave a small border to attach it to the frame, say 1mm on all sides).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer_084b.jpg/220px-Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer_084b.jpg
Print out the image on a good quality colour printer preferably on whatever paper suits your purposes, I'm not sure what the name of the paper is I use but it gives the finished picture a satin gloss finish. Attach the painting to the frame. Be careful not to get any glue on the surface that will be visible. If you want to be fiddly and non-permanent you could use thin strips of tape to attach the portrait to the frame.
http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=3119&d=1351054504
This is a picture I produced in paint, on account of not being able to photograph mine. But it illustrates the point.
I have around twenty or so pictures I've done like this for various buildings I've made. I also have an idea to adapt it to make stained glass windows by breaking the image up (there used to be a graphics editor program with a stained glass option to do it automatically). And printing it onto clear plastic then sticking it in the window of said structure. It will require a lot more work especially if I want big cathedral arches and whatnot.
The pictures frame comes from here (http://www.dollhouseminiatures.com/Accessories/frame1.htm). 3.90USD. I get mine from a local hobby store that has heaps of dollhouse accessories.
First you get a 28mm scale picture frame, you can make your own out of plasticard and greenstuff or whatever if you want, or just buy them. Dollhouse picture frames work perfectly. You will probably want to paint the frame.
http://www.dollhouseminiatures.com/images/frames/jac02gold.jpg
Then you take a piece of art, resize it so it will fit in the picture frame (leave a small border to attach it to the frame, say 1mm on all sides).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer_084b.jpg/220px-Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer_084b.jpg
Print out the image on a good quality colour printer preferably on whatever paper suits your purposes, I'm not sure what the name of the paper is I use but it gives the finished picture a satin gloss finish. Attach the painting to the frame. Be careful not to get any glue on the surface that will be visible. If you want to be fiddly and non-permanent you could use thin strips of tape to attach the portrait to the frame.
http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=3119&d=1351054504
This is a picture I produced in paint, on account of not being able to photograph mine. But it illustrates the point.
I have around twenty or so pictures I've done like this for various buildings I've made. I also have an idea to adapt it to make stained glass windows by breaking the image up (there used to be a graphics editor program with a stained glass option to do it automatically). And printing it onto clear plastic then sticking it in the window of said structure. It will require a lot more work especially if I want big cathedral arches and whatnot.
The pictures frame comes from here (http://www.dollhouseminiatures.com/Accessories/frame1.htm). 3.90USD. I get mine from a local hobby store that has heaps of dollhouse accessories.