SPACE WARRIORS presented by BB

FROM THE FRANCE OF 1981

THIS AIRFIX SET  OF SPACE WARRIORS

                                                 OF COURSE THEY ARE FIGURES FROM

FLASH GORDEN!

                                                             i WAS THINKING   OUTSIDE THE BOX         

                                                               WHILE PLAYING  IN THIS WAY              

For myself in 1981 there was no thought of information technology as it was far into the future for my busy head to reason upon.                                                                                                                             

                                      Once in every lifetime came an adventurous set like this.

AIRFIX also produced an intrepid silver set of the self same figures from France. i have both of these very rare sets. i have often wondered, where are the two part steel molds that produced these space fantasy style figures?

           She is most certainly part of this set too,and there were 14 figures in a box..

Returning to sender.

          SHORT CIRCUIT on the sword.but she sure is blasting away.

                                          The Cyclops Bots,have finally blown their tops!

 Extra special effects were not included in the box,they were added by myself Beano Boy while at humble tumble play.

                                                                                    

                                                                           

It goes without saying in this instance of you reading this that i never ever bought mine at this rip off price! 

                                                                              BB

*ALICE IN WONDERLAND* AND OTHER OPEN BOOK COVERS presented by BB

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

AND

THE CRIMSON CONQUEST

OPEN BOOK COVERS

PRESENTED BY BB 

And so it was that in way of teaching others scratch building techniques i too fell into another make believe world but of course not like Dear Alice, no not that. But one believing in myself that i could do this by using one picture to make three that when combined i could print and cut them out making them fit enough to fold over and stick to a glued up strip of paper card. It has become second nature in my life now to scratch build stuff each and every day as the sun journeys itself around our little white ivy clad cottage within Fiddle Wood. Old Catton Norwich, here in the United Kingdom.                                                                              

 When asked by others when they visit our home and see my arts and craft topsy turvy hobby, i humbly politely inform them that i am an Artist Author, presenting tutorials on the Internet.   A something that has changed tidiness into my very own classic case of chaos a theory of unpredictable behaviour.                                                                           

Well no make believe artist ever created art without making mess.

Below the front cover picture stood ready for use it being the bright case of copying.

All three parts were obtained using the Cut & Paste method.

The thick black surround is a good guide for my scissors.

                                                                       The printing plate.

The open book covers fold over neatly upon the ends of each paper card strip, then cut off the sprue when the white glue has dried.

 

The printing plate

                                                                                   

Work is still ongoing involving lots of painting to do on the shelving units and of course making the cut out books all props for the Great Library.                                                                                          

My. My! i near enough forgot my manners with the first realise of this topic,so may everyone of you looking here for the first time, have a safe and sound day whatever it has turned out to be.  BB                                                                               

OLD COMIC BOOK COVERS presented by BB

OLD COMIC BOOK FRONT COVERS

Written of and Presented by BB

Copyright Applies

 

The object of my exercise was to make do with very little cost while having heaps of  tranquil fun!  

The trail leading to wide open book covers has been a long one indeed.  It's beginning was way back in the beginning of 2020 and the first dead fall and lock down of Covid19 here in the UK, in Fiddle Wood Norwich to be a little more precise.   So covering all that time in such delightful playful activity i have made well over 28,000 books, and what they will sit upon.                                                                                                                                          

i decided  to collect 'In public domain pictures' and convert them as they are shown here. Being me, such as i was then it turned out not to be easy, just a wee bit tricky! However now i  am not that which  i once was, and these odd interesting things, and how best to convert them, come quite natural to my  fancy within my head with two good ears plus eyes of bright understanding.                                                       

Scratch-built examples once made correctly are much stronger than shop bought stuff. i use mainly paper card, that Picture Framers use. i also use Carpenters White Glue.  Of course printing paper finally turns out here to complete each colourful looking book to its safe cut out ending,                                              

A lady on the internet asked 'is there a quick way of making them', while viewing another one of my topics like this one.   immmmmmmmm... i thought 5 minutes tops, to make one.                              

 But really the quick way was getting someone to make them for her.                                                  

It is all about knowing how,                                                                                       

                 Then coupled with collected materials                                                                                        

         plus preparation and production methods...                                                                       

                  As a published artist author aiding the arts and craft's in others on the internet,                                    There is no thought of money making as a prime factor applied here.                                                     

  Looking into some peoples eyes all you see are Dollar  Sign's                                     

Three options of book spine i chose to use on this one.

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There was once a huge plant of wicked sharp thorny leaves with high rising towering yellow flowers that produced seeds of perfect shaped sky blue; then the Black Bird arrived in it's summer-saulting routine of picking each one off, as if it were a well trained sniper. As the days daylight  wore ever on soon the blue was all gone.  

The moral  of this story is...

Fresh idea's are like those fine seeds of 'patterned blue', and so need protecting!

As for the black bird,it is busy,very busy sowing the blue seeds elswhere around the woodland scene that is Fiddle Wood.

Upon a small toy bookcase some of these will be front facing like rows of smart young infantry.

  Sir Percy and Estella,                                                                                                                            

     are content to serve in the Great Library,                                                                                               

  that does not exist at all.                                                                                                                         

  However there they stood once in my imagination.                                                                                

    

The books are ongoing                                                                                                                              

The library is ongoing                                                                                                                               

 And the story of it all is ongoing.                                                                                                                            

   It is for me a good safe sound quest to pursue... BB                    

   

1920,s FRONT PAGE NEWSPAPERS CONVERTED INTO OPEN BOOK COVERS presented by BB

The Quest For Filling Sir Percy's Library

Re-edited by BB on 13/05/2024

The cause being removel of a faint Water Mark i had failed to notice, that someone had placed upon a public domain picture. Which is a darn cheek if you ask me.      So all the previous pictures had to be deleted and fresh ones added to make up for that lack of etiquette.                                                          

                                                                      From 1925                                                                                           

                                                 Picture of Authentic Newspaper Heading above.

Pictures ... in Commion Domain

                The dark surround will certainly aid mu poor eyesight while cutting out.

                                             All deep set into ink ready for printing out.

The ones above are reduced in size for re-printing out.

Some books will be front facing on the shelving units,

 1923

                                 It would be 1935 before they placed a nappy on this poor babe.

All prepared plates are ready for printing again now.

 which was a bright winged case of make do and mend.

C  U on the Next Qne  BB

BATH TIME FOR RED ROBIN presented by BB