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I then took the teabags out of the bath and dabbed them along all the edges and along the rips. on Introduction. To understand all of the hair-tearing I do every time I look at this map, we … Also, I looked both here and on the 'ible you posted a link of(for the aging process) and I could't find anything about what to do if it is an Inkjet. I then took the completed board and hung it on the wall of the office.Note: If there are any holes in the map, you'll need one more thing: a sheet of paper. Knowing these basic mechanisms, you can look at a map of the Earth and see how the mountain building comes together. I put a piece of paper beneath the holes once I had the map folded over so that when I sprayed the map back with adhesive I wouldn't spray through the hole and onto the front of the map.Also Note: When I pressed the map to the board, there were wrinkles in the paper that caused some wrinkles in the final map that you'll see on the next page. Aged Map of Middle Earth: This year for Christmas I decided to create a present for my wife. Thanks WriterChick! The big thing to keep in mind is that mountain ranges are the fingerprints left behind by tectonic activity.

wonderful map! on Introduction, cooooooooooooool that is pretty neat! Oh, I don’t even want to talk about Mordor. I also made the image strictly black and white because the lettering was initially red and since I wanted a B&W print, I made it all black. Press the space key then arrow keys to make a selection. Participated in the Holiday Gifts Contest. So, I downloaded the files and began to research printing options (which, in hindsight, I should have done first but it worked out well.). I can pretend that Eriador is like the California of Middle-earth, and it’s a nice active margin—I will just ignore that my housemate, who unlike me has completed the Silmarillion slog, has disabused me of that notion.
Once I had my board done, it was time to mount the map to the board. Tectonic activity is what keeps wrinkling up the surface and giving all the water some elevation to run down. The color prints are very expensive but if you want a black and white image, you can get what they call an engineering print for pretty cheap and its a laser print (which is also beneficial for the aging process which I'll go into later).

So I stained my wood with the Ebony stain. Check this site for aging paper for inkjet projects. plus-circle Add Review. I decided to stain the wood rather than paint it because I had some leftover stain from another project. We are both nerds and the release of "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" put into motion a project I had wanted to do for a while but had put on a back burner due to school. I love it, I wonder if you still have the file (photoshop)? While the adhesive was becoming tacky, I removed the tape on the side I was working on because otherwise the map would stick to the tape and that would be a pain. The adhesive allowed for removal and replacement of the map if I wanted to smooth it out but I rather liked the wrinkles and thus left them. Keep in mind it is a 36" tall by 48" wide image so unless you want it that large, it may be wise to resize it first using a resizing website or a free photoshop-like program such as GIMP. Middle-earth’s got 99 problems, and mountains are basically 98 of them. Thanks! We are both nerds and the release of "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" put into motion a project I had wanted to do for a while but had put on a back burner due to school.

7 years ago I wanted a slightly smaller map: 24" high instead of 36". I am going for 36x48 print so I don't expect that to be the real problem. And I can buy the placement of the Misty Mountains, again as a continent-continent collision, perhaps, even if there should be a lot more shenanigans going on then, in terms of elevation. We also used Walmart for some pics we only had "hard copies" of and they offer larger (poster and above!) And ultimately, this feels a lot like defending the cake in the song MacArthur Park as a metaphor—okay fine, maybe it’s a metaphor…but it’s a silly metaphor that makes my geologist heart cry tears of hematite. To withdraw your consent, see Your Choices. It was exactly what I wanted.

I'm still trying to find a good file hosting site that can host a 437mb file. First, I used some painter's tape to mask off the areas I DIDN'T want the adhesive to stick. I then replaced the side of the map back down and placed it onto the adhesive prepared board. I liked the idea of a map but I wanted to make it look a little more unique and aged than just a simple map. They have a vector image of the entire map in three different formats to choose from and did I mention ITS FREE! on Step 2. I then lifted one side of the map, sprayed down the board and map with the adhesive, and let it become tacky (per the adhesive's instructions.) comment. Also, I'm sorry I didn't write this before, this 'ible is amazing. To celebrate the December 13 premiere of The Desolation Of Smaug, Google’s new Chrome Experience allows fans the chance to explore Middle Earth from the comfort of their own living rooms. While my map dried, I began to stain my wood. Might use this as a housewarming for first house gift idea--map of town where relatives new house is! The thought for this was that the ripped fibers in exposed edges in the paper would absorb the extra tea and would cause darkening of the edges. Side tangent: Smaller projects that require aging can use this same process but you need to ensure that you have a laser printed image. I made sure that the map was well pressed into the adhesive and took off all the clamps. Tolkien, Tolkien, Middle-Earth, LOTR, maps.
This happens when the crust is under tensional stress (being pulled apart) rather than the compressive stress (being squished together) you get from tectonic collisions.