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During this year I created four different “windows” of black cardboard and transparent paper which I then laminated. I made windows of Princess Cadance, Princess Celestia, Princess Twilight Sparkle and Princess Luna. Once they were all completed I assembled them to a little lantern which you can see in this animation.
Here is one alternative version with a less reflective background.
Here is one alternative version with a less reflective background.
You are very welcome. I hope to see your results :)
Chances are that it might be a lot easier with a plotter machine (which I don’t have). However, the patterns I used are probably also too sketchy to be used in a plotter machine (when cutting them with by hand it is easy enough to correct minor mistakes by visual judgement.
Merry Christmas to you and your friend :)
Thanks so much! I’ll be showing this to a friend with more crafting experience to get their input on how to accomplish this.
I’m happy to send you the patterns I used for free. I just uploaded them, so I can give you the links.
They are based on the Princess Windows from the 2017 MLP movie. For those patterns I merely removed a few of the rods to simplify them a little . You can print those patterns (they must be printed with the same height), cover the rearside of them with pencil lines, then tape the pattern onto two layers of black cardboard and trace the outlines of the window pattern with a pencil. The pencil lines on the backside will produce an imprint on the cardboard you can then use for the cutting. It is extremely important to also have the layers of black cardboard taped together at the edges so they won’t shift during the cutting.
Here are links to the patterns I used:
Celestia
Luna One important note here. In case of Luna I had to add a vew rods not included in this pattern to ensure that the moon at the top (otherwise not held in place by any rods) would stay in place.
Twilight
Cadance
In case of Luna in particular there are more different shades of blue than I could find in stores so I painted some of the (originally white) transparent paper myself to get the necessary variety of blue.
Thank you very much for the request Captain PonySeidon.
Unfortunately it would be more than anyone will be willing to pay ;)
All of the panels and the transparent paper fillings were handcut. Along with the drafting and the glueing of the shreds of transparent paper, it took more than 60 hours to make. So even if I took what is minimum wage per hour over here, I’m afraid it would exceed what anyone would be happy to pay.