A Dishonored Themed Book Nook
A Dishonored Themed Book Nook
I’ve been seeing these ‘book nook’ things pop up lately. They go in between books on shelves, and they look like a little miniature world, sometimes with clever tricks to make them look like they lead off into another space larger than they are. For some reason most of them are themed on Harry Potter, which I’ve never read or seen and have no interest in. But some of them are generic enough they can be altered to fit other aesthetics. You might know where this is going.
As I mentioned in several other posts, Dishonored is my very favorite game and the only one I still play on a regular basis. I have about 600 hours logged over all the entries, mostly in the first main game. I have done little prop projects like the mana potion vial and power rune, multiple pieces of wall art from the game custom made, and I have some fanfiction published. So I decided I’d like to do a Dishonored themed book nook as well.
I bought a kit off Etsy that was one of the most common HP themed ones, but with no recognizable text. It was easy to put together, and I spent a couple weekends and change painting the major elements in acrylic, using screenshots of buildings and architectural elements from the game as a guide. I then added specific elements like posters and graffiti, objects from the game like potions, rats, a plague corpse, pipes and vents, whale oil tank, loudspeaker, etc. using paper and clay. I printed off shrunken versions of posters, ads and banners and taped them onto the walls. Some of the pieces of the kit were adapted to serve as platforms, so a pennant became a Lord Regent’s banner, a magic shop sign became an Overseer outpost logo.
The best part is the turn in the alley that provides some internal space in the back corner. I used this to place an Outsider’s shrine made from balsa wood and a little rune and bonecharm made of clay. The turn also gives, if one doesn’t look too closely, the impression that the street continues on outside the bounds of the box. I ordered some colored LED strips to add to the outside and inner bits to light up the scene. The final product still looks amateurish, especially now that everyone owns a 3D printer and can make exact replicas. But I enjoyed it and I think it turned out well enough for my own amusement. Here are some pictures:
