ronwlim

EDIT: LINKS REMOVED! Sorry, but the pirates and bandits have ruined it for everyone. Due to unscrupulous individuals bootlegging and SELLING my design, I have decided to remove the links. I thought long and hard about this and it wasn’t an easy decision. Apologies for those who weren’t able to get the links before I removed them. I may someday do another run at a premium price. IF I do, I’ll post in this thread.

DO NOT PM ME. I WON’T PROVIDE YOU WITH THE FILES. YOUR PMs WILL GO UNANSWERED.

Here’s the original despecialized boxset…

Images

Again, here’s a recipe for materials…
-The bluray cases can be found in Criterion’s online store in packs of 5.
-The bluray inserts are printed on matte 60-lb inkjet stock and printed 2-sided.

• I printed directly onto the blank bluray discs with my Canon Pixma printer
  -The mini-posters are printed on high-quality semi-glossy inkjet paper.
  -The mini lobby cards are on a matte 60-lb card stock.
  -The custom envelops for the posters and lobby cards are semi-gloss inkjet paper.
• The laserdisc-style card and fake Topps card are both on 60-lb matte card stock, printed both sides.
  -The slip cases are on a heavy matte card stock (not sure of weight). I reinforced the spine of the outer case with some white cardboard. I had to have a buddy print these as they were printed on 11x17 card stock.

I recommend getting a bone scorer to help get clean folds. They’re on Amazon for about $6. Everything is glued together with rubber cement using the dry mount method (you apply rubber cement to both surfaces, let it dry and then stick it together). It makes the glue very strong. A caveat that dry mounting cannot be reposititioned, so its important to get it right the first time.

And a link to Harmy’s unboxing of the set: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NppV0E7DLs

-Ron

A few months ago I created a custom box set, cases and goodies for Harmy’s Despecialized Editions. I even made a set for Harmy.

Since I’ve also created other versions of the Bluray cases, I decided to make a new thread for just my designs. I’ll add more here as I design them. Future cases include Despecialized prequels and of course cases for the new trilogy.

NOTE: While I’m happy to provide download links for all my designs, please do not repost elsewhere without attribution. Also, these are meant to be FREE. Please do not create sets for sale using my designs.

Thank you!
Ron

Close match to mine. Actually, I’ll be doing a set of these as soon as theatrical versions are made available.

-Ron

FYI, traffic to my Dropbox has disabled the link to my box set. I don’t really want to pay the $10 a month for this one file. They tell me its only temporary, so if you wait a few days the link should be live again.

Thanks for your patience and for downloading my box set files!

best,
Ron

I posted a link to my box set. You can always download and use my covers as a sizing guide:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4241360/StarWars_BoxSet_ronwlim.zip

Best,
Ron

http://comicbook.com/2015/09/19/disney-to-re-release-theatrical-cuts-of-the-original-star-wars-t/

Disney To Re-Release Theatrical Cuts Of The Original Star Wars Trilogy

The 25th annual Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando kicked off this evening with a bang! During the question and answer session, film director/producer John Landis (An American Werewolf in London), revealed to the audience some unexpected and major news regarding Star Wars of all things.

Empire is reporting: "At a Q&A tonight John Landis dropped that Disney are finally going to re-release the theatrical cuts of the original Star Wars trilogy." Landis then added, the information was provided to him by his oldpal George Lucas.

windowasher said:

 Jaw dropping. What outstanding work! Like Harmy, your commitment to fine detail & big ideas is an inspiration.

Thank you!

 Wow. Thanks for the kind words. Hopefully you saw the final box (Post 444). And somewhere after that in this thread there's a link to download the files to make one of your own.

Best,
Ron

Again, I just made a set ad it printed fine. I did use a heavier stock, which can definitely account for fit. I did this because the cover is double sided and I didn't want the inkjet ink to buckle the paper.

-Ron

Lust-In-Phaze said:

So I printed out ronwlim's Star Wars inserts for the criterion cases, and while the inside art fits the case, the outside printout was too small to fit the case properly. Any help in fixing this would be greatly appreciated.

Hmmm. Did you check the print dialogue box to make sure it printing at 100%?  I just made a set for Harmy and everything printed fine... lemme check the files tonight.

EDIT: When I checked the pdf, there's a box that's checked that says "FIT". Uncheck that and select "Actual size". See if that fixes your issue.

-Ron

Harmy said:

...how would you feel about making one of those babies for the guy who made the Despecialized Edition? I'd be happy to cover the cost of postage and material. Pretty please...

I would also love me one of these:
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Blu-Ray-and-other-HD-box-size-STAR-WARS-covers/post/745885/#TopicPost745885

so I'd like to extend the same request to spheretronic or anyone willing to make that from the files he provided.

It would make me all giddy to have these on my shelf and even more so if I knew and could tell people that they were made by fans of Despecialized!

I'd also be happy to give you some kind of special credit in future DeEd projects. 

Harmy... your box set is finally finished. I'll try to ship it to you this week. Let me know when you get it and what you think.

And of course, any credit in one of your projects would be amazing (I could maybe even design something special for one!).

Best,

Ron

scruffy_looking said:

Would anyone else on the forum with the skills and supplies be willing to print ronwlim's awesome packaging set for me? I would of course pay for supplies and shipping. I could probably provide the plastic cases, too, if necessary. 

If someone wants to help scruffy out, that's fine. Please do not charge him above material costs to make the box. I provided the artwork in the spirit of sharing and will be reluctant to do so in the future if someone tries to take advantage of it financially.

Thanks!
Ron

Smithers said:

ronwlim said:

The bluray cases can be found in Criterion's online store in packs of 5.

 I can't seem to find it on their site, what is the thickness of the cases?

Here they are:

http://www.criterion.com/shop_products/91-clear-blu-ray-case-5-pack

To anyone attempting to recreate my box set, please post pictures of your finished product. I'd love to see how they turn out.

-Ron

EDIT: LINKS REMOVED! Sorry, but the pirates and bandits have ruined it for everyone. Due to unscrupulous individuals bootlegging and SELLING my design, I have decided to remove the links. I thought long and hard about this and it wasn’t an easy decision. Apologies for those who weren’t able to get the links before I removed them. I may someday do another run at a premium price. IF I do, I’ll post in this thread.

DO NOT PM ME. I WON’T PROVIDE YOU WITH THE FILES. YOUR PMs WILL GO UNANSWERED.

Again, here’s a recipe for materials…
-The bluray cases can be found in Criterion’s online store in packs of 5.
-The bluray inserts are printed on matte 60-lb inkjet stock and printed 2-sided.

• I printed directly onto the blank bluray discs with my Canon Pixma printer
  -The mini-posters are printed on high-quality semi-glossy inkjet paper.
  -The mini lobby cards are on a matte 60-lb card stock.
  -The custom envelops for the posters and lobby cards are semi-gloss inkjet paper.
• The laserdisc-style card and fake Topps card are both on 60-lb matte card stock, printed both sides.
  -The slip cases are on a heavy matte card stock (not sure of weight). I reinforced the spine of the outer case with some white cardboard. I had to have a buddy print these as they were printed on 11x17 card stock.

I recommend getting a bone scorer to help get clean folds. They’re on Amazon for about $6. Everything is glued together with rubber cement using the dry mount method (you apply rubber cement to both surfaces, let it dry and then stick it together). It makes the glue very strong. A caveat that dry mounting cannot be reposititioned, so its important to get it right the first time.

As I haven’t tested these pdf versions, I definitely recommend doing a test print in black & white to avoid wasting ink. I’ll post this is the bluray art thread as well.

Best,
Ron

Okay, here's a link to create my box set above.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4241360/StarWars_BoxSet_ronwlim.zip

Again, here's a recipe for materials...
-The bluray cases can be found in Criterion's online store in packs of 5.
-The bluray inserts are printed on matte 60-lb inkjet stock and printed 2-sided.
- I printed directly onto the blank bluray discs with my Canon Pixma printer
-The mini-posters are printed on high-quality semi-glossy inkjet paper.
-The mini lobby cards are on a matte 60-lb card stock.
-The custom envelops for the posters and lobby cards are semi-gloss inkjet paper.
- The laserdisc-style card and fake Topps card are both on 60-lb matte card stock, printed both sides.
-The slip cases are on a heavy matte card stock (not sure of weight). I reinforced the spine of the outer case with some white cardboard. I had to have a buddy print these as they were printed on 11x17 card stock.

I recommend getting a bone scorer to help get clean folds. They're on Amazon for about $6. Everything is glued together with rubber cement using the dry mount method (you apply rubber cement to both surfaces, let it dry and then stick it together). It makes the glue very strong. A caveat that dry mounting cannot be reposititioned, so its important to get it right the first time.

As I haven't tested these pdf versions, I definitely recommend doing a test print in black & white to avoid wasting ink. I'll post this is the bluray art thread as well.

Best,
Ron

Harmy,

It would be an honor. Give me a couple weeks to get this together.
PM me an address to ship to. Don't worry about costs (unless shipping costs a fortune; I once had to send something to Romania and UPS wanted $250!).

The only thing I wouldn't be providing are the actual discs. I'll send a pdf for the Bluray labels for you to print.

That said, I WILL NOT be making these for anyone else. It's just too much work. I'm happy to provide pdfs to print and assemble your own.

-Ron

David,

In regards to printing, I think it'll require playing around. Obviously different printers produce different results. In my case, tweaking the Photoshop print settings made a HUGE difference. There's a pulldown menu that offers the option of Photoshop or Canon controlling the output settings. I used both depending on the stock and the image.

This sort of trial and error is precisely why I wouldn't want to produce these for other people. Though to be honest, I've pretty much worked out the kinks and wasting tons of ink and piles of paper :).

-Ron

pittrek,

I actually thought of making a few for sale, but then decided it was against the spirit of Harmy's work. I'll include all the elements to make everything yourself. Though be forewarned, its a ardulous process to recreate, and not inexpensive.

Here's a mini-recipe for materials...
-The bluray cases can be found in Criterion's online store in packs of 5.
-The bluray inserts are printed on matte 60-lb inkjet stock and printed 2-sided.
- I printed directly onto the blank bluray discs with my Canon Pixma printer
-The mini-posters are printed on high-quality semi-glossy inkjet paper.
-The mini lobby cards are on a matte 60-lb card stock.
-The custom envelops for the posters and lobby cards are semi-gloss inkjet paper.
- The laserdisc-style card and fake Topps card are both on 60-lb matte inkjet paper, printed both sides.
-The slip cases are on a heavy matte card stock (not sure of weight). I reinforced the spine of the outer case with some white cardboard. I had to have a buddy print these as they were printed on 11x17 card stock.

I recommend getting a cards scoring tool to help get clean folds. They're on Amazon for about $6. Everything is glued together with rubber cement using the dry mount method (you apply rubber cement to both surfaces, let it dry and then stick it together). It makes the glue very strong. A caveat that dry mounting cannot be reposititioned, so its important to get it right the first time.

You WILL screw up your first attempt. Making this box takes a bit of trial and error. Look for a download link in the next couple days in this thread.

Good luck!
Ron

I'm happy to share. It'll take me a couple days to simplify the files. Right now they're all layered Photoshop files. I'll upload the whole package by the end of the weekend..

One big caveat: the slipcases and bluray art are designed to use Criterion cases. Unfortunately, it'd take quite a bit of work to adapt for the regular bluray case sizes, particularly on the slipcases which proved to be quite tricky to get right. You can buy blank Criterions on their site.

Best - Ron

I'm happy to share. It'll take me a couple days to simplify the files. Right now they're all layered Photoshop files and frankly, there's a lot of odd scaling and experimentation I went through to make everything work.

To answer the question of size, the bluray art is designed to use Criterion cases. Which is also how the slip cases are built. It allowed me to showcase more artwork.

Unfortunately, it'd take quite a bit of work to adapt for the regular bluray case sizes, particularly on the slipcases which proved to be quite tricky to get right.

I'll upload the whole package by the end of the weekend..

Best - Ron

I opted for that particular "W" because it was the original version before Joe Johnson revised it to work with the opening crawl. Essentially I tried to grab elements from throughout the early marketing campaigns to give the box set an old school feel, right down to the old Fox logo.

-Ron

Okay, finished my Despecialized edition box set. As I was designing it I kept thinking of more and more cool stuff to throw in. What started as a simple slipcase became a double slip case.In the end, I actually had to take stuff out.

Every card was hand cut. Each envelope was made as a one-off and handcut. Through trial and error on the slip cases, I must have eaten through two inkjet refills and printed the cases 8 or 9 times, not to mention the bluray sleeves.

Anyway, enjoy the pics.

thanks!

Ron

Okay, finished my Despecialized edition box set. As I was designing it I kept thinking of more and more cool stuff to throw in. What started as a simple slipcase became a double slip case.In the end, I actually had to take stuff out.

Every card was hand cut. Each envelope was made as a one-off and handcut. Through trial and error on the slip cases, I must have eaten through two inkjet refills and printed the cases 8 or 9 times, not to mention the bluray sleeves.

Anyway, enjoy the pics.

thanks!

Ron

I'm working on a box for my despecialized editions now. Unfortunately, I'm not great at box engineering. Here's my ill-fitting rough test version with my final blurays.

The box has a bit of work to go but the bluray sleeves are pretty much done. I designed them for Criterion size cases to maximize the artwork.

Some details:
- I used the copy and (bad) kerning from each film's opening crawl

- used the old school Fox logo

- recreated ALL the credits using the proper fonts.

- For each logo, i recreated each as a high-res vector version for easier scaling.

- Matched each film's release poster as closely as possible

- For the Empire cover, had to recreate the original one sheet WITHOUT Lando, Boba Fett or Cloud City

- For each case's pictures, I used images that spoke to them being the theatrical versions.

At any rate, enjoy. I may upload it once I figure out how to make the box fit the cases better.

thanks for looking,

Ron

My two cents...

After comparing to the despecialized edition, I can see Harmy's version has much more clarity and less grain. I did like the HD GOUT's color though. The halls of the Tantive were much brighter and cleaner.

I look forward to seeing how this progresses.

-Ron