Blue Meanie's G1 Box Tutorial

Blue Meanie · 05-04-2009, 09:43 PM

(Special thanks to dsn1014 for the extra help! ~Superquad7)

I put a ton of time and effort into making [this]. I hope everyone can put it to good use.

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Blue Meanie · 05-04-2009, 09:43 PM

When you're finished, you can have boxes that turn out like this:

Blue Meanie · 05-09-2009, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Shockwave_Ops

For the carded figures like the cassettes, the grid area should be 24 across and 25 down. *snip*I did mine and it worked really well.

I actually have done all the Mini-bot cards and Japan[ese] style Mini-bot boxes. [Here are the ones] I have . . . done and built:

joopsta · 05-10-2009, 04:18 AM

I've made a nice [Microsoft] Excel [spread]sheet to calculate my box size. I can also see where to put the ruler lines in Photoshop. Here's a pic. It's easy to make, and you won't miscalculate. The one in the pic is for my custom [G1] US/Japanese Raiden giftset box. You can see the ruler lines in the second pic.
I also put all the intl paper sizes in it, so I can see what size it has to be print on.

05-04-2009, 09:43 PM	#1
Blue Meanie Hello from the Gutter Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 4,200 Location: Space Coast FL Collection Count: unknown thousands	Blue Meanie's G1 Box Tutorial *(Special thanks to dsn1014 for the extra help! ~Superquad7)* I put a ton of time and effort into making [this]. I hope everyone can put it to good use. [IMG}http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/attachment.php?attachmentid=27177516&stc=1&d=1281759897[/IMG] Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Superquad7; 08-13-2010 at 11:43 PM..

05-04-2009, 09:43 PM	#2
Blue Meanie Hello from the Gutter Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 4,200 Location: Space Coast FL Collection Count: unknown thousands	Blue Meanie's G1 Box Tutorial When you're finished, you can have boxes that turn out like this: Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Superquad7; 08-13-2010 at 11:40 PM..

05-10-2009, 04:18 AM	#4
joopsta loves Animated Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 806 Location: Netherlands Collection Count: 150 and shrinking News Credits: 6	I've made a nice [Microsoft] Excel [spread]sheet to calculate my box size. I can also see where to put the ruler lines in Photoshop. Here's a pic. It's easy to make, and you won't miscalculate. The one in the pic is for my custom [G1] US/Japanese Raiden giftset box. You can see the ruler lines in the second pic. I also put all the intl paper sizes in it, so I can see what size it has to be print on. Attached Thumbnails Home is where my collection is! Last edited by Superquad7; 08-14-2010 at 02:26 AM..