cudofcow Report post Posted April 6, 2014 I'm wondering if anyone out there has a pattern for the game of thrones ring seen in the beginning opening credits. I'd love to make a 1 3/4" belt that matched that pattern. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glendon Report post Posted April 8, 2014 I'm sure there is a photoshop guru out there who could trace that out. Sadly it's beyond my skill. A true tracing pattern might be too much to hope for, but the graphic should be on the net somewhere. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DavidL Report post Posted April 8, 2014 if i was to try this i would draw it out on an entire sheet of paper then transfer it to the belt. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shtoink Report post Posted April 8, 2014 (edited) I'm usually pretty surprised when something similar hasn't been done yet, especially when it's as popular as this show is. I did a bit of digging and found numerous still of the astrolabe in the intro... First, the astrolabe as a whole A wiki page with some clickable thumbnails Several more close up shots on the details There was a bunch more, but it would require further weeding through the pages to find the stuff missing from the gaps. If you want to go that far with it, it'd probably be easier to snag a copy of the intro so that you can go frame by frame and transfer what you see to a sheet of paper. After that, I'd do exactly what DavidL was saying and put it on a belt. It might not be the exact thing you were asking about, but it'll get you a good start. I found another one... and another one... It looks like both of those are people trying to get more detail from the rings, too. Edited April 8, 2014 by shtoink Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ETW Grumpy Report post Posted June 1, 2014 I've got some screen caps of the very beginning and the very end, but they're not on this computer. Later this evening I'll try to post them. The resolution isn't great, but they may give you some help with making sketches. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ETW Grumpy Report post Posted June 2, 2014 Ok folks here are the screen caps that I took in answer to cudofcow's request. Not the best resolution, but may be a good place to start. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HippieLee Report post Posted June 2, 2014 Funny you should mention that as I'm right in the middle of a House Stark guitar strap. Just started carving yesterday but I'm going out of town for work for the next week so I probably won;t get to finish until next weekend. I hope your belt goes well - I agree it's a great idea! I googled "House Stark Line Art" for the wolf head logo but I drew the wierwood tree myself. I hope my bevelling will cover up my lousy carving lol. It's all learning though! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ETW Grumpy Report post Posted June 2, 2014 Looks good. Be sure and post pics after you get it finished. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shtoink Report post Posted June 2, 2014 I have been searching around for high resolution screen captures of the intro to be able to see if I can piece together something that might be able to be used as a pattern. I've got some pretty good images so far, I just need to sit down with some image editing software to stitch them together and make some adjustments to make them easily transferable to leather. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shtoink Report post Posted June 2, 2014 (edited) With the images I found, this is what I was able to piece together. It's a bit rough and the details are a tad muddy, but it's in one image. The issue I was having was that there was some distortion from the light source in the center of the astrolabe as the rings move around. This meant that, without a bunch more work, there isn't a clean way to just print the image to scale and trace it to leather. An intermediate step is needed to make it into some line-art that is appropriately sized and transferable to leather. The original PSD file is around 100 Mbytes and consists of about 14 layers to try and capture as much detail as possible. It look like some of the gaps will need to be assumed or filled in with a "best guess" for those that want to push forward with it. *EDIT* It turns out that the image attachment system has the annoying feature of automatically reducing the image size to what it deems fit. It lets me upload an image and attach it, but gives no warnings or intervention for making my image much smaller than it should be. *EDIT 2* It looks like the only way to do this with bigger images is to upload to the gallery and link to it with the full editor. Not exactly my ideal method, but I guess it works. Just right click the thumbnail, click on the image, and then right-click the image when you can see the magnifying glass icon and then select the "Link to Original File" option. That should bring up the full sized image to be able to save it for later use. If all else fails, I can send it via email or something. The current method leaves a lot to be desired. Edited June 2, 2014 by shtoink Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ETW Grumpy Report post Posted June 3, 2014 You got a lot better images than mine. Thanks for posting those. If you want some help with the Photoshop end of it, I would be happy to help. Looks like it could turn out to be a pretty cool belt. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lightingale Report post Posted June 3, 2014 Wow, we really think alike. I started putting the images together in Photoshop a few months ago to make a belt pattern, but orders happened and I haven't gotten around to finishing it. I've been going about it by painstakingly screenshotting the video on my computer and stitching the pieces together in photoshop... then drawing over the image to create a line drawing with my tablet. If I finish any time soon, I'll see if I can post it here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
