Splinter of the Mind’s Eye – Part 21
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Luke shakily deactivated his saber and reattached it to his belt.
At the same time, the Princess grew aware of how tightly she was clinging to him. Their proximity engendered a wash of confused emotion. It would be proper to disengage, to move away a little. Proper, but not nearly so satisfying. She was utterly drained, and the comfort she derived from leaning against him was worth any feeling of impropriety.
They stood like that for a timeless stretch. Luke slid his arm around her and she didn’t resist. She didn’t look yearningly up at him either, but this was enough for him, for now at least. He was happy.
An eternity later a querulous voice bounced down the walls to them, so gently he wasn’t certain he’d heard anything at all.
“Luke, boy… are you down there?”
–Chapter VIII page 175 of Splinter of the Mind’s Eye by Alan Dean Foster.
BMSer T. Gatto is responsible for the Blue Milk Special milk carton which we debuted at Baltimore Comic Con and revised at New York Comic Con 2010. He’s recently put his considerable paper and graphical talents to the task of making a whole series of Blue Milk Special themed milk cartons. The first of these new milk cartons are available below, for free (as always) for you to download, print, fold and glue. More from this ongoing series will debut in the following weeks.
Click above to download full-size versions.
T. says: I used Office Max print service and was very satisfied, the employee reduced the cartons about 3% to better fit the printer. It came to about $0.70 per page, more for a heavier gloss stock.
Some assembly recommendations:
A- Score all lines that need folding, with a hobby knife and a ruler, prior to folding.
B- Use a Glue stick for a better instant paste, mix with Elmer’s/PVA glue to get a better hold.
C- Glue the side seams first then press flat to get everything lined up, then the bottoms, finally the tops.
D- If you use glue, clamp, or press with a weight, the tops (I tried using the force but it doesn’t work as well as I would like).
E- A paper clip will also hold the tops if you want to keep thing inside.
F- Use a black marker, or colored markers, to hide the fold and scoring lines if they bother you (I have not done this on the examples, but it works well).
G- If desired, trim the tops after the glue sets for a more uniform look.
For those adventurous few who set themselves the task of making one of these milk cartons, please feel free to send us photos of your finished versions that we can share on this site. Have fun, and try not to glue your fingers together!
To those making these cartons (Which I can’t because I really lack the proper material, sadly…) Don’t forget to purchase blue food-dye!
I really don’t have a whole lot of faith in these cartons holding any liquid. It could be done, but it would require special card/paper and very thorough sealing. Would love to see it if anyone can pull it off! 🙂
Hmm… Just had a thought – melt some food grade parifan wax, swish quickly inside the carton, dump out the excess. Heck, it’s how they seal real milk cartons….
I love how you’re breaking down the fourth wall with the SOTME series! Not that BMS hasn’t broken the fourth wall before, but not only are the characters snarking on the story, they’re snarking on the artwork, too!
And the milk cartons are hilarious! They look great!
It’s so true though, Karen. I am so glad they are in a dark cave right now. 🙂
I prefer to see it as actors on a set. We’ve had Lucas show up a few times already. It would be like the actors show up for the days shoot and wonder, “What’s George going to put us throught today?”
Well… leia… we’re both alone now… heheheh 😉
Ouch! I think a shard of that shattered fourth wall just hit me in the eye!
Oh, well … I’m sure I can find a handy plot device around here somewhere with which to pull it out …
😉
(Nice page; can’t wait to see the “natives”.)
To Quote Spanky (or was in Alfalfa?) from the “Little Rascals”
“Well, well, well you fell in a well.”
As always; love the strip today, and (as Karen said) good show cutting on yourselves 😉
Hope everyone likes the cartons! I for one know the artist, and he is rather nice, if a bit pretentious.
I have about a dozen more planned, and in the works, but will possibly take requests, if someone asks nicely.
>>Mr. Ritter Loctor
—What is wrong with you?
>>I knew of a doctor…
—Tell about him, do.
>>Sad to say, one day he fell
>>right into a great big well.
—Oh, that’s too bad.
>>Why, no, not at all!
—Why speak in such a tone?
>>He should’ve attended to the sick and left the well alone.
!!!
Awesome! I want a vader. As I mentioned before, love that ubiquitous smile his mask seems to contort into.
Jeepers, I’m such a late starter…
Been playing catch-up with this awesome site – huge kudos all round for the wit and the great artwork.
I actually started drawing a version of ‘Splinter’ back when the book first came out – it resembles Star Wars Age 9’s unintentional awesomeness. Hopefully, I’ll find the pages one day (they’re hidden at me mum’s).