I've been wanting to make 1/6 scale records for the longest time, but as I developed the post apocalyptic world of the Radio Kings, it just started to feel like a necessary prop. I finally found some laser cut plastic circles. I believe they were intended as bases for gaming miniatures, but I could order them to size and they were perfect for what I needed. I used a compass with a razor tip to cut the grooves, and just put everything else together in photoshop.
The one thing I wasn't expecting was that, while it is really easy to get album cover art online, it's really hard to find the back cover art, or the the art on the record sticker. So most of these are photographed from albums I own. Particularly proud of that Cramps record, since the vinyl cover is completely different from the art they used for the CD.
And of course, if I was going to do this, I knew I had to start out with some of my all time favorite records:
The Cramps - Big Beat From Badsville
Beach Slang - The Things We Do to Find People Who Feel Like Us
The Gaslight Anthem - Sink or Swim
Murder By Death - Red of Tooth and Claw
Head over to HERE for the full photoshoot gallery and a bit of backstory.
The one thing I wasn't expecting was that, while it is really easy to get album cover art online, it's really hard to find the back cover art, or the the art on the record sticker. So most of these are photographed from albums I own. Particularly proud of that Cramps record, since the vinyl cover is completely different from the art they used for the CD.
And of course, if I was going to do this, I knew I had to start out with some of my all time favorite records:
The Cramps - Big Beat From Badsville
Beach Slang - The Things We Do to Find People Who Feel Like Us
The Gaslight Anthem - Sink or Swim
Murder By Death - Red of Tooth and Claw
Head over to HERE for the full photoshoot gallery and a bit of backstory.
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