[jwyss234]

I received a request for how I made the Daily Bugle paper that I had JJJ holding in one of my last posts. Since it's something that I came up with and didn't follow any instructions, I figured that I would make a quick guide on how to make a DB paper to display with Marvel Legends.

Step 1: Do a Google Image search for the Daily Bugle in order to find a newspaper cover you like.

Step 2: Once you've found a cover you like, copy the image into MS Word or Pages (Mac). This way, you can resize the image so that it will be in scale with your figures. Either program should have an option to view rulers on the document to help you size the image. It should roughly be 1"x2", depending on the image you chose. Once you're happy with the size, print it out on regular copy paper.



Step 3: With a pencil, lightly draw a horizontal line along the top and bottom of the news paper cover.



Step 4: Cut along both lines so that you have a strip of paper like below.



Step 5: Fold the paper so that it accordions behind the newspaper cover. IMPORTANT!: When folding, don't crease the edges. Having a slightly round edge on your folds will help make the paper look like it has several pages inside, giving it some "body".



Step 6: To make the accordioned strip of paper look like a neatly stacked newspaper, apply some stick glue (not liquid glue) to the center of each "page". Then use either your fingers or a paper clap to apply pressure to the center of of the newspaper till the glue dries. It should only take a few minutes for the glue to dry.



When you're done, it should look something like this:



It's not as convincing up close but on the shelf with figures, it looks pretty good.