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Hi Besli, I guess it would be great to introduce the topics so users can undertstand what is it all about and what is the goal of the thread. I understand it's a thread about original artwork of video game restoration right ? I might have good ones too ! (I'm finishing Golden axe poster)

I have quickly upscaled it by 4x if needed https://ibb.co/7Vx2JTD

Haha my bad! fixed now!

Hi all ! Following the "hot" discussion last month on the thread "Project Big boxes", I decided to create a small website called Big Box Love to share my work on some bigboxes restoration. https://www.bigboxlove.eu You'll find manuals, logos, big boxes in TIFF file and more. I mainly share 600 to 1200DPI PNG , JPG and Tif files. Be gentle, I'm not a designer and I don't have the skills of @Laserschwert but its my contribution to the preservation of those wonderful years of gaming ! My first idea was to share it as a Pack.ly ready-to-print file but the raised their price and I didn't find a easy way to flatten all layers in one so I decided to share TIF files for the boxes. But my first work was on manuals restoration and I'll keep adding more medias. Positive feedbacks are appreciated so I can improve the website according to your ideas and my time. Hope you'll enjoy it ! Have a nice day ! PS: Nearly finished the golden axe poster and heretic box restoration . Stay tuned !

Hi @Laserschwert, EDIT: @Laserschwert Just added a new scan version of Front and Back because I saw the first versions were cropped Here you can find my scans of the Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe box https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pZb6H0fD7wQMKbK_ddVKB-XCWXFp5kcb?usp=sharing I have included * Front part of the box * Back part of the box * Back part of the manual so the background pattern can be easily cleaned and expanded I guess * Wheel I can do other scans today if you want since I'm at work with good quality copy printer. I have quickly compared the poster you posted few days ago and my box and I think it's pretty much the same except for the colors. Mine are a bit "greener" than the poster you have. (which, for me, feels bluer) Let me know what you think !

Oh yeah, you've already have a good poster and hig-res assets ! I'll will do it by the end of the week and then you'll see if it fits for you. The wheel is pretty fun to and the manual is..... MASSIVE !

I don't (just have MI2 one if needed) but I have recently bought "Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe" in a very good condition for PC if you want to add to your poster collection (I didn't see it). I can scan it in 600 DPI if needed

Well I think AI tools are a real good help at some point where you can't find the orignal artworks or when it's low quality. I have used Topaz lab for a while just to upscale images and it's pretty impressive. Good work btw !

I have made a new vector version of it in PDF if you want ! Enjoy ! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ALusH2S2OGmNfBvzwv7iigVMqxQkSfst/view?usp=sharing

Watch out for the top side, you need to rotate to 180°, If you print like this, the logo will be inverted when you will assemble the box. Finishing this one: Lure of Temptress

Mine is 233x180x41mm. Measures taken from my original DOTT big box.

I thought about it. Directly share the pack.ly template made but I think it will be easy for someone to use it fraudulently. Anyone can take the whole PDF, delete the repro sentence and use it to flood auction. What do all of you think about it ? But it's clearly an option

Hi laserschwert, I'm not offering anything at the moment and won't. I was just polling the community before going to this last step but regarding the reactions, I just edited my article and remove the form. Case closed. I thought it was a good idea to make those boxes with crazy prices affordable for everyone (with all content) sold as REPRO but I guess I was wrong. I will keep recreating it for myself !

Thanks for the feedbacks ! Corrected ! Will have some serious sessions about corrections before going live @ThunderPeel2001 Well it feel the same and even more solid really ! It comes from a company in Spain. I had a second one from them and it looks even way better than the first one. They admitted there was a printing problem with the first one, send me another one free and it looks incredible and really strong ! But as said, you have to order 100 (but the prices are really correct !) I didn't find any online service where you can buy those big boxes as trong as this one (2mm thick). Pack.ly only propose 0.5mm.... And I didn't hear it was enough quality for big boxes. I'm finishing another one Just checked the back and the DOS version is 'environment' without S...I agree it feels weird The Amiga and Atari versions have other texts as you mentioned ! (Didn't even see this since I'm working on DOS version)

Hi time ! Sorry I guess the images upload didn't go well so I have uploaded them again. Go it about the typos in Front box (Yale and . at the end) It was a POC so I will have another one fixed soon ! Stay tuned !

Hi all! Wish all the best for 2023 !! Here are the printed version https://postimg.cc/PPwyZcqg Hope you'll like it ! The stickers, manual and newspaper will follow

Hi all, Quick update about the Zak McKracken manual... Part 1 done ! It's an A5 format like MI1. https://assets.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:bb2b5c8e-22eb-4eac-83ac-ef2c4e0aa42e?view=published Any feedbacks will be appreciated until V1.0 is released !

Hello @Laserschwert, of course I won't unless I have approval for it If I wanted to do it without approval, I wouldn't have shared the project with all of you in this forum ! My first goal was to do it for myself so it is. I just want to see what will be the result from the spanish printing company and the average cost of a print. I will surely try pack.ly to have a comparison. And for the files (to answer @ThunderPeel2001), I'm thinking about creating a Git repo or something like that with all files (manuals, PDF, etc) for the different boxes I will recreate so everyone will have access to. I already done it for the MI1 manual. Stay tuned, results in 2 weeks ! (box printing is launched)

Well, I guess pack.ly would fit your needs. I'm working right now with a spanish company but you have to order 100 boxes min to have a decent price.

Another try with maniac mansion

Hi all, Juste update the back with some in-game images I've taken. I think it's the final version ! Next step: printing the box !

Hi Laserschwert, I have notice some little differences in width between the new framed/clean versions and the others with text It seams the framed and marble one looses some width. If you see what I mean

Hi all, Quick update, I had few hours to work on within the last weeks on back part of the box. I'm pretty happy of what I have done regarding my skills. Again, everything except the paper background is made using vectors in Illustrator. Spent a lot of time to try to find the right fonts in this part.... really time consuming even with platform like Whatfontis, etc If someone has an idea of what are the real fonts I'm missing, I will really appreciate !!! To fix: 1°/ Find the right fonts for the back part. Some I'm pretty sure of the names but some I couldn't find the right one Title "National Inquisitor" => Engravers Old English (100% sure) Sub-title "March 29" & price (12$50) => Minion Variable Concept - Italic - (feel the same but it's not I think) Title "Worldwide..." => Enge Etienne (100% sure) Title "Could they be space cowboys" => Aver (feel the same but it's not I think) sub-title "Brain-Boggling...." => Acumin Variable Concept (feel the same but it's not I think) Sub-titles "A typical day...", "another comedy...", "Porky..." => CandidaEF RegulardCond (pretty sure at 99%) Body text => Classic Times new roman (sure at 60%) 2°/ Put the right in-game images for the 3 black boxes. I was thinking putting some existing screenshots of the FM-Towns version which looks better but it won't match the subtitles then ! If not I will have to play and make screenshots Any feedbacks are welcome !

Haha my bad ! What an idiot ! I already had it since the beginning ! 🙄 Just picked up the wrong one I guess ! Just fixed it, way better ! I owe you a beer on that (and a belgian monk beer for sure) 😛 Anyway, again, amazing work from you @Laserschwert, thank you