The casket of Lemarshan. How to make your own hands?

The legend says that Lemarshan's casket can open doors to a different dimension. On the ossonian idea of a fantastic casket, capable of capturing the soul of a person, the plot of the film "The Risen from Hell" was constructed. However, if you decide to build such a casket with your own hands, you will be carried away only in the world of interesting crafts.

What it is?

What is the casket of Lemarshan? The idea of creating such a subject was put forward by Philippe Lemarshan, the hero of Clive Barker's book . He created a cube that opens in a special way as an interesting puzzle. Therefore, the toy began to be called the casket of Lemarshan. Although another hero of the book practiced black magic and used the cube as a portal to the demons of the lower world, people of our world make the craft as an ornament for the house because of its unusual and mysterious.

How to make a casket of Lemarshan own?

The homemade casket in appearance is no worse than the original. And the symbols can be glued to the same ones, which are inscribed on a real cinematic craft. Such a toy will become an interesting and unexpected gift to a friend or acquaintance. The box can be made opening, so that you can store small things in it, for example. And you can just for decoration decorate a cube with pasted symbols of hell.

So, how is the Lemarshan casket performed by our own hands? For an ordinary casket that will not open, either wood or textolite is used as a base. The latter will be more convenient for processing at home, so it is better to look for this material for crafts. From the textolite cut out 6 sides with grooves, which should fit tightly to each other. On a laser printer, a scan is printed out, cut out. All parts are then glued to the 6 sides of the cube. This is the easiest option. The cube is formed as a Lego constructor, and Lemarshan's casket is assembled.

Caskets made of wood with retractable mechanism

Another option for this cube is a hand- crafted piece with extendable sides. Using a jig saw, it is necessary to process the inner and outer surfaces of the sides of the cube very carefully. On the four sides of the inside you need to cut out the retractable connections. The grooves for them must be provided from the other two sides.

The cube itself is put together by means of these drawers. This box is opened by simultaneous movement of all 4 moving blocks sideways. The upper and lower sides remain fixed. If a person likes to cut wood, and there is a set for sawing with a jig saw, then all the drawings can be made independently, then processed and varnished in wood.

Simple cube with thematic stickers

Also made of wood is a simpler work that does not involve special knowledge and skills of carving. Any pieces of wood at hand are suitable for the job. Still need glue and a little enthusiasm. Why is the casket of Lemarshan so mysterious? A cube drawing is known to every schoolboy studying geometry. But the secret lies in the unusual nature of the drawings. It is enough to glue with a help of PVA or "Titan" cube of small wooden blocks. If you make a large cube with thick walls, then you can use carnations. Then in the following order, you should paste the symbols on each side.

What takes the most time, is a scan with a lot of small elements that need to be cut very carefully with a clerical knife. It is best to print several blanks in case you can not cut out thinly the first time. So it is possible quickly, within 2-3 days to make several such cubes. Of course, it is also better to open them with varnish, so that the drawings last longer.

The Lemarshan casket: a reamer

All the cut elements of the cube should already be at hand when a wooden base is made. Where to find such a scan? Toy Lemarshan is very popular among fans of horror movies of the 90's. And in some forums fans of the movie "Risen from Hell" you can find a sample sweep. However, if there is no color printer, you can come up with your own symbols that will decorate your own cube. In the article, some variants of the sweep are presented to your attention.

Casket-transformer "Combination of crying"

The casket of Lemarshan, known as the "Lament configuration", is an even more interesting piece of art. But it is very difficult to make. Such a toy will take a lot of time. You must first make a layout, and then take up work on the original. This hand-made article consists of two halves, each of which is made according to a special principle.

There are different combinations of the Lemarshan casket, but usually the layout is made of solid cardboard. Printed on paper, the scan is glued to the cardboard. This layout is assembled into a cube and cut to pieces so that the cube can be assembled again. We see in the figure above the principle of assembly. After that, on the basis of cardboard parts are cut out already wooden elements and glued together in the same order in which the cardboard cube was dismantled. Therefore, it is better to make 2 layouts at once, so that there is an example of assembly. Sometimes choose a cube instead of wood plywood. The layout is prepared in the same way, and the cube is going to. Then the details of the cardboard are attached with adhesive tape to the base, and on the marking with a jigsaw, the Lemarshan casket is immediately cut out.

How do I move a picture to a finished cube?

To display on the tree or plywood elements of hell, you will have to do fine work. All the details should be cut from the paper and put them on the buttons. You can use adhesive paper for this, which you can then remove.

We'll have to buy a can with black paint and walk a few times over the entire area of the cube and paint it. When the paint dries, the stickers are removed.