[quote=“Hannah”]The thing I love about larp is that it doesn’t have to be authentic - looking authentics is good enough. So you might want to check out material shops for suede / leather-look material, probably in the upholstery section. It may not be cheaper than real leather, but you’d be getting more of it. I would think material easier to cut/work with than leather, though I suppose it comes down to the thickness.
Wrap the outside with the “leather” and take it about an inch over the inside of the cover, then a coloured material like a deep blue or maroon, can be glued over the inside of the cover, going up to the edge, which hides the leather edge.
Standard PVA glue works well on absorbent stuff like leather/cardboard/material.
For the pages, the nicest paper I have found is watercolour paper - you can buy pads of it. Something with decent thickness and texture to make it seem parchmenty, but if you’re going to use real quill and ink like Depth was using, might make the writing tricky.[/quote]
Thanks for this suggestion, however I do think I would prefer the cover to be true leather, as it just feels more… right XD.
As for Derek’s suggestions, the box of loose papers is going to be a bit too chaotic in my opinion, and the scrolls might take up quite a bit of space, a bit more than they need atleast… The vellum might be an option if the book doesn’t work out… I could however just make a loose leather cover, and have loose papers in there, it would be more ordered than a box or pouch of loose papers, but still have a bit of chaoticness =3… I’ll see what I can do =D.