redriverpaper.com great site for buying Glossy Photo Legal Paper

[DraimanBelieve]

     So I came across this site through looking at auctions for GBA games on ebay.  Some guy was selling a Castlevania GBA game with custom cover art in a DS case and said "thanks to thecoverproject.net"  so I checked this site out and its awesome.  This is my 1st post on this forum so hi everybody.  Not very experienced with this kind of stuff I have done photo printing and I have a Cannon Pixma i2600 which is $30 photo printer.  It prints really good photos on the highest settings.  I just bought some of this legal paper and I printed out a Final Fantasy III DS cover on it and it looks awesome.  I have encountered no bleeding and so far it looks awesome eventhough my printer is no high tech laser printer that costed me $500.  The website to buy this paper off of is www.redriverpaper.com they sell Glossy 32 LB (125 gsm) and they also have 50 LB Matte (185 gsm) legal paper. 

I bought the Glossy photo paper kind and that came with 100 sheets and is perfect for printing out covers.  My only issue right now is I am out of ink and was lucky to get off that 1 cover.  I did order the optional Photo black and color photo cartridges (currently using regular sized ink cartridges not the photo kind) for my printer for $40 I should be getting it later on today when the mail comes.  I also bought a case of those UGCs from mediashelving.com for $42 plus like $22 shipping.  I have over 80 game cartridges 30 of which are NES games.  Another thing if anyone here knows of a really good tool to use for modifying these cases I would be very happy. 

I tried an Xacto Knife and did 1 case in about an hour.  I ended up cutting the crap out of my thumb with it and so I called it quits on that Xacto method.  The dremel method is out cause its too dangerous and it would just tear the case up anyways.  The Soldering Iron method is horrible, it works but it smells god awful and the fumes I am pretty sure are poisonous and can kill you.  I tried toe nail clippers and those do work to an extent but its a slow process.  Idk of any other really great methods but there has to be a much easier way than using a damn Dremel or Soldering Iron.  I love the site and its awesome and now I have a storage method for all those game cartridges I keep buying. 

[Mick Dundee]

I used my Dremel with a "Cutting" bit. Looked like a Chubby small saw blade.
I also Used a Razor Knife... not an exacto blade.....heavier duty, made for more constructive things, bigger handle.

 Your first 1 or 2 will not come out perfect... but that's normal.

Once you get the hang of it, you will be able to cut up a few within minutes.

 Practice makes perfect

[Ragnarok2103]

they best thing i've found for modding cases is just using a pair of wire snips and just grabbing it and twisting the excesses pieces out. its not quite as clean, but it works and you dont cut yourself.
heres  a picture of what i use
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x192/Ragnarok2103/snips.jpg

[juan0tron]

hah you found this site through ebay? That's actually pretty awesome, one of my friends has been using this site for a while but still hasn't joined. (Which was surprising because I hadn't even told him about it yet when he told me)

[XanderBoy]

I also use red river paper.  I use their 50 lb. Premium Matte C2S double sided paper.  I ended up investing in a pretty heavy duty xacto knife to give clean cuts for the print-outs.

I use the same heavy duty xacto knife to cut nintendo ds cases to fit GBA manuals.  I'm not sure what your knife is like, but maybe try investing in a really good quality knife if you don't have one already.  It may take a while, but it's safe and pretty low risk.

[DraimanBelieve]

I also use red river paper.  I use their 50 lb. Premium Matte C2S double sided paper.  I ended up investing in a pretty heavy duty xacto knife to give clean cuts for the print-outs.

I use the same heavy duty xacto knife to cut nintendo ds cases to fit GBA manuals.  I'm not sure what your knife is like, but maybe try investing in a really good quality knife if you don't have one already.  It may take a while, but it's safe and pretty low risk.

Yeah I thought about the 50 pound paper but the thing about that paper is you don't get as much and its much more costly and I already spent way too much money doing this little "project".  The 32 pound paper works pretty good I haven't encountered any bleeding issues yet so thats good.  Xacto Knife the one I have is $6 lol (its just a regular plain Xacto but it does work just not very great). It will cut it its just time consuming and you really got to be careful since it can slip and cut you open (like more poor thumb).  The wire snip thing sounds like a better idea.  I think tomorrow I am gonna take this into my local hardware store around the corner and ask them about it (they are pretty knowledgeable and helpful).  My dad does have a Dremel tool but he just said it will tear the hell out of the case. 

I don't think he has ever cut a Game or DVD case up with one so I don't think he really knows but I know he has used them for many other things (he did wood working for years in his garage) but it sounds like you guys know what your talking about with the Dremel. I am also not out for perfection for these I mean as long as I am close and it looks good I don't care.  I am not out for a 100% perfect job just a good enough job to where it looks pretty presentable.  Right now they are coming out real well, the Xacto cuts the printouts fine with a straight edge.  I guess my only real issue is modifying about 30 or more cases for NES games.  I have quite a few NES games so this is pretty much a must have thing.  I might just give the Dremel a whirl but I am gonna checkout the hardware store first to see if maybe they have a better solution and if there is a better solution I will be on here telling you people about it.