I’ve finally finished “carving” the hand guard and pommel of Rei’s sword, and I’m quite happy with how it turned out. ｡◕‿◕｡ I used a kind of plastic rope from the hardware store to make the trimmings on the guard and pommel. It gave the sword more details than the original artwork, but hey, I designed it anyway. (─‿‿─)
The white stuff is home-made, air drying clay. It’s not as strong as I want it to be, but I’m hoping a good coat of paint will strengthen it a bit. ヾ(・ω・ｏ)
I didn’t put the two “flares” on the pommel because 1. I haven’t figured out how to make those yet; and 2. I don’t think it’s really needed. I’ll be asking my nephew to paint this for me tomorrow, so I have all of tonight to decide if I’ll add it or not.
…I wonder if I should still make a sheath for this? (/ﾟДﾟ)/
:o it's looking really good!
ReplyDeleteYey, thanks~ Now if only the nephew would come home already! (,,#ﾟДﾟ)
ReplyDeleteare you going to beat him with it? To test out it's sturdiness?! :O
ReplyDeleteAlready did. (´-ω-｀) Poked him on the tummy with it and it's still nice and straight-ish. ヽ(*≧∇≦)ﾉ
ReplyDeleteI wonder what glue you used in making the coats. Since I tried making Erza Heaven's Wheel Armor out of paper and my paper layers/coats are chipping off. I used gawgaw on other parts and a mixture of Elmer's and water.
ReplyDeleteI mostly used Elmer's Glue and Hot Glue (used glue gun for that). For paper mache things, I used equal parts of water and glue to the mixture... Sometimes, more glue than water. ヾ(・ω・ｏ)
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