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rose_of_pain) wrote2009-06-24 08:31 pm
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sword time once more
So I'm once again attempting a Buster Sword. Hoping to get it to look a million times better this time.
Sadly am not able to make it out of wood at this time as none of the places had any pieces big enough of the wood light enough for me to actually hold and anything heavier would probably kill me. ^^;; And not really enough time to order anything.
So we're trying foam again as the base but this time a much thinner foam so its easier to shape and sand. So far proving to be a million times nicer looking.
However, I'm of course SUPER worried about how brittle its going to be. So obviously need to put something on top of it. But I have no idea what! So if any of you know of anything to suggest that can possibly make it sturdier, please do tell. I have a few ideas but not sure what one would actually work.
~Lyn
Sadly am not able to make it out of wood at this time as none of the places had any pieces big enough of the wood light enough for me to actually hold and anything heavier would probably kill me. ^^;; And not really enough time to order anything.
So we're trying foam again as the base but this time a much thinner foam so its easier to shape and sand. So far proving to be a million times nicer looking.
However, I'm of course SUPER worried about how brittle its going to be. So obviously need to put something on top of it. But I have no idea what! So if any of you know of anything to suggest that can possibly make it sturdier, please do tell. I have a few ideas but not sure what one would actually work.
~Lyn
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No really I did this for my Tomahawk for Lexeaus and it's sturdy and shit
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You attach it to the foam base using a LOW temp glue gun. small sections at a time apply to the foam and get yourself a Brayer or a can of hairspray to smooth it out as you go. you can do 1 or 2 layers, since the sword has no curves and pretty straight forward it'll be easy to put two layers on. and when it's all said and done paint with tester paints, the spray paint in Crome looks just like metal and has a wonderful shin, but then you go over it to dull and age it and stuff, or just use the silver paint which is just silver colored with a slight "sparkle" to it. uuummm blah blah blah, yeah use it, if you don't want to do that, I've also heard that the Cast'n Crafts resin works well for coating and streagthening. but you've gotta get a lot and it take like 24 hours to dry so make sure you've got a place that it could lay down for that long and then you've gotta do the other side, sand and then paint.
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