The Stages in the Process by NefariousDrO
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Greetings all, I've been really busy, but somehow my OCD found a focus and on Friday and Saturday I ended up making yet another prop to go with my costume (as if I don't have enough already???) for the Renaissance Festival. I wanted to add some additional weapons and tools, but things that would be plastic and thus safer (and lighter!) than real metal.
This is something of a montage, at top you see the piece still in the mold. I made it so that what should be a 2-piece mold as only one piece: cast half of the dagger, wait until it sets, de-mold and pour the other half, as it's almost finished hardening, pour a small amount of the resin on top of the current half, and take the previous half and lay it on top. Result? two mirror-image pieces from only half of a mold! I wasn't sure if it would work, but I'm kinda pleased with the result.
The middle shot shows the two halves after they were joined, and the bottom is what it ended up looking like after some grinding/filing/sanding/ and a heck of alot of painting. There are some superb metallic-finish acrylics that are amazingly easy to work with for this kind of thing.
I hope you all had a good weekend, I strutted about the renfest sporting my newest toy, which nobody noticed amid all the craziness that is my costume, no less! Ah well, it's all of the details like this that all add up, even if people don't really focus on any particular element.
Comments (12)
Chipka
Really nice! I love the details: the sense of this being an ancient piece of handcrafted work is superb. I love the details and the hilt-wrapping. This is superb.
jocko500
that a real good idea and looks like you did a fine job also
geirla
Excellent work! It looks like an ancient bronze dagger.
Faemike55
Very cool work! fantastic process Have you considered selling some of your work?
Amarillis
Pretty cool, I like it. And yes, you could probably sell those quite nicely
auntietk
Oooooohh ... nicely done! I can easily imagine this added to your costume, but you're right ... in relation to everything else that's going on, this would be part of the general atmosphere. Without those details, though, the whole thing falls apart. This is way cool!
Ancel_Alexandre
Impressive, and awesome result!
Mondwin
Wonderful work my friend!!!Bravissimo!:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma
sharky_
Outstanding work. Aloha
RodS
A brilliant bit of problem solving - and the result is most excellent, Mike! Great finishing job - it looks very real!
Madbat
Really nice details! That looks like a bone knife, not plastic.
Issemissen
So cool! I really appreciate the effort you put into this piece.