deviant art

Deviant Login Shop  Join deviantART for FREE Take the Tour
[x]
Download Image
JPG, 1024×5422
more ▶

More from ~samhawkeye

Featured in Groups:

Details

April 9, 2011
5.1 MB
1024×5422
Link
Thumb

Statistics

Comments: 166
Favourites: 1,313 [who?]

Views: 28,129 (0 today)
Downloads: 293 (0 today)
[x]
:iconsamhawkeye:
Woo, here's the tutorial!

Again, there are other ways to make this, these are just my methods!

In total this was a solid week's work, but spread out over several months around other things I had to do. Apart from the plastics, none of these materials or the tools used are hard to come by or expensive, and the casting plastic was not as horrible as expected.

Materials used:
- 8mm thick sheet of a light type of wood
- thin nylon thread
- wood glue
- thin, sturdy cardboard
- fun foam
- multi pupose glue
- wall filler (bought as paste in tube, but can also be bought as a powder, which lets you control its thickness for a smoother finish - will be using this for most layers)
- water clear polyester casting resin + dye
- tin foil
- PVA glue
- long wooden dowel, 20mm diameter (through preferably same width as the staff head)
- primer paint
- brass spray paint
- clear spray paint
- 1mm clear HIPS plastic sheet
- super glue
- transparent blue glass paint



The link to the pattern: [link]
It is not perfect, and needs to be adjusted while you work; the lower part where it connects to the staff is not entirely symmetrical.


Fai D. Flowright and his staff are from Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle by Clamp.



Add a Comment:
 

Daily Deviation

Given 2011-05-15
Fai's Staff Tutorial by *sam4uk Suggesters Words: It's great both as a starting point for making cosplay props, and also fantastic for more experienced cosplayers to kick up their prop making in quality and detail. ( Suggested by `taeliac and Featured by `shelldevil )
love 2 2 joy 5 5 wow 3 3 mad 0 0 sad 0 0 fear 0 0 neutral 0 0
:iconyukiangel51:
um where can i get the wall filler and is the tin foil the same as aluminum foil thx
Reply
:iconsamhawkeye:
Any DIY store should have wall filler, or you could use regular plaster. And tin foil is aluminium foil yes!
Reply
:iconyukiangel51:
thx so much for the answer i was kinda stuck on the tin foil thing
Reply
:iconsamhawkeye:
You're welcome! There's always google as well for when you get stuck and I've disappeared. ;)
Reply
:iconyukiangel51:
im dorry to ask but howd u enlarge the pattern
Reply
:iconsamhawkeye:
That depends on the program you're using - you could probably find instructions via Google! ;)
Reply
:iconyukiangel51:
sorry bout askin so much question where do u get the transulent glass paint
Reply
:iconsamhawkeye:
I bought it online, but don't know where exactly. You can probably find a place to get it via Google. ;)
Reply
Add a Comment: