I'm proud to say I attended a 2 day Masterclass on Mould making, resin and fibreglass casting over the weekend. I've come away with a new skill set which should allow me to not only reproduce some of my existing work, but come up with new ways of producing work in the future.
Although woodwork will be my first love when it comes to sword/prop making resin/fibreglass casting opens a new window of prospects. Not only will it probably increase the quality of my work, but it will also allow me to think of reproduction which means I may be able to start selling some of my work.

I've begun work on the sheath for the Master Sword so I can carry it around at the Expo. Things are going well, but I've very strapped for time running up to the expo.
Unfortunately this means it's kinda gonna be a rush job, which I really don't like doing, but I can always remake it in the future.

With the MCM London Expo in less than two weeks I've moved into overdrive. I've been a bit complacent and taken my time as I usually do, but now the expo has crept upon me I've had to speed things up.
Things are coming along very well and I just sprayed the first two coats of the metallic paint onto the blade and I must say it's looking very slick.
I've also mixed my paints to get what I think is the perfect shade of navy/purple for the handle.

Work has also begun on the Sheath, and as part of that I've just ordered a brown belt and guitar strap for it off Ebay. So keep tuned.

J


PS. DA seem to have made an update to the Journal system. I makes entering entries simpler, but your templates would probably need to be changed to accommodate.

So the weather in London is picking up and we're getting some nice sunny days, and more importantly brighter evenings. I can now get home from work and spend a few hours working on the Master Sword in daylight.


I was doing some of the finer details yesterday and found that I had made the triforce on the blade too big. So I had to chisel it off.


Not a major set back, just a bit of a pain.




I've also made headway with the handle wrapping, I'm going to attempt to use tennis racket handle tape. I've found a navy and a green wrap, which still needs it's colour altered slightly. The navy wrap will be the main wrap, and I'll be cutting up the green for the detail.




J

I was taking some pictures for a Meme and thought why not take a movie of Seele Schneider in action.

We all know how cool light sabers look, and Seele Schneider is very similar, and since my one lights up exactly the same it looks cool in the dark.



So to check it out click the image below to go to my YouTube video.