Caladbolg - Finished

And after 17 layers of latex paint it's finished ^^

 It's just as big as my Master Sword ^^

Caladbolg - part 5

 Now the painting begins....

 First step: a base coat of black Plastidip

Then the latex...
Around 5 layers of colourless latex, 2 layers of brown/gold, 2 layers of gold and 1 layer of gold/silver latex...

It now looks like this, but it's not finished yet :)

Casting... -.-

I know one thing for sure... I hate casting clear resin stuff!
Trying to get the colours right, to make it smooth again and transparent, testing which glue I need...

But now I have this little batch for the Caladbolg and to finish up the crown of Aurora from Child of Light ^^

Caladbolg - part 4

And some more progress ^^
Something went wrong with the worbla, so now I'm using epoxy clay to bring back the shapes of the guard.

I also tried to cast the gems, but it looked so bad, I didn't even took a picture of it :P

Caladbolg - part 3

And now with more work on the guard ^^
I tried to make it in a wing-like style.

 Here is where the stones will be placed when the casting will work...

Caladbolg - part 2

More shaping and I gave the blade his edge.

 Here you see the little detail where the 2 smaller stones will be placed.
A large stone will be placed om the oval shaped piece on the guard.

Caladbolg - part 1

It's not much, only the basic form and my feet ^^

The materials I used are Plastizote LD33, fiberglass core and a small piece of cloth at the tip to reinforce it.

I made this template in PhotoShop, I will try to make this as close as possible.

And so it begins

The Lazarus Project... What is this?
Well, it's my blog to show you my progress in Prop making and Cosplay ^^
(and an excuse to improve my English writing) :P

So... Let's begin!
The first 2 projects will be the Razor Sword from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask and the Caladbolg from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.

Two different swords, almost no template and, if I have to believe Google, not previously built by someone else.

It's gonna be fun!!!

(images from Google)