How do you paint it so it appears weathered what not?
I used some basic artist's acrylic paints, some scrunched up cheesecloth, some junk rags, my tatty-est paint brishes and added on grime/tarnish (black paint for silver areas, brown and black for gold), then wiped off some of the paint before it dried. I kept doing this until it started looking right. I used pretty much the same style as
Volpin does.
The staff is looking great. The one thing I would point out (and I know this is still a work in progress) is that I think you might have missed a ridged section between the top of the staff and the main shaft.
Thanks for noticing! I do have a lip there in the full spear, but it's a bit too small, I'll build up a bit more apoxie there before the shaft is cast.
Fantastic looking piece! I'm curious though as to how much it weighs?
Right at about 4 pounds. This one was cast with the shaft hollow, so 4 pounds is about the minimum weight.
hello there this is really looking great, i dont surpose that you would be willing to put up the template as a pdf, i am going to make this version of the scepter as well and having a teplate would really help.
I'd be willing to, but with the caveat that the template is flawed towards the butt area, I had to completely redraw that by hand and it hasn't been added to the digital template. I may fix that and release it, but it'll take some time and I am spending most of that on my current commissions.
Thanks for all the input, questions and comments! I'm so happy y'all appreciate the work! Hoping to have more here soon on the full length spear, and his armor. Just have one non-Loki commission I want to finish up before my workshop goes back to being the trickster's arsenal again.
