Bilbo Baggins Buttons Build

[GlitchTech]

I'm making a Bilbo costume for a friend, so naturally we need some lovely acorn buttons. They're on both the coat and the vest, so we'll need 10 total. Fortunately for us, Weta sells 5 packs!



Aren't they lovely? They're only $45. Per set of five, of which we'd need two. Plus shipping from New Zealand, and they're back-ordered til December.

Nope.

I have a bunch of Rebound 25 and Smooth-Cast 320 lying around from another project, so I molded a button out of plasticene clay and made an itty bitty mold.



The loops on the back to sew them onto the vest and jacket are just jump rings. I used a toothpick to suspend them over the resin so they're all uniform depth.

More pics later, once I have a chance to clean them up and paint them!

 

[Rockyhorror]

That's cool love the Lego mother mold idea I don't know why I haven't seen that before good idea. Interested to see the paint job.opcorn

 

[GlitchTech]

It ruins the legos for anything else, really, because now they have resin all over them, but it works really well! With how goopy the Rebound 25 is, I didn't even need to seal up the edges at the bottom where it meets the tile I used as a base.

 

[GlitchTech]

All finished! I was wary of aging them, since I've never done anything like it, but I think they came out really well. I just dry-brushed some gold paint mixed with a tad of black, then wiped it off with a paper towel.

 

[GlitchTech]

Decided to throw these up on my website in case anyone else needs them. A set of 5 acorn buttons will run $12 for raw casts, $20 for plain gold or $24 for aged gold.

 

[Arwyniel]

They look great!

 

[GlitchTech]

Thank you very much! I can't wait to see them on the costume. I also got fabric for the neckerchief custom printed on Spoonflower, I'll post some pictures when I can.

 

[Contec]

Great work, i made myself a couple of button a few months ago...
This one i tried to add metalpowder to

 

[GlitchTech]

Ooh, nice! Did you cast yours too?

I've been interested in metal powder and tints, just don't have the money to get into it right now.