Hi all, this is a bit of progress on one of my current projects - the Diablos Spear from the video game Monster Hunter. I've been poking at it off and on since October and while it isn't a quick build, it's certainly something I'm proud of (so far). This will be the weapon to my girlfriend's armor set, afterwards making myself something special.
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Started off as a large number of decreasing diameter foam circles, glued together, then carved in two pieces on a lathe.
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The bottom of the lance needed a counterweight so that she can carry it with minimal effort. Lathed from laminated poplar boards.
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The basic shape of the lance carved out by hand. Altogether it stands at 8.5' in height!
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This was my first fiberglassing project. I was a bit worried that the resin would add a ton of weight, but it only added about 2lbs to the whole thing.
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Trying out a different air dry clay stuff. I've been using Apoxy Sculpt for about a year, and while I like it alot, I thought it would ultimately be too heavy for what I wanted to do. Saw that Smooth-On has this stuff called Free Form Air, which is about 1/4 the weight and nearly as strong as Apoxy Sculpt and figured I would give it a try. The red paint is just a primer test.
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That's about where I am now, haven't touched it in a week or so, but the next step is to see how well Free Form Air sands and paints. So far the lance weighs 6.5lbs.
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Started off as a large number of decreasing diameter foam circles, glued together, then carved in two pieces on a lathe.
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The bottom of the lance needed a counterweight so that she can carry it with minimal effort. Lathed from laminated poplar boards.
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The basic shape of the lance carved out by hand. Altogether it stands at 8.5' in height!
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This was my first fiberglassing project. I was a bit worried that the resin would add a ton of weight, but it only added about 2lbs to the whole thing.
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Trying out a different air dry clay stuff. I've been using Apoxy Sculpt for about a year, and while I like it alot, I thought it would ultimately be too heavy for what I wanted to do. Saw that Smooth-On has this stuff called Free Form Air, which is about 1/4 the weight and nearly as strong as Apoxy Sculpt and figured I would give it a try. The red paint is just a primer test.
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That's about where I am now, haven't touched it in a week or so, but the next step is to see how well Free Form Air sands and paints. So far the lance weighs 6.5lbs.
