first attempt at foam axe

[Furious Minion]

this is my first attempt at a foam axe. it was much more dirty before the top coat. so suggestions on top coating of water colors? the dirt is water color based as it was what seemed to get into the cracks with some surface tension break added. so anyway, feed back? and thanks.
color here is closest to actual
and here it is best over all with about right colors.

 

[novacat17]

Looks good. Is your handle made with pvc? Design on the axe head actually looks very nice, imagae that took some time.

Good work.

 

[Betamin]

That looks really good! I never would have known it as foam.

 

[Furious Minion]

Yes PVC on the handle. the first one was heated and flattened slightly to give it an oval cross section, but I liked the round one better and went back to it. about half of the time on this was really in the paint job, the rest of the time was planning and lay out and then surprisingly little to cut and glue.

 

[TomVDJ]

Looks great, but the handle screams out "Hey, I'm a PCV pipe!" If you could find something to hide that, this would be perfect! Maybe cover it with something so it could resemble wood?

 

[OBI WAN KEN0B1]

Looks great i would have never know it was foam. Paint job is awesome.

 

[Furious Minion]

thanks guys, I'll look into doing something about handle types in the future.

 

[Krel]

WM Armory ( http://www.wmarmory.com/?page_id=116 ) might have some ideas that could help you.

David.

 

[novacat17]

pvc can be made to look just like wood with a brown and black shoe polish combination. I have done it to great effect on PVC bows.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfzYKDSmV18

 

[Furious Minion]

Thanks Krel and Novacat17; I'll check out both links. The wood look alike idea sound very useful.. Wishing you well.