AdamHunter
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Twilight Princess and Majora's Mask were some of my favorite Zelda games. I always loved how dark they were in comparison to some of the others and I've recently been dedicating a chunk of my time to re-creating some of my favorite items from these installments. The first venture was to re-create the Twilight Mirror from the finale of Twilight Princess. I was disappointed with the replicas I found on Etsy and similar sites, as they mostly consisted of smaller acrylic mirrors with laser engraving. I wanted to make a mirror that was not only bigger, but was also a real glass mirror for the sake of authenticity.
I've been sandblasting glass for a few years now so I felt confident that I could pull something like this off. The mirror I found for these measures 14" in diameter, and is masked and sandblasted by hand to achieve the look I wanted. After making the first sample, I found a supply of aged finish mirrors that look like old mercury glass, and made a second 'option' sample mirror using this as a base. It gives the mirror an ancient kind of feel, but the texture on the back makes the contrast between the etched and non-etched areas a little softer at a glance. They both came out really well and I'm super excited to share them.
I took the whole thing a step further and cut a vinyl graphic to lay on the wall as a back-drop to mimic the Twilight portal!
Right now I'm just trying to gauge interest on these to see if anyone else would like one. I'm still perfecting the vector graphic used for the mask, so they aren't ready for production but probably will be heading that way in the next month or so. I'd also be open to making more backdrop wall graphics if you're interested in a set! Judging by the time involved to make one, we would probably fall in to the $100 range for either mirror
I've been sandblasting glass for a few years now so I felt confident that I could pull something like this off. The mirror I found for these measures 14" in diameter, and is masked and sandblasted by hand to achieve the look I wanted. After making the first sample, I found a supply of aged finish mirrors that look like old mercury glass, and made a second 'option' sample mirror using this as a base. It gives the mirror an ancient kind of feel, but the texture on the back makes the contrast between the etched and non-etched areas a little softer at a glance. They both came out really well and I'm super excited to share them.
I took the whole thing a step further and cut a vinyl graphic to lay on the wall as a back-drop to mimic the Twilight portal!
Right now I'm just trying to gauge interest on these to see if anyone else would like one. I'm still perfecting the vector graphic used for the mask, so they aren't ready for production but probably will be heading that way in the next month or so. I'd also be open to making more backdrop wall graphics if you're interested in a set! Judging by the time involved to make one, we would probably fall in to the $100 range for either mirror
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