Hey all-
Daughter is a HUGE fan of Legend of Zelda -games, comics, books, you name it...
She's currently writing a screenplay for a movie based in that universe that she wants to shoot with here friends. As part of the effort, she asked if we could do a father/daughter project to build a Hylian Shield.
Sure, of course -no Dad can refuse his daughter (right?). With each successive Father/Daughter project I try to have her do more of the work with me moving into an assist role. The exception is anything involving power tools -although I'm sure that will change as she gets older.
Here's progress over the last 3-4 weeks...
Finding a reference pic and blowing it up to use as a template
Pink sheet insulation cut on a bandsaw and glued to the plywood backing in layers -then lots of sanding
More pink sheet insulation to make the detail pieces. Daughter traced the shapes onto foam and cut them with a foam cutter, then I shaped them with files and sand paper
We did the bird detail by gluing the stencil to foamcore then cutting the shapes with an eXacto knife. To seal the piece and protect it from spray paint we coated it with several layers of Modge Podge (too much -now we have a bit more clean-up to do than I'd like)
We use drywall sparkle to fill-in and smooth defects, then sand and repeat. We're a little further along than the current set of pictures indicate, we've actually done several coats of primer (pictures to come soon).
The goal is to finish this weekend, we'll see....
We're taking lots of in-progress video, so I'll have one or more C.E.P. (Crazy Eric Project) episodes covering the build.
Stay tuned.
Daughter is a HUGE fan of Legend of Zelda -games, comics, books, you name it...
She's currently writing a screenplay for a movie based in that universe that she wants to shoot with here friends. As part of the effort, she asked if we could do a father/daughter project to build a Hylian Shield.
Sure, of course -no Dad can refuse his daughter (right?). With each successive Father/Daughter project I try to have her do more of the work with me moving into an assist role. The exception is anything involving power tools -although I'm sure that will change as she gets older.
Here's progress over the last 3-4 weeks...
Finding a reference pic and blowing it up to use as a template
Pink sheet insulation cut on a bandsaw and glued to the plywood backing in layers -then lots of sanding
More pink sheet insulation to make the detail pieces. Daughter traced the shapes onto foam and cut them with a foam cutter, then I shaped them with files and sand paper
We did the bird detail by gluing the stencil to foamcore then cutting the shapes with an eXacto knife. To seal the piece and protect it from spray paint we coated it with several layers of Modge Podge (too much -now we have a bit more clean-up to do than I'd like)
We use drywall sparkle to fill-in and smooth defects, then sand and repeat. We're a little further along than the current set of pictures indicate, we've actually done several coats of primer (pictures to come soon).
The goal is to finish this weekend, we'll see....
We're taking lots of in-progress video, so I'll have one or more C.E.P. (Crazy Eric Project) episodes covering the build.
Stay tuned.
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