My weekend project. Turned out pretty well I think. The cane is wood. I turned it on a lathe. The topper is resin and I got the bug from a spider web on my porch.
I definitely enjoyed building this one. For the cane I used wood stain for the paint. It's a white stain and worked really well. For the weathering I actually used lead from a pencil. Once I stained it and it dried, I put it back on the lathe and used a pencil to put in the black highlights between the "bone" pieces. Then I just rubbed it in with my fingers and it created some nice weathering on each section. Poly was the final coat to make it shine and lock in the weathering. The cane is three pieces (my lathe is only 18") but each piece is secured by hanger bolts so it is solid and totally useable.
The topper was just a standard resin pour in a mold I made from a puddy egg. I did half the side and let it dry a bit then added the bug and rightened the mold together and poured in the rest. Then a lot of sanding and polishing.
I definitely enjoyed building this one. For the cane I used wood stain for the paint. It's a white stain and worked really well. For the weathering I actually used lead from a pencil. Once I stained it and it dried, I put it back on the lathe and used a pencil to put in the black highlights between the "bone" pieces. Then I just rubbed it in with my fingers and it created some nice weathering on each section. Poly was the final coat to make it shine and lock in the weathering. The cane is three pieces (my lathe is only 18") but each piece is secured by hanger bolts so it is solid and totally useable.
The topper was just a standard resin pour in a mold I made from a puddy egg. I did half the side and let it dry a bit then added the bug and rightened the mold together and poured in the rest. Then a lot of sanding and polishing.