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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Magnavis" data-source="post: 5254371" data-attributes="member: 171664">Hey, thanks so much!You'll be pleased to hear, that I AM DONE! Yay! So, I'll be taking pictures and stuff tomorrow, (there is hopefully going to be a little video too), but I'll use this post to quickly update to where we are, before the final images. Mainly I've been painting, as you might have guessed, but I'll get to that in a second. Since the last post, I got the Diadem box completely finished and ready to go. Since the last post, I attached the padded lining, aswell as the decoration piece on the front of the box, which just makes it look more like the box in the room of requirements. I also attached the lid with some nice brass hinges. [ATTACH=full]1516291[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1516292[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1516293[/ATTACH]Next up was the final prep piece, which was the display case for the sword. This was something I decided to build on a complete whim, but I'm glad I did, as the sword looks great in it. So this is super basic. I had some chipboard lying around, which was more or less the right size. I frankensteined a little bit of extra wood onto the end to get it to be correct size, marked some drill holes (and drilled them), and then covered it in black felt. I then used some nice and surprisingly cheap framing I bought online - cut to size - and attached it around the edge. I then screwed in some 3D printed mounts from the bottom. (I later realised I attached the wrong mount piece to their respective stand, and fixed the issue)[ATTACH=full]1516296[/ATTACH]The next job was to build the cover. I used some cut to size clear acrylic - 3mm - which I bought online. It was pretty straight forward. I used that weird chemical stuff to weld the pieces together - though I did have a slight mishap with some leakage, and there are a few scared areas, though nothing too noticeable. [ATTACH=full]1516297[/ATTACH]I've considered adding it's own lighting, but for now, I think it's ok. It's all very easy to change in the future though, should I wish to. Up next was paint!Painting for this was mostly straight forward. Most of the things I was painting were metalic, and so trusty Alclad came to the rescue. Everythibg 'metal' was first coated in Alclad gloss black, and then given a couple of coats of Alclad Chrome. The gold parts of the locket were sprayed with some Alclad gold. The Cup was sprayed with rustolium gold ontop of a gloss black base. All of the alclad was sealed with aqua gloss.[ATTACH=full]1516299[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1516300[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1516301[/ATTACH]I decided against weathering the sword. I was unsure, but dirt and rust should have no effect on the blade, and I wanted to be true to that, and have a shiny, pristine sword. Other parts were weathered, however, though I don't have pictures of that. After painting, the final part was assembly.This included attached 251 gems to the Diadem, of varying sizes, with the smallest just 2.05mm. It was actually pretty fun, though, and the gems are beautiful. (For a sneak peak, you can check my Twitter @Magnavis_  )I mainly used Preciosa crystals, though there are a few Swarovski thrown in there too.[ATTACH=full]1516310[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1516311[/ATTACH]And that's that! You'll have to wait until the final reveal (probably Monday or Tuesday) to see how it all turned out. Thanks for following this thread and liking the posts. It means a lot!More soon!! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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