kalkamel
Master Member
Years ago, I bought a Reelart Spear and modified it to look somewhat acceptable. But I knew one day I wanted to make another, more accurate one that I would be proud to display.
I 3D printed this quite some time back but as with most of my 3D printed projects, it got put in storage waiting for the proper motivation to come to me. That motivation finally came in the form of both DaBuild's and 13doctorwho's respective Spear of Destiny builds.
Something to note: this is not a replica of the (fake) Spear that appeared in the first few minutes of that recent so-called Indiana Jones movie, but rather it's a replica of the Holy Lance displayed in the Imperial Treasury at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria. An idealized version of this was seen in Constantine (starring Keanu Reeves) and the first Ron Perlman Hellboy movie.
The spear and the sleeves were 3D printed in PLA with 100% infill as I wanted it to be heavy. I used steel wires... and boy, were they a pain to work with. I have to admit the wire work isn't great, but it's the best I could do. The spear was painted with rattle can sprays (including a hammered finish), then weathered with a mixture of acrylic washes, oils and weathering powder. The pictures don't really do justice as they don't quite capture the level of weathering on the spear itself and the grime and rust on the wires, but there's only so much a phone camera can do.
Nowhere near the finish achieved by DaBuild and 13doctorwho, but at least I finally have a spear replica I can proudly display instead of that terrible Reelart piece.
Thanks for reading.
I 3D printed this quite some time back but as with most of my 3D printed projects, it got put in storage waiting for the proper motivation to come to me. That motivation finally came in the form of both DaBuild's and 13doctorwho's respective Spear of Destiny builds.
Something to note: this is not a replica of the (fake) Spear that appeared in the first few minutes of that recent so-called Indiana Jones movie, but rather it's a replica of the Holy Lance displayed in the Imperial Treasury at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria. An idealized version of this was seen in Constantine (starring Keanu Reeves) and the first Ron Perlman Hellboy movie.
The spear and the sleeves were 3D printed in PLA with 100% infill as I wanted it to be heavy. I used steel wires... and boy, were they a pain to work with. I have to admit the wire work isn't great, but it's the best I could do. The spear was painted with rattle can sprays (including a hammered finish), then weathered with a mixture of acrylic washes, oils and weathering powder. The pictures don't really do justice as they don't quite capture the level of weathering on the spear itself and the grime and rust on the wires, but there's only so much a phone camera can do.
Nowhere near the finish achieved by DaBuild and 13doctorwho, but at least I finally have a spear replica I can proudly display instead of that terrible Reelart piece.
Thanks for reading.
