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You can download the full comic here. Yes, she is based on car. |
A week before the event, I got an e-mail saying they'd take it, get an invoice ready, they'll pay for me to hand deliver them so I can floof around Expo and please keep them up to date.
Eventually I also got some better reference images.
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It's a lot maths, strangely, but I have a spreadsheet I've made that does it for me. |
Now, maths happens for a while, comparing the lengths of the swords to the given height of the model to the length of the weapons in the pictures. Using a silly long rulers, tape measures, and other straight objects this was then transferred onto grease proof paper to cut out all the various sword shapes that'd then be glued together.
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Knife! |
Glue! |
Those familiar with LARP weapon construction will recognise this! You know, make what you know, also it's materials I had to hand especially with the limited time.
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Don't mind me boss in the background. |
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Fresh from Aperture Laboratories. |
Freshly sanded we come to my own workspace to get on with the painting!
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Undercoated in dark metal grey ... still drying |
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AIRBRUSHED, Airbrushed base coat, god I love me airbrush. |
Then once that's dried, I went over that with my airbrush, metallic black and nice pure white. Then more colouring, differentiating edges with metallics and cursing my terrible airbrush for not giving me more than 5 seconds of straight painting without needing to be unclogged.
(I had ordered a new airbrush and it arrived a clear week late.)
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Are they looking at you? Because they're looking at me. |
And a nice final flourish, I have some lovely soft white leather that I cut strips of and wrapped the handles.
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Bubblewrap provided by something I bought recently. |
And here they are on the model.
But, I thought they looked amazing together, especially for under a weeks, short notice, what I have to hand, work.
No, I didn't ask if I could just have a car as payment.