Halo Chest/Shoulder Mounted Combat Knife with Sheath

My next project was to try and make another Halo combat knife using foam poster board and wood putty. I had done this before, without the wood putty but unfortunately my dog, Master Chief, decided to steal my knife and leave teeth marks in it!

 The blade is made of three layers, as is the blade. The hilt and the end of the knife is made of one layer. I cut into the outside two layers of the blade to make the line. It was glued together using hot glue.

 Next, I applied the wood putty to the areas where the curve of the blade is and also to the handle to smooth it out. Keep a small dish of water with you because in order to get the smooth effect, you need the water to smooth it out. Once it was completely dry, I sanded it with fine grit sand paper until I was happy. Also, I made sure that a thin layer of the putty was applied to ALL of the knife to act as a sealant because paint can eat foam, especially the foam in these boards! Don't use spray paint unless you seal it first, because it will definitely ruin the foam.

 

Next, I painted the blade using acrylic paint. The silver dots were done by making a dome with hot glue and painting it. As you can see I also made a sheath with pleather to attach it to my chest piece.

 And voila! A beautiful combat knife for my Spartan. I just need to paint the back of the pleather (which is currently white) black so you can't see it! Three weeks to Anime North 2016!

BOOMco Halo M6 Paint Job

It FINALLY came and early too! Here is the grand un-boxing of my BOOMco Halo M6 dart gun :) It's obviously not 100% accurate, but that is okay with me. My brother and I shot each other with it for a while before I went to work on it. Not going to lie, it hurts more than you expect. Has quite the sting to it!

 

So as you can see, it comes in this horrible, although expected, lime green and has some details on it, mainly white paint and "BOOMco" and "Halo" in raised plastic. The raised plastic was the first thing to go. Luckily, the white paint was easy to paint over and I didn't have to do much to it.

 

They also carry other various guns from Halo for those of you interested!

 

For sanding, I take down the raised logos using a bigger grit sand paper.

 

Once it is down far enough, I switch to a fine grit sand paper to start smoothing everything out. I still have to use the large grit sandpaper in the image above as the plastic was still very raised.

After, I decided on the paint job using internet references. I was debating on taking the gun apart, but apparently this is no easy task with this gun and I read online about more than one person breaking it while attempting to disassemble it. As such, I decided to leave it intact. This really would pose no issue as I am not taking the "ammo" because it is not allowed at the con, so you won't see the green on the inside.

  

Here is the silver coat. I only do one coat for this base. Make sure the spray paint is for plastic!

 

Once dried, I tape off the areas I want to stay silver and spray paint using the black paint. I highly suggest leaving the first coat of silver to dry for 24 hours BEFORE spraying the black. It will give the silver enough time to cure so you won't get sticky paint.

For the final product, I painted on details and weathering using acrylic paint. I also added writing with a black permanent marker.

 I can't wait to use this bad boy at the con! I am hoping to attach it to my thigh using strong magnets, but we will see how that goes XD

Custom Khajit Cosplay Halloween 2015

For Halloween 2015, I decided that I wanted a decent costume, but I didn't have much time between starting late and school. So, I decided that I want to do a custom Khajit from Skyrim!
Here is the basic pattern that I came up with:

The belt came out very Assassin's Creed like lol. Overall, it went well, I need to sew the vinyl a bit better (I want to fold it over so it has a nice line and finish).

Here is a look at the prosthetic I used! I absolutely love it :)

As you can see, I also have fangs (double set at the top) which were a lot of fun as well.

The white fur is my favorite part! Especially the hood.

For the bow, I bought a wooden bow from a Halloween store and painted it. It is WAY to small for what I normally shot with but I doubt they would be okay with me showing up with a real weapon.

I look a little crazy here haha. The contacts are a screen mesh.