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| The profile of a
crow skull was used as the primary reference for the general shape of
the scythe blade. |
The blade was
initially carved out of 1" polystyrene foam. |
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The
foam was sanded down to the exact contours that the final product would
be. The more precise the foam core is modeled, the less sanding and
patching will need to be done later.
Woven fiberglass was laid over the foam model and sealed with epoxy
resin. |
The
fiberglass was laid over one side of the blade in a single sheet.
Always use a single sheet if possible, then there wont be any seams to
patch later. |
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| After
both sides were fiberglassed, The entire blade was sealed with
ultralite bondo (auto body filler) Bondo can be sanded to a glass-like
finish. For this piece the blades were sanded smooth and the body left
textured. |
To
finish, more texture was added by painting on chopped fiberglass
and resin. The blades were surfaced with mylar. Then everything was
painted and highlighted with rub n' buff. |
