Glass axe [finished]

Here are some high quality shots of the Glass axe

Glass battleaxe

I really enjoyed making the glass sword so I decided my next sword would not be a sword but an axe, a Glass axe. This one was a little trickier because I had to make it in 2 sections and stick them together seeing as the foam board is about 70cm long (the axe is about a meter)

3 layers stuck together for the axe head

Building up the layers

For this layer I needed it to be half a board thick so i scraped away the bottom half of the pieces after I had cut them

Details for the tip of the axe (not the blade)

Carving the blades edge, almost finished the axe head

Then I started to work on the handle, which was also made of foam and felt quite weak so I painted it right after I glued it together to strengthen it a little

Adding the detail/texture grip to the handle

Lots of little pieces being glued on

More gem-like details at the top of the handle

To get the 2 parts together I wedged about 10 long toothpicks into the handle about halfway then pressed them into the top half, The complete shape was quite strong

I added a bit of glue to help strengthen it

Cut the grooves into the blade (same style as the sword) then started with the primer paint

I realized I missed a little layer on the top part which I added in before the color paint

Green layer and weathering details

first gold layer (mixed with white)

Final gold layer and touch ups

Clear coat and finished

Mounted on my wall

Glass sword [finished]

Here's some nicer photos of the Glass sword

Glass sword

I had a lot of fun making the Daedric sword so I decided I'd have a go at creating another one from scratch, the Glass sword seemed like a great idea. This time I created my own template by tracing over the game model in Photoshop and printing it to scale.

Basic cutout, 3 layers thick

Comparing the size to my Daedric sword

For the pommel, I needed the base to be just a little bit thinner. I managed to peel the paper of the top and scrape away a little bit of foam to reduce the thickness

Each layer of 5mm foam board has 2 layers of 2.5mm foam with paper top, bottom and middle, so the handle is 3 layers thick and the pommel is 2 layers

For some of the very fine detail I used cereal box cardboard and layered it to the desired thickness, these parts are for the handguard

I added a single layer of card to the pommel to keep it smooth

Gluing the detailed parts on and cutting the small details into the pommel

Everything glued on

Finished the sanding and used a dremel tool on the blade to get a nice edge

Cutting the grooves into the tip of the blade

Starting with the many coats of primer

Spray painted the sword black (not sure why...)

Green coat

Gold coat

Painting some detail onto the sword to give it a more textured/weathered look

Clear coat and drying. All finished