Happy fourth! TB prop update

Happy fourth to you who live in the states! I didn't do much today, mainly taking care of my dog who is deathly afraid of fireworks, which is a huge task especially around this hour. I found having a big fan going while blasting Doctor Who soundtrack music helps big time. And the fact she's had taken some meds to help calm her a bit.

Anywho, this will be a fairly quick update as I have a few things to do tonight and have to get up early again tomorrow to take care of some drama (Guy called my phone, thinking my number still belongs to the former owner and left a threatening message which of course we are going to the police about.)

  So I am currently making the middle piece for Abel Nightroad's (Trinity Blood) center piece to his rosary. This piece I made before but made it too big and didn't include it for Sakura-con. So I decided to re-do it and make it much smaller.


Supplies used:

~Craft Foam
~Mod Podge (Gloss)
~Model Magic clay
~Gold floral wire
~Hot glue
~Acrylic paint (Iridescent gold.)

1. I started out by cutting out craft foam to the right shape. There are four spikes on each side, so I cut out eight. All the same size and shape. I had already made the center piece in which these spikes will be glued onto to. I made it so the wire pieces easily stick into the center piece on the sides. Once the wire was cut I glued it to the foam and added a layer of glue to the back so when I put the clay over it there would be no air pockets and so it would not slop downwards unevenly. Before adding the clay I painted on a layer of Mod Podge on the foam to seal it.

2. Once they were all carefully covered in Model Magic and had dried over night* I began applying a layer of Mod Podge to prevent/fix any cracking. As you can see you can see just the tip of the wire. These will be pushed into the sides of the center. The center piece was pretty damaged after I made the holes so I re-coated it in clay and looks much nicer now.

3. This is what it looks like all together. I will firmly apply a clip to the back so I can clip it on and off when needed. It will also making storing the rosary much easier and the likelihood of the piece breaking during travel is lowered. It has been painted but I have yet to take pictures.






* You know when Model Magic is dry because it feel velvety smooth instead of soft and squishy. It takes a few hours. If you paint over it with Mod Podge while it isn't dry you can ruin the piece, as it can create air pockets and make the clay weak, as what happened to my Caterina rosary. The clay should have hardened longer.