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samhawkeyeFai's Staff Tutorial

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Description Woo, here's the tutorial!

Again, there are other ways to make this, these are just my methods!

In total this was a solid week's work, but spread out over several months around other things I had to do. Apart from the plastics, none of these materials or the tools used are hard to come by or expensive, and the casting plastic was not as horrible as expected.

Materials used:
- 8mm thick sheet of a light type of wood
- thin nylon thread
- wood glue
- thin, sturdy cardboard
- fun foam
- multi pupose glue
- wall filler (bought as paste in tube, but can also be bought as a powder, which lets you control its thickness for a smoother finish - will be using this for most layers)
- water clear polyester casting resin + dye
- tin foil
- PVA glue
- long wooden dowel, 20mm diameter (through preferably same width as the staff head)
- primer paint
- brass spray paint
- clear spray paint
- 1mm clear HIPS plastic sheet
- super glue
- transparent blue glass paint



The link to the pattern: [link]
It is not perfect, and needs to be adjusted while you work; the lower part where it connects to the staff is not entirely symmetrical.


Fai D. Flowright and his staff are from Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle by Clamp.



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Comments: 175

kitkatty In reply to ??? [2011-04-13 15:36:01 +0000 UTC]

wow!!! absolutely amazing staff, and great tutorial! Measuring spoon molds is a brilliant idea!

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samhawkeye In reply to kitkatty [2011-04-15 21:31:11 +0000 UTC]

Haha, thanks!

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Freyarule In reply to ??? [2011-04-12 10:46:31 +0000 UTC]

I thought I recognised that staff!! Hello! I met you at Kitcon during the masq, I was the girl in the Stiltzkin outfit

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samhawkeye In reply to Freyarule [2011-04-12 17:47:34 +0000 UTC]

Hi! I remember! You looked very cuddly!

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Freyarule In reply to samhawkeye [2011-04-12 19:13:44 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou!!

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AmyLeeYummy In reply to ??? [2011-04-12 01:58:15 +0000 UTC]

it looks fantastic!! amazing work one on the staff!!

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samhawkeye In reply to AmyLeeYummy [2011-04-12 17:50:14 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Brassassin In reply to ??? [2011-04-12 01:36:40 +0000 UTC]

I've been looking for something like this! Sweet, thanks for sharing!

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samhawkeye In reply to Brassassin [2011-04-12 17:50:32 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome, and good luck!

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Brassassin In reply to samhawkeye [2011-04-12 17:54:09 +0000 UTC]

Thank ya!

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Tuna-Yuna In reply to ??? [2011-04-12 00:51:01 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! Glad you staff came out well! How did you do your jewels by the way?

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samhawkeye In reply to Tuna-Yuna [2011-04-12 17:51:57 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I bought a water clear casting resin starter's kit and followed the instructions included. The only different things I did are described in the tutorial.

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Tuna-Yuna In reply to samhawkeye [2011-04-12 18:31:24 +0000 UTC]

AWESOME! I gotta go scouting round Singapore to look for Resin! O_O Hope i can find it! Thanks so much for the heads up! XD

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samhawkeye In reply to Tuna-Yuna [2011-04-15 21:33:11 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome! You might have more luck finding it online; that's where I had to get it anyway.

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Tuna-Yuna In reply to samhawkeye [2011-04-15 21:47:48 +0000 UTC]

ohohoh! Thanks so much!

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TeskaAraen In reply to ??? [2011-04-12 00:32:16 +0000 UTC]

AMAZING!

Just what me and my best friend need xD

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samhawkeye In reply to TeskaAraen [2011-04-12 17:52:09 +0000 UTC]

Good luck!

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eternal-song [2011-04-12 00:28:03 +0000 UTC]

oh my goodness. my friend is cosplaying fai (i am her kuro-chan, of course) and this is a godsend. thank you so much for this.

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samhawkeye In reply to eternal-song [2011-04-12 17:52:18 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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benihimecosplay In reply to ??? [2011-04-11 20:18:06 +0000 UTC]

very very nice!!!

I am curious though - i'm looking for a spraypaint that's the same color (for my yukito staff) what brand was it, if you can tell me ^_^

I never thought of using plastic spoons for resin casting! i'll have to keep that in mind ^_^

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samhawkeye In reply to benihimecosplay [2011-04-12 17:56:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! It is Plasti-Kote (Projekt Paint), metallic, in brass. It is a nice colour, but a tiny bit of it still comes off days after.. Leaves a dusting on the hands.

Anything made of a hard plastic can be used - just not very thin plastics, as they might melt through. I couldn't find 'official' moulds in the right sizes at the time!

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benihimecosplay In reply to samhawkeye [2011-04-14 14:48:45 +0000 UTC]

Well no wonder I couldn't find the right color, that's only available in the UK! I'll still buy it. It's hard to find that color

It was an incredibly resourceful idea! I'll have to remember it

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waselreins In reply to ??? [2011-04-11 20:01:18 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the tutorial! Your staff came out so well!

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samhawkeye In reply to waselreins [2011-04-12 17:56:33 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome, and thanks!

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