Crafts: Mini Katana made from popsicle sticks

in #art7 years ago (edited)

Hello Steemians! I'm drawingwithflare.

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I'm back and today this is my exclusive"ulog" for me to share to you guys, im going to show a crafting of a miniature katana and this is im good at. I hope you will like it.

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This was created using casual crafting materials. You know, scissors, cutters, glue, pencil, eraser, ruler and paint. And most importantly, popsicle sticks

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So first I outlined and planned how I want the katana to look. A generic slightly curved blade, with a circular hand guard and a two-hand hilt.

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Then I using a cutter and wire cutter, I separated the pieces to give me a workable material.

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Then using a low grit sandpaper (specifically 100cw) I shaped the pieces as my outline... outlines. I used a vice to hold the smaller piece while I'm sanding it.

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And then, using a high grit sandpaper (specifically 280cw) I polished the work so it would look realistic and to also get rid of the oil that got caught up from the vice.

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And after that, using the 280 grit sandpaper, I added the final touch for the woodwork. More specific, the sharpened edge of the blade and the curved tip of the hilt.

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So I checked on how it will look before I glued them together. I also added a small hole on the hand guard so that the blade and the hilt will have a better grip than just the super glue.

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Then I cut the hole. Unfortunately, I cut the handguard in half and also managed to cit myself.

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Fortunately, it was an easy fix as in just putting super glue on it and I also glued it to the blade.

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I didn't glue the hilt yet cause I wanted to add string for better grip. Or in this case, for aesthetics only. I also added super glue on the string so even when the tie is cut lose, it will stay there.

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Then after the superglue dried, I painted the blade's sharpened edge and the handguard with silver.

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Then I added the black for the rest of the blade and coloured the tip of the hilt with silver.

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The I coloured the side of the handguard with black so it would give a bigger contrast.

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Then I glued the hilt to the rest of the build to finish of this project.

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I just hope it would be enough to kill this duramboros that I have been wanting to kill for ages but can't cause I don't have access to any monster hunter game but the minecraft mod.

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Thank you so much! My name has been Flare and Bye!!!

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Cool @drawingwithflare, that's some craftsmanship! amazing!