A couple of months ago I got my hands on a commission to build Hei’s Daggers from the anime show Darker than Black. Fortunately for me, my pal Harrison from Volpin Props had already made the dagger and has blueprints available for an insanely low price of $5. Having the blueprints already done usually saves me [...]
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Starcraft 2 – Kerrigan’s Ghost Rifle
A couple of months ago, the video card on my 5 year old PC finally gave up the ghost. I reached out on twitter to see if anyone had a spare around that could keep me going for a while longer. The folks at Doghouse Systems contacted me and we ended up formulating a plan [...]
Queen’s Blade – Risty’s Spiked Mace & Shield
Back in December, I got a messaged from famed cosplayer Jessica Nigri about the possibility of getting a mace and shield build for an upcoming costume of hers. Of course I jumped at the chance to make a set of weapons that are so EPIC! This build was a pretty big departure from my traditional [...]
Borderlands 2 – Handsome Jack Mask
Greetings Vault Hunters! I had the good fortune of being commissioned to build the mask of this wonderful hero from Borderlands 2! Handsome Jack! I took my references straight from the in-game model and a 2D mask image that Gearbox provided as a cut-out, flat mask. As is my traditional style, I took several orthographic [...]
The Elderscrolls: Skyrim – Keening
I finally got a commission to build this amazing piece from Skyrim! In order to get good reference images of Keening, I decided the best thing to do was to play Skyrim and acquire the in-game item. 10 hours of gameplay later (I got a little sidetracked) and voila! I had the dagger! I grabbed [...]
Diablo III – Demon Hunter
Back in March, when I was on an episode of GameOn, my friend Veronica Belmont insisted that I make her a costume for Dragon*Con. So I did. She is a Demon Hunter from Diablo III, sporting a pistol crossbow! We kept the project under wraps during construction, so photos are a bit sparse, but I’ll [...]
Skyrim – Dragonstone
I got a commission to build the Dragonstone from Skyrim! This is the perfect kind of prop if you want something to hang on a wall. This project started as a hunk of 1.5″ insulation foam. I printed out a screen shot of the stone in several segments, taped them together, and then traced the [...]
Mass Effect – M-5 Phalanx
Back when I made a replica of the N7 Eagle pistol from Mass Effect, I specifically planned on making it easy to convert a casting of the Eagle into the M-5 Phalanx pistol. The M-5 is my favorite pistol from the series, so I wanted to be able to make one for myself. It turns [...]
Mass Effect – M-6 Carnifex/ M-77 Paladin
I had some interest from a couple of folks (including one fella who wanted one for his wedding) in me building a replica of the the M-6 Carnifex heavy pistol from Mass Effect. So I did. Update (August 2012): I painted a copy of this gun to look like the M-77 Paladin. I got my [...]