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Finished HyLian Shield

5/26/2016

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It's finished!

Front: The Alclad and base coats were applied and everything was weathered with a dark grey/brown wash.  Then I stenciled on the Phoenix and applied clear caulking over the phoenix, to give it a raised texture. Then the rust was applied with various browns and oranges.  The bronze and brass parts were "oxidized" using a mix of light blue and green paint, dry-brushed on and around those pieces.

Back: The plugs were made from wooden dowels dipped in 65D resin and sanded with rough sandpaper to give them the brushed metal look.  Then the back was painted with the same dark grey/brown wash as the front.  Then various browns, reds, and tans were applied to give the wood grain depth.  The same rust and weathering techniques were used on the back of the shield.
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Painting Techniques

5/18/2016

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For this shield I'm using many different painting techniques.  One of my favorite paint products is Alclad.  It gives the metal parts of the shield shine!  Below I explain each step and technique I've used so far.
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1.  This is the back of the shield.  The wood texture was done with a Dremel (I wanted an aged worn wood texture) and the handles are made of leather, wood, and metal.

2.  I stenciled out the various pieces onto the foam to keep the raw foam surface underneath the paint so that I wouldn’t have to grind it away later and so that the parts could be glued to it later.  The texture you see is achieved with Black Lava. This is used to texture the base of the shield to give it that eroded, nasty look.  It will also be applied to the metal parts to give them a pitted and corroded feel/look.

​3. The rim of the entire shield has been soaked with Smooth-On 65D to give it a “shell”.  This makes it hard enough to be sanded smooth, textured, and eventually coated with Alclad to give it that real metal look.

4.  Newspaper is your friend.  To isolate the edge for painting, the center was covered with newspaper.  The edge of the shield was painted black to give it a nice base for the Alclad paint.  

5 & 6.  After it was painted I went back in with the Black Lava into the recessed areas to create the texture previously mentioned.

7. I went in with masking tape (not pictured) and covered the detailed design I drew on, so the pieces with adhere nicely. The center was painted with a base blue color with spray paint.
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8. To get this shine I went in with an airbrush and Alclad gloss base and then Alclad Chrome paint.  It has a much more realistic metal finish than average spray paint or any other products that I have tried.
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9. I went in and carefully peeled the masking tape off of the center and kaboom!  We have our base colors.
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Link's Hylian Shield

5/16/2016

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I've been working on a realistic version of Link from Majora's Mask.  I started with the Razor Sword (on my instagram).  Down below I will walk you through my work so far on my realistic take on the Hylian Shield.  Please let me know in the comments below if you would like to see more posts like this!
1: Using regular old poster board, I drew out a template, using reference photos.  This is used to trace onto the foam.  It is a lot cheaper to go through poster board than EVA foam :)

2:  Do you like my foam dome rig?  For the front of the shield, the EVA foam is heated up and then shaped with the domer I made.  

3: The back side was traced and cut out using a band saw.

4:  This is the inside of the shield where the back handles will get hooked to.  The MDF will reinforce it.

5:  Whoops.  If at first you don't succeed, try a new method!  First I tried expanding foam to push the front of the shield out more.  It wasn't effective, so I used different pieces of foam I cut out instead.

6:  Starting to add the details of the shield with Foamies (less thick).  I just cut out the shape I need from the beginning template as I work on the details.

​7:  On the back, adding the details of the wood grain.  This is achieved with a dremel, using a grinding stone attachment.

8: Working on the details of the front of the shield.  I'm using a mixture of materials here.  A little styrene, a little MDF, and some more EVA foam.
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