Prop Work #2

Props are necessary to complete the character. Alice's weapon is a combination between a toy rapier and a riding crop.

This is character art that has Alice with her rapier.

I originally purchased a riding crop from a local equestrian store. Using wonderflex I plan on creating the hand guard portion of the rapier. The shape was very difficult to create, but I managed it.

This is a good shot of the highly detailed hand guard.

I am in the process of applying gesso to the wonderflex surface to give it an even, durable surface soon to be painted. I will use very small brushes to paint all the detail on the hand guard, and to paint the handle and whip portion white. There is a red gem that will be affixed to the guard as well. I also need to create a base portion of the rapier for support because as it is right now is sort of unstable. I don't want the prop to fall apart.

This is the in-progress prop. It still has much work to do!

 And that's it for now, folks.