DIY | Spear
Good evening friends, today I want to share something I've been working on these last 3 days, the truth is it was easier than other things I've done, I just had to wait several days for the job to dry to continue working, this time I made a spear, I never imagined myself doing this kind of things but I had to learn to be able to fulfill Santa's list completely, hahahaha my son asked for many random things on his Christmas list, among them a spear, a knight mask and about 7 other things, luckily I got most of them online and I could buy them but it was quite difficult to get the spear and knight mask, so I had to do it myself, recently I showed you that I also made a Minecraft pickaxe that was also on that list, now I just need to make the knight mask which I think will be the most difficult of all, so I have to psych myself up to make that mask.
For now I will talk about this spear for which I was guided by several Youtube videos to make it, honestly it cost me a lot to get a complete video that explained well the whole procedure, so I had to see several and put together the pieces like a puzzle to have an idea of what I would do, the good thing is that this spear was quite nice and is very easy to do, with materials that probably have at home and if not, then buy them and they are not at all expensive. I hope you like it.
Palo de escoba
Carton de cereal
Tijeras
Regla
Lápiz
Pegamento blanco
Periódico
Servilletas
Pintura al frio negra y dorada
Pinceles
Cinta adhesiva
Broomstick
Cereal cardboard
Scissors
Ruler
Pencil
White glue
Newspaper
Napkins
Black and gold cold paint
Paintbrushes
Adhesive tape
Well, to start I needed a broomstick and it was the only thing I didn't have at home because I didn't want to destroy my broomstick, so I went out to buy one, it was very cheap and cost less than $1 but I was quite nervous because it was too long and I had to cut it, so I took a knife and with a lot of strength and patience I cut the stick to the length I wanted, obviously it was badly cut because with a knife is very difficult to make a clean cut, so then I started to sand it to leave a flat base, or at least as flat as possible.
Then take a cereal box and draw on it rectangles of 9 cm wide by 15 cm high, leaving 5 cm make a guide line and then leave 2 cm of space and make another line, then join all the points to form the tip of the arrow and then cut out both arrows.
With the help of a ruler, I started to fold the figure just in the center line, I did this with both sides and then I joined them together and closed them using masking tape, it should be completely covered on top but the bottom should not be covered.
I took some napkins and rolled them up to stuff the arrow through the hole I left, then folded the loose parts of the arrow around the broomstick and held it with tape, I wanted to put a lot of tape to secure it well but you can put a lot less.
In a glass container I put glue mixed with a little water, took newspaper and began to line the spear, I completely covered the entire spear including the stick.
Let dry for 24 hours and then I started to paint, some parts were a little wrinkled but we will simulate that it is texture of the spear hahaha, apply two coats of black paint and let dry, then take gold paint and begin to apply it but with the dry brush technique, so it would not be completely golden but would leave that effect of spots, to leave everything better fixed, apply a coat of glue on top and let dry and now it's ready.
The spear is ready for Christmas, the hard part is to hide it until that date because it is a little long and I try to make my son not to enter the room where I have it hidden, it was very fun to make it, I feel very proud, although it is not perfect I think it looks good, besides I have a feeling that my son will destroy it in days hahaha, so that's all for today, see you!
Me encanta amiga gracias por compartir.
Gracias a ti por leer🤗
Wow! The end result is amazing!
Thanks! 🤩
Hola, me gusta tu lanza, te dejo mi like, pasa un buen día.👍👍👍
Gracias, igual para ti!
Fantastic work, last year I started working on my walking stick, which was never finished. You give me inspiration to complete….
Thanks
Finish it! and share it to see how it turned out!😁
Amazing use of cardboard and newspaper. It turned out so good! 😁
!PIZZA
Thank you so much dear @jijisaurart
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Wow, it looks so professional!
Ohh thank you!
Hola amiga, esa lanza quedó perfecta, parece una reliquia que fue usada por algún guerrero en la antigüedad jjj. Me ha encantado el color, y sobre todo la textura jj, a tu hijo le va a encantar. Felicidades y saludos
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