Yumichika WIP part 1

Hello guys! Desucon Frostbite is getting closer and closer by the day... And I'm still working on the costumes. Ahem. Yes, I'm a slowpoke. The biggest project now is Amelia's jacket, ears and shoes... But this post isn't about those. This time I thought I'd upload some pictures of Yumichika's sword, Ruri'Iro Kujaku, and explain how I made it. :)

This is a normal toy sword I bought from Punanaamio. It was something like 4 euros, so no biggie. The whole sword was originally ugly grey color, except for the tips. Then I took everything off and spray-painted the handle golden. While it was drying up, I started to work with the Cernit mass.

Cernit is a modeling glay that hardens in the oven, if someone can't tell from the picture. :D I like using Cernit and there's lots of it in my closet lol. So I made the pommel while waiting for the sword's paint to dry. While the Cernit-pommel wasn in the oven, I also made the lilac string for the handle. Then some hot glue and paint before I just put everything together.

Tadaaah. Now I has a Ruri'Iro Kujaku. Next time I'll probably post something about Amelia's costume since I finished the gloves today and am working on the jacket at the moment. ......Guess I'll get back to work then. *sigh* SO MUCH TO DOOOOOO! AND ONLY 4 DAYS BEFORE THE CON ASDFGHJK! ...Slightly panicking, yes. xD