I’ve been working on these swords for a few weeks now. I’ve had some setbacks with the Riptide sword because the build was rather fragile. I’d try and make the walls stronger the next time around. The Sword of omens came together rather well but I have lots of sanding to do on that one. I took both swords and added some wood filler to them to fill the cracks and then repainted them to seal that in some more. I hope that will help keep them together and make them stronger. We shall see. I also picked up some paints and more so that I could start the painting process for them. I am still contemplating giving the sword to my friend’s daughter to have her paint it.
I’ve been printing a lot of things witht he 3D printer lately. I discovered a set of mushroom shelves that I could print for the kids. These are wall shelves of varying shapes and sizes. I printed one today so that I could see how it looked. It came out really nice and Eva is super excited about them and even has some ideas on what she’d like to do with many of them. The great thing about the 3D printer is that we just need the filament and the time, it has a very low cost to make these. She plans to paint the underside ribs of the mushrooms with glow in the dark paint so that her room has a cool night look.
