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Holy Tutorials lol! I have been on a spree. This is an update of an older tutorial actually. The Lance was my first cosplay prop and boy did it take an abundance of thinking, planning, making and re-making. My hands were blistered for two weeks from all of the carving (I need a dremmel lol), but boy was it worth it.

This is the Lance for Rei from Neon Genesis Evangelion. I hope to premier it with a plug suit this August!

Materials: Wooden dowl, craft foam, coat hangers, paper mache, paperclay, paper towels, saran wrap

Steps:
1. Carve spiral pattern down the dowel (a rotary tool will save your butt here, but I did it by hand).

2. Sandwich flatten wire between long strips of craft foam (I make it three stips thick, with two layers of wire, though I should have done three)....use LOTS of glue . You have to make two long strips this way.

3. Curve wire / craft foam around end of dowel into the pattern. This was actually really hard to get the right shape!

4. Cover in paper mache...like 3-4 layers.

5. Mold the shape of the pointy ends using clay. Cover this with saran wrap and then paper mache. Cut out the clay part and repeat for the other side. Stuff the hollow ends with paper or whatever, then stick in on the ends of the spirals.

6. Paper mache some more....Then cover everything in paper clay....then sand sand sand! (I have not shown this step in the pics)

7. Prime (I used Krylon spray primer) and paint (Krylon, again) and done! WOOT!

Finished Product:

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Description
Holy Tutorials lol! I have been on a spree. This is an update of an older tutorial actually. The Lance was my first cosplay prop and boy did it take an abundance of thinking, planning, making and re-making. My hands were blistered for two weeks from all of the carving (I need a dremmel lol), but boy was it worth it.

This is the Lance for Rei from Neon Genesis Evangelion. I hope to premier it with a plug suit this August!

Materials: Wooden dowl, craft foam, coat hangers, paper mache, paperclay, paper towels, saran wrap

Steps:
1. Carve spiral pattern down the dowel (a rotary tool will save your butt here, but I did it by hand).

2. Sandwich flatten wire between long strips of craft foam (I make it three stips thick, with two layers of wire, though I should have done three)....use LOTS of glue . You have to make two long strips this way.

3. Curve wire / craft foam around end of dowel into the pattern. This was actually really hard to get the right shape!

4. Cover in paper mache...like 3-4 layers.

5. Mold the shape of the pointy ends using clay. Cover this with saran wrap and then paper mache. Cut out the clay part and repeat for the other side. Stuff the hollow ends with paper or whatever, then stick in on the ends of the spirals.

6. Paper mache some more....Then cover everything in paper clay....then sand sand sand! (I have not shown this step in the pics)

7. Prime (I used Krylon spray primer) and paint (Krylon, again) and done! WOOT!

Finished Product:

:thumb293975807:
:thumb293976493: