once i had the shapes cut out i drilled off the edges using my newly bought rotory tool. then i drill a small bit out of the back of each piece and glued them to a dowl.
then i cut out the hilt from seperate pieces of foam and glued them at the base of the sword. i cut small pieces of blue fun foam and glued them on to the very end of the dowl to cushion my hand when holding the sword. before i painted the whole thing silver and blue, here's what it looked like:
while i waited for the paint to dry very slowly on foam i worked on the sheild. i cut the basic shape out of a think piece of foam board and painted it blue. on a thinner piece of foam board i retraced the basic design and then drew in the edging around the sword and colin printed off patterns from the sword, which i used as a stencil for the rest of the sword design. i painted the pieces silver, yellow, and red and needed and then hot glued it all onto the blue sheild i originally painted:
while waiting for paint to dry on the sheild i sewed together the green tunic using a butterick pattern. i also made a belt out of random black material i found over by my knitting stash, and i made a basic looking boot pattern using some imitation leather, a pair of old sneakers i never wear anymore, and some elastic. once i had everything dry and put together, the outfit looked pretty great:
the costume was a HUGE hit with the students. i was told by many a student that my costume was by far the best one of the day. one of my senior students and another kid who i had both last year and the year before said they would have to come back to visit the school next year just to see what mrs. newman was dressed up as. the costume was a ton of work by totally worth it. i had a great time being link.
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