Are You Crazy Enough?

I’ve got some updates and an offer for you. Let’s get to the progress report on the wakizashi first.

No, I didn’t break it. That’s an extra chunk of Plexiglas in there.

At last! The pattern is all cut out. Edges ain’t pretty yet but that gets fixed next.

I like keeping aside the pile of all the off cuttings to see how much plastic gets removed. Some of these bits are big enough to make a pendant or small decoration. I try not to waste plastic unnecessarily.

Now! My proposal …

I’ve mentioned before that my wife and I are struggling financially. If I were back home in Canada, I could put up my Patreon or PayPal and you could simply contribute a buck or two if you felt like supporting my work here. But in Finland, that’s illegal.

Yep. I have to sell a product or a service. I can’t legally take donations. Sucks eh?

So I have to take more of my very limited time and energy and try to make an additional product to sell in hopes of getting a trickle to take some of the pressure off.

That’s why I’ve decided, for the first time, to offer tutorials on how to do what I do, step by step. It’s difficult. It requires a degree of insanity to stay patient and stick with it. But it produces results that you cannot get by any other means.

This kind of clarity, structural strength, and inner “glow” cannot be produced by 3D printing or moulding and casting.

What do you think? Are you crazy enough to try it yourself? Or perhaps just curious about the techniques? Would you be interested in some tutorials?

Updated Seraph Blade Tutorial

At long last, I have updated my tutorial on how to make Seraph Blades. Now you can see precisely how I make my creations. If you’ve got the tools and the tenacity, you too can play the part of an Iron Sister!

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How to Make Crystal Clear Shadowhunter Blades

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So you wanna look like this? Well, bad news: there’s only one Jamie Bower in the world and chances are, you’re not him. But I can help you out with that sweet, sweet Seraph Blade.

You can commission a blade from me. Here’s my Etsy shop! Or you can email me at ekincaidwrites@gmail.com to ask about custom orders. Each blade is made to order and is individually made by hand so please allow for a few weeks of crafting time.

But what if you want to make your own? Well, here’s a tutorial on how to carve one from solid acrylic. I make them out of liquid resin these days, but that is a huge expense for a single seraph blade which is probably what you want if you’re reading this.
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