Props Halo Reach Blades - Gamescom Trinkets

[Reclaimara]

Sooo... kaween had this brilliant idea to give everyone a trinket during this Gamescom and he decided he wanted to print out personalized Halo Reach Combat knives.

I offered my help and Kaween has sent me the blades. With time I got 15 personalized blades - all with 405th logo, Gamescom 2016 and each name of the attending member.


First off I sanded down blades. These all lighter blades are already sanded down and Kris's balde on top is untouched.
I didn't bother with too much sanding as I didn't want all the lines to disappear.




Here I already primed the blades.




Aaand I after I sprayed them silver.




Here is where I started to paint them by hand. I chose to paint all the 405th logos like they are - not just black wash, but I wanted to do 405th justice and painted these light blue with some darker blue.
Aaand black wash for all other letters.




Weathering stage.




And finished! For comparison - this is a photo WITH flash, next one without flash.




And all blades finished.
Why I didn't want to sand down and fill all the printing lines? Because it gave a nice texture for the blades. With the weathering it gave that nice effect IMO.




Sorry I don't have any detail photos of the finished blades or whole knife. I hope Kaween has some or any of the people who got the knives.

 

[Jme]

Damn, those are sweet!

What a fantastic idea!

Soooooo jelly.


"I don't know what's weirder, that you're fighting a stuffed animal, or that you seem to be losing" - Suzie

 

[eric draven]

Those look incredible. Nice job on the weathering. I especially like the blue in the 405th logo.

 

[DankDan]

Sweet Idea *Would like to have one* I will make my own knife when im done preparing everything to make my first armor Xd.

 

[Reclaimara]

Thanks. All credit goes to awesome kaween for the great idea he had and printing these awesome things. ^^

 

[Dirtdives2424]

Those are amazing!!!!!! kaween fantastic idea and print-work and Mara, as usual, unbelievable paint job.

 

[Mesh]

Would just like to say, I believe I had the first of these
It's above my AR

 

[seantrooper]

That's such a good idea! Always nice top have a little memento of a con, especially if it's personalised like you have here

 

[PinnacleCosplay]

Oh man that's such a cool idea! I'm definitely jealous, they look great!


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