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Making a paper maché kitchen knife

I made this paper maché kitchen knife prop to go with one of my evil gingerbread people that I made for Halloween 2018!

I actually did another fake knife project several Halloweens ago, but the goal of that project was to create lots of knives very quickly, and I knew they’d be hanging up high enough that no one would get a good look at them, so they didn’t need to be perfect. Read more…

Magic the Gathering cosplay — Avatar of Woe: scythe

After I finished the Avatar of Woe’s helmet, I moved on to her scythe.

I drew the shape of the Avatar of Woe’s scythe blade onto foam board and cut it out with an X-acto knife.

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