First, I’d like to apologize for the lack of activity on this blog in the last few weeks. I’m trying to cram as much painting as I can into the few warm days I have left. That said, I have quite the backlog of projects and reviews to share with you when time allows. Here is one such project.
A while back I made this LARP Spear for a good friend of mine. Afterwards, he asked me if I might make him a belt-mounted dagger to match. Here is what I came up with.
The core is a short length of graphite golf club shaft. The blade is constructed from blue camp pad foam and 1/2″ pipe insulation foam, with an open celled foam tip. The pommel is made of a Nerf ballistic ball, while the guard is made of craft foam. Both have been coated in several layers of Plasti-Dip, and painted. The blade was given a cloth cover, and the hilt was wrapped in hockey tape and leather.
The belt sheath is made of leather. Due to its lack of rigidity, re-sheathing the dagger requires two hands. However, the dagger can be drawn quickly using only one hand. While the dagger is primarily meant for ceremonial purposes, I wanted to insure instant access in case of necessity.
The belt loops are riveted to the sheath so that it is worn horizontally at the back. It was designed for a left hand draw, but can be used ambidextrously.
I really like the new level of detail that I can put into these weapons using Plasti-dip. I’ll have to think up a really challenging build to test this technique further.
Thanks for reading.
Remedy Arms 