#Ctechnoblade

[forgingtheblade]

I’VE GOT A PICKAXE, QUACKITY, AND I’LL PUT IT THROUGH YOUR TEETH

or: On Toothpick

i started with my concept sketch and made a clean blueprint based on it in illustrator! this allows me to print it out to test scale and use a laser engraver to achieve those finer details like the enchantment script along the blade.

my original blueprint was WAAAAY too big. i genuinely could not tell you what the thought process was there. i scaled it down by a third and ended up with a much more reasonable scale for a pickaxe to be.

i traced and cut all of those pieces out of foam, three times. in the handle, the middle layer had the center cut out for a pvc pipe to be installed to make it more sturdy.

after gluing the layers together with contact cement, i used a dremel tool to sand the shape down into something rounder, more handle like. this step created a LOT of foam dust, and i’d like to clarify that any time i was using the dremel, contact cement, spray paint, or heating foam i was wearing a respirator! i also have n95 dust masks available for any visitors to my studio on days where i’m doing this sort of work :)

i glued the head together, laser cut the detail work, and dremeled in a bevel along the head of the pickaxe. i also added a googly eye as a rivet on the part where the head and handle meet.

after 3 coats of plastidip and 2 coats of glossy spray, the head of the axe got a pass with black rub-n-buff, airbrushed with purple interference paint, and then back in with the rub-n-buff for weathering.

i then painted the same gold paint i’ve been using for the crown and other accessories onto the detail work and into the engravings. this process made me decide that on any future designs the enchantment text will not be any smaller than 1/2 an inch, and if i can manage it it will be bigger than that still. painting this was a messy nightmare.

the handle and wraps and blood splatter are all just various treatments of acrylic paint! i took a pass over the whole thing with a satin varnish (that ended up being a little glossier than i’d hoped, but it’s ok), and then a gloss varnish over the blood specifically to try and give a wet illusion.

i am genuinely obsessed with this thing! i can’t wait to put it though quackity’s teeth!

taglist under the cut! reply or send an ask to be added!

@too-much-alphabet-soup , @embers-archive , @nothing-to-see-around-here, @pluralphilza, @aleeaviancrowalt

[cels-eyes]

Techno

hello uh this ask somehow made me start an nhl au that is currently nearing 3k after two days. thanks.

GP = games played. there are 82 in a regular season. P: points. 56 is really high for a defenseman. PIM: penalty minutes, i made techno's pretty high. +/-: amount of relative goals when youre on ice, again i made technos really high. hes a hockey superstar.

[ctechnoapologist]

sbi family youtubers

[waddei]

FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!

[silverblade87]

emerald duo doodle

[prettycoolforaperson]

It’s been forever since I posted my own art so I’m gonna make it up by dumping a ton of my art on everyone lmao

bedrock bros my beloved ♥️

[uftopia]

secret santa gift for KongbuGuro on twt ! unsure about any tumblr acc

rivals duo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ghostenluvs]

i want ctommy to go bowling and be awful at it. i want ctubbo to destroy him at the bowling alley arcade shooter games.

cranboo is eating bowling alley fries in teh background and has rolled three consecutive strikes on pure looney toons luck alone.

jack is a worker there and has never needed a smoke break so bad in his life. hes so tired.

the syndicate are also there bowling on the other end of the lanes and cranboo keeps sneakily walking over between both groups and playing with them at once.

techno is overcomplicating every single shot and quoting ancient chinese history as usual.

phil is in the arcade whenever he has a moment playing space invaders or tetris or smth and hes on level 200.

niki is trying desperately to win the rigged plushy drop game by the entrance. she succeeds. she has a very large jigglypuff now.

the bowling alley speakers are playing take on me.

everything is right in the world.

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ADDITIONS FROM LATER UNDER READMORE [ART]

here's the incident:tm: of the outing.

everyone thank @xerith-42

JUST DANCE COMPETITION BETWEEN THE WHOLE SQUAD.

i just wanna see that.

[possuminnit]

This is somewhat a redraw but that isn't important

[mioakem]

i just hope that everyone knows that when i say january 6th was a tragic day and represents the downfall of our country im talking about this

[clover-paatch]

today I offer you rivalsduo. tomorrow? who knows

[forgingtheblade]

TECHNOBLADE NEVER DIES

or, the totem!!

the first place i’m wearing this cosplay out to is with a full butcher army group. hence, the props i started with were toothpick, and a totem of undying!

i again, just like toothpick, sketched in CSP and blueprinted in illustrator, cutting all of my fine details out on the laser engraver.

i’m so grateful i have access to the laser right now, it allows me to add so much cool detail at levels of precision previously unimaginable. wherever i end up after college, i need to find a way to keep access to a laser like this. also, when i ordered the gems for the crown (months ago at this point) i wasnt sure which green i wanted for the crown. i had extra space in the order, so i ordered two of each of the greens i had picked out and decided whichever ended up not being the crown would be the eyes for the totem!

i made each of the layers with 10mm eva foam, and added the detail work in 2mm. the nose and wings were sculpted with my dremel tool. i sealed off the top and bottom with a simple 2mm circle and alternated between filler and dremeling to smooth any gaps in the seams.

using an eva foam dowel, i added a loop for it to hang from.

this guy also got a plastidip and black gloss coat before i went in with the airbrush. it took me a minute to figure out the gold paint in the airbrush again, leading to some weirdly cool sputtering effects.

after finally getting a smooth solid gold finish, i started filling in the enchantment script (which in this case just reads “undying” repeatedly) with a green paint mixed with mica to make it metallic.

i then weathered with a warm brown to give it some more dimension and depth, and added a little gem on the star motif to finish it off! i’ll talk more about the hanging rig and belt in another post ;)

taglist under the cut! reply or send an ask to be added :3

@too-much-alphabet-soup , @embers-archive , @nothing-to-see-around-here, @pluralphilza, @aleeaviancrowalt

[cels-eyes]

ctechno for these trying times

[ctechnoapologist]

still cant believe this is a real interaction that happened

[waddei]

we got potatoes!

[silverblade87]

when the bros are in bedrock