Kids Toy Sword of Protection Repaint
Bought a couple of used swords off of eBay. The one I repainted had scratches on the hilt and cracks in the blade, so I decided to give it a make over!
For anyone wondering how I went about it:
I unscrewed the hilt.
Gutted the electronics.
Removed the original rune stone and cut the reverse side flat where the rune stone should be.
Used a high grit sanding block to strip the gloss finish and give the glue something to stick to.
Filled the speaker and screw holes with craft foam so they are less obvious.
Used a metallic leaf adhesive along the entire hilt brushing in a direction that compliments the shapes.
Applied the fake gold leaf with 2 coats. (First coat looked awful)
Sprayed a gloss varnish to protect the leaf, making sure to use an oil based spray so as not to tarnish the metal. 3 coats in total.
Used a spray adhesive on the blade.
Applied holographic vinyl to the blade, one strip on top, one on back, and one on the dull edge.
Cut the recessions into the vinyl following the recesses on the original toy, and then pushing them further in with a ball tip clay tool.
Epoxy the new rune stones on either side.
Reassemble the hilt with blade in place and add epoxy to each screw connection since the screw holes are unusable after I covered them, and used clamps to allow it to set.