The first actual commission for Strange Brit Props, this was one of the most challenging things I've made to date (September 2016).

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Sculpted out of cardboard and body filler, I made this dagger as close to the screen used one as I could in size and shape, but added my own look to it by making it look like the shape had been formed by chipping away at a block of Obsidian (the material the daggers in the show are made of) rather than the look of almost melted rock seen on screen.

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I then cast it in pigmented transparent Polyester resin. It was the first time using both Polyester resin and pigments so it took a couple of attempts to get the transparency the way I wanted, as the first one ended up being solid black in colour. But that just meant I got one for myself!

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Because I forgot to take photos for my portfolio before sending the original dagger off to the client, I decided to cast another dagger, but this time I used slightly less pigment and added a twine wrap to the handle, completing the transformation from spear head to dagger.

(bottom two photos = original dagger: others = new dagger)