Golden Staff of the Sin'dorei

Golden Staff of the Sin'dorei WIP for Blizzcon 2008

I went to Seattle for PAX and got to visit my family as well. While I was there I took advantage of all my dad's power tools and his garage. It has everything you need! What I am proud of most are the resin jewels. I made them out of resin in square molds (there is a Tap Plastics in Bellevue!!!!) . I used the belt sander to get them to the shape I wanted (after breaking one =x) and then sanded them in a bucket of water with waterproof sand paper to get them as smooth as possible before I buffed them with plastic polish (same stuff used for buffing out head lights or anything plastic). I love them! I used wood and Bondo (auto body filler) for the staff ends. Rod is just a PVC pipe. I am way better at making props with power tools than sewing XD. Makes me feel kinda manly. =/

I'll move this to scraps when I am done done with my staff. I also plan on posting a step by step. I have lots more peektures!

I feel kinda bad though because I completely ignored my bf while working on the staff. He just sat inside talking to my mom or playing his DS. I ignored him for so long that he beat Professor Layton and is already 12 hours into FF Tactics A2. o.O

Oh, and staff artwork is Copyright Blizzard Entertainment. I posted it so people could see what I referenced. I hope that's ok? If not lemme know so I can remove it.