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Making The Hylian Shield: Part 2
Today is part 2 of making the hylian shield.
I am just going to start where I left off. After all pieces are glued, I now start to paint. I first start painting with Plastidip. 
Plastidip will give it a nice base coat. Now I spray the shield with silver spray paint.
Then I tape the edges of the pointy fives and boarder of the shield. I spray the shield with blue spray paint.
Now I peel it off. 
Now I spray gold spray paint into a plastic cup and brush it on the three triangles. 
I print out the red bird on the bottom half of the shield.
Now I cut it out and trace it on 1mm thick foam. Then I painted it red and I glued it on. 
That's the finished build! Thank you for reading my post! leave your suggestions for my next build in the comments!
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That's great work. Will there be a costume to go along with it? Or just going to mount it on the wall?
Anyway, good to find other folks interested in cosplay here. It's a bit of a needle in a haystack to find the original content like ours.
I will not be making a full costume to go with it, but I am planning on hanging it on my wall as a display piece! Thank you for commenting, @brokenbokeh!
Very cool! So, are you into Halloween? Before having kids, my husband and I loved dressing up for Halloween, or helping others with their costumes, specifically the make up or special effects. But with the effort you're putting into building these props, I bet it's nice to be able to show them off somewhere.
GREAT JOB! I Iove it!
Halloween is just the tip of the iceberg. 😉 People dress up in super elaborate costumes and attend conventions, it's called cosplay (costume + play). You may have seen some photos from news articles about San Diego ComiCon.
He DID do a great job! Btw, how are you doing? Really enjoyed our chat at the meetup! Find me on discord!
I have! Some of those costumes are AMAZING! My kids are a bit young though, and I know some costumes are on the scary or risque side for now, but it looks like fun!
That is true, they can be risque or scary.
You should make Drax's knives from Guardians of the Galaxy.