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Step 8Painting the Sword
When spray painting, make sure you're in a well ventilated area and wear a ventilation mask. Spray paint particles in your lungs is no good for you!
1. Cover the silver parts of the sword and the handle with painters tape or masking tape. We're going to paint the gold parts only first.
2. Clean off the area to be painted. Wipe any dust and grime off, because that will prevent you from having a nice smooth layer.
3. Spray paint the gold onto the sword (Montana Goldchrome). You want to make the paint as even and thin as possible. It's much better to do several thin layers rather than one thick layer, because thick layers won't dry properly and will cover up details. It will also cause bubbles to form in the paint. I messed up the spray painting and had to sand off the bubbles, then paint it over. I put about 4 layers of paint on this I think.
4. Wait until the paint dries and cures. This took several days for my sword. Otherwise, the paint will still be soft and become dented if you touch it. If you pinch it too hard, your fingerprints will stay in the paint.
5. Take the tape off and tape up the gold parts. Now we will paint the silver parts. I put a garbage bag over the handle so I wouldn't have to use so much tape. I hung my sword with C-stands so I could paint both sides at once.
6. Paint in the blue parts with acrylic paint. I handpainted this part because I didn't want to put so much tape over the gold part. In the picture, parts of the gold paint got ripped off by the tape.
7. Krazy glue the 6 purple jewels onto the sword.
1. Cover the silver parts of the sword and the handle with painters tape or masking tape. We're going to paint the gold parts only first.
2. Clean off the area to be painted. Wipe any dust and grime off, because that will prevent you from having a nice smooth layer.
3. Spray paint the gold onto the sword (Montana Goldchrome). You want to make the paint as even and thin as possible. It's much better to do several thin layers rather than one thick layer, because thick layers won't dry properly and will cover up details. It will also cause bubbles to form in the paint. I messed up the spray painting and had to sand off the bubbles, then paint it over. I put about 4 layers of paint on this I think.
4. Wait until the paint dries and cures. This took several days for my sword. Otherwise, the paint will still be soft and become dented if you touch it. If you pinch it too hard, your fingerprints will stay in the paint.
5. Take the tape off and tape up the gold parts. Now we will paint the silver parts. I put a garbage bag over the handle so I wouldn't have to use so much tape. I hung my sword with C-stands so I could paint both sides at once.
6. Paint in the blue parts with acrylic paint. I handpainted this part because I didn't want to put so much tape over the gold part. In the picture, parts of the gold paint got ripped off by the tape.
7. Krazy glue the 6 purple jewels onto the sword.
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