Category Archives: Larp

Larp Props – 2nd Batch – Finished

So following a two week holiday in Canada I’ve now managed to get back and finish the batch of props off in time for this Sunday’s Fool and Heros larp in Edinburgh (where I can deliver some of these beauties … Continue reading

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Larp Props – Red & White…

So the batch has now been brown’d up (i.e. i’ve done the first 6-8 coats of latex on everything) and i’m now at the painting stage of colouring the liquid latex with artists acrylic paints and making the props look … Continue reading

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Larp Props – 2nd Batch – Pt 2

So a few more of the weapons are now ‘foam finished’, just working on the last one a “post apocalyptic staff, reinforced with a ‘stop’ sign for extra oomf”… still scratching my head about how to wrap the sign around one … Continue reading

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Larp Props – 2nd Batch

So for the last few weeks I’ve been working on making and refurbishing some LARP weapons for myself and for some players at Fools and Heroes: Edinburgh branch. Due to FnH having different weapon size rules than other Larp’s I’ve … Continue reading

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Larp ‘Props’ Finished

So here are ‘some’ pictures of the new larp ‘props’ that i’ve made, along with some of my own and friends that i’ve ‘refurbished’. During this process, even though i have attended many of Skian Mhor’s contruction workshops, i’ve learned lots of new things about … Continue reading

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Backgrounds & The Perils of Spray Latexing

*Phew* so back finally after a crazy December (sickness, family visit, new job for partner, Christmas, then New Years) arg where did the time go, also have the legit excuse of getting married in April which has used up ‘some … Continue reading

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Abandoned Gothic City – pt3 & Like painting with chocolate sauce

So the extra plastic plants arrived! They’ve been stripped of their stalks & bagged, and the stalks been used to fill out the remaining terrain pieces. With this done I’ve managed to crack on with sand texturing, then ‘browning’ the … Continue reading

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Sunday – Weapon Making & Cake

So had a slightly surreal Sunday today flitting between drying contact adhesive for Larp weapons, and baking a dark chocolate layered torte (that’s what the recipe called it anyway! I’d just call it cake;) I’m kinda happy with how both … Continue reading

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And now for something completely different…

As the post office continues to taunt me with a lack of plastic plants :( I decided to nip along to Skian Mhor to pickup supplies for larp weapon making and get to work. So far I’ve started on a … Continue reading

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