AHHHHH FINALLY!!!!! I'm finally done with Rose's sword and sheild!!! The amount of hours I put into the sword alone was like 52 hours in total! The sheild took about 6 hours (thank god for Snowdays!) 🌹🌹🌹 The sword was hand carved out of my old bed frame! I HAND CUT the handle and blade from it. That alone took 6 hours. I sanded it all down, and painted it with a shimmery pink paint I mixed together. The weird little hand protector, and bottom piece were sculpted from shitty craft foam. The sheets of craft foam were super thin, and costed like a dollar. I wrapped the handle in hand dyed twine so that the grip would be better, and I wouldn't have to worry about painting that part. The design on the little bottom piece is a star, and on the bottom is a huge rose I made. Fake silk rose buds I got from the Dollar Tree are glued here and there. I mainly used hot glue. 🌹🌹🌹 The sheild was made over a single snow day. In the attic of my house there was this old circular mirror with a back part. So, I took that, (carefully) removed the mitror part, and got to work! I hand painted all the decals and the handles in back are just made from ductape. They are screwed into the sheild. 🌹🌹🌹 God I am in love with how these turned out!!!! It looks so good!!! I plan on making a matching Scabbard! Oh I can't wait to bring these to Anime Boston!!