The cold weather hasn't allowed much of a chance for messy projects, most of which I would do outside. The shield is just a little project to keep me busy during the extremely snowy winter. The materials are pretty much the same as the Millennium Puzzle I did earlier, but the colors were made with Sharpie markers instead of spray paint. I tried spray painting in chilly weather once, and the paint cracked and scrunched up in an instant, it didn't help I was painting plastic. I'm not going to try that again anytime soon!
And here is a wonderful picture of the shield in really harsh light so you can see all the beautiful imperfections! I definitely need to work on cleaning up my lines, you can see that the Sharpie is shining on top of the hot glue everywhere. I got overzealous with the Sharpies and outlined the brace's triangle divots. The yellow from the triforce is actually a highlighter, I just used whatever I had on my desk. Coloring it was great though! It was a nice change from the hot glue burns!
The back was last for this project. I started off with just a silhouette of the shield out of the corrugated cardboard and filled out the front. I hadn't even given a thought to the back. So, when I did, I cut out the entire back and pushed it inwards until I had half an inch of a cavity to add the braces in varied heights. The handle and strap were quickly glued on afterwards. Deciding to add the back was a decision I am happy I made, it looks much better with both sides completely fleshed out.
I know I promised more in-progress pictures for projects, but since it was just a boredom project I just thought that the final pictures and a brief description was better.
Finally, here's the back in lighting I thought showed it's better qualities. Thanks for reading!