One of my dreams is to get into crafting zelda stuff like this guy one day, and have even 10% of his skill.

  • CrayonRosary@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Much of that stuff looks collected, not crafted. The only things that clearly looked crafted were some of the stands that looked like castles and some of the wall panels, and they all looked like XPS foam cut with a hot wire then painted. Except maybe the whale. That would have used a hot knife, instead, and a bit more skill.

    Cutting XPS foam with a hot wire is easy to learn, and relatively inexpensive. Spray painting and dry brushing are also easy to learn. What I’m saying is, get started, if you want.

    (Do you have reason to believe those figurines were hand crafted? They didn’t look so to me. Of course, if they were, that would certainly justify your sentiment!)

    • ApollosArrow@lemmy.worldOP
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      3 days ago

      All of the official stuff is indeed collected, but he does build a lot of stuff since I follow him on instagram. It’s a mixed bag. He 3D prints, (or maybe buys 3D printed assets), preps them, puts lights and wiring inside, etc. And others he crafts by hand.

      I likely would go down the 3D printing and modeling. I started some zelda prints during covid that I modeled myself during covid, but I fell off.

      https://www.instagram.com/p/CfrvtS6MJCs/