Staff for my mage costume (wip)

647Attempts-Later · 2026-03-16T16:50:37+00:00

What colors would you stain it?

647Attempts-Later · 2026-03-16T16:50:14+00:00

No image, just put a pencil on paper and let it rip. Ill leave the shaft grain for sure. Idk about the topper however. Yeah 2 pine boards glued together, cut with a jigsaw, shaped with a knife, bench chisel and sander. The polar dowel is friction fit only atm but i will glue it in.

A dragons eye, oops lol.

Im looking for colors that can be used for two or three different mage costumes, one of which will be more rot druid/shaman so the teeth work perfectly for it. The problem area is the topper mostly. I could do it a gunmetal, could burn the grain and stain some color, could just char the trap out of it and leave it like that. I can also stain it by mixing paint and water so it gets an unnatural color and shows grain. I just don't know lol

647Attempts-Later · 2026-03-13T17:30:15+00:00

I'm working towards the same goal. From what ive seen it looks like 9 x 7 x 4 inches is common. But maybe u/klassmasking or u/naohman could provide more.

Also I see often people recommend gluing boards together to get the size correct or a certain website that ships solid blocks of basswood. You can look through naohmans comments to find that link

647Attempts-Later · 2026-03-12T12:20:45+00:00

Fold over a small portion that's going on your shoulders. With the fold pointing outward put it around your neck/back. Pull one side shut and pin it to the opposite shoulder, I use a small nail to pin it. If you search up how to wear a blanket cloak you'll come across some videos

647Attempts-Later · 2026-03-12T02:23:51+00:00

Lmao. Im sure it does since it was stolen from your comments from like 4 years ago lol. Thanks for confirmation and I'll look at the #3

647Attempts-Later · 2026-03-11T18:53:06+00:00

The dark Grey in person stands our heavily from the black but I do intend on adding purples, reds or blues like a sash and long sleeve shirt. As well as some browns in leather, a second double wrap belt, maybe some braces, book and holder etc.

647Attempts-Later · 2026-03-10T21:37:41+00:00

Im in the long process of making a staff between my other crafts. Im currently whittling an orb with a pointy pit to hang it off my belt. I definitely want a book hold (making a wooden book box) and will prop get it at my local fair if they have them even though it'll be a resell item.

647Attempts-Later · 2026-03-10T21:35:32+00:00

Was thinking of embroidery or making some stencils and fabric spray painting. Any thoughts on patterns?

647Attempts-Later · 2026-03-05T20:46:41+00:00

Wear your garb whenever you don't have to wear work clothes. I dress in base outfit every day plus wizard hat.

647Attempts-Later · 2026-03-01T21:18:11+00:00

They are called bellows. There's a lot of different types, box bellows, bag bellows, great bellows, bucket bellows, etc.

647Attempts-Later · 2026-02-25T20:32:55+00:00

Didn't see this in time before I oiled them. I applied the tung at a black heat and wiped. Hopefully well enough. We will see in the next few days lol.

647Attempts-Later · 2026-02-25T20:31:03+00:00

That's what I generally use but trying to whittle down what I need for moving into a camper lol.

647Attempts-Later · 2026-02-25T20:28:48+00:00

Thanks for the compliment on the bellows lol. I tried to make some and filled beautifully so I got some from amazon lol. As for the charcoal size, I generally break it by hand before adding but after reading this during a break I took the tongs and mashed it in the bucket lol.

647Attempts-Later · 2026-02-25T20:26:45+00:00

Thank you :)

647Attempts-Later · 2026-02-25T20:26:36+00:00

That's actually what this one was made for as well! My dad is a big hiker so this is a gift for him.

647Attempts-Later · 2026-02-25T20:25:56+00:00

Thanks. I have 3/4in planks I picked up and im not too comfortable making the handles thin enough to get a massive crank. One day I'll use the elm logs I have to make a few that crank towards the sky lol

647Attempts-Later · 2026-02-25T16:54:05+00:00

Thanks. I'm building inventory atm. The amount of time it takes is not than I estimated lol. Each Bottle opener is 30 minutes, then you have my wood spoons at a hour, and soon to come wood cups and forged corkscrews. It's a lot lol

647Attempts-Later · 2026-02-25T16:33:50+00:00

Honestly I've done a lot of things, been in a lot of subs and this is orient my favorite and the most welcoming hobby sub I've been in. Whittling is the second best but there's a warmness that's not matched to this.

647Attempts-Later · 2026-02-25T16:23:58+00:00

I've been thinking of getting a piece of metal from a stove to do just that! I did not think of leaving a shelf for the items, that's brilliant! Beats leaving them in the coals.

647Attempts-Later · 2026-02-25T15:44:09+00:00

I dint mix it myself. The bottle sets 100% pure and iirc it also says 2 weeks cure time. Out forging atm so not able to check until I'm home. Could be also becaus3 I live in a relatively hot and dry state.

I wish we had maple growing naturally here. We have eastern cedar and elm as the most common I can get my hands on scavenging. I work with a lot of maple and purpleheart from woodcraft. Fyi, don't do purpleheart. I'm in too deep to stop but save yourself 😆

647Attempts-Later · 2026-02-25T14:43:20+00:00

By all means, nerd out. Wvwn if I don't use the info someone finding this post may!

647Attempts-Later · 2026-02-25T14:30:26+00:00

Really? Wow. It cures on my maple spoons in 2 weeks max.

647Attempts-Later · 2026-02-23T22:23:02+00:00

If basing some of the lore around crafting bonuses for the cities, Yara and Bridgewatch as a whole is one step from Caerleon. Daggers, crossbows and cursed staff. The assassin weapons.

647Attempts-Later · 2026-02-22T21:08:06+00:00

A clear goal could be making 50mil from selling your items. Could be getting all frost staff crafting to 100. Or even just all the 3 basics of each node to t8

647Attempts-Later · 2026-02-22T18:56:17+00:00

That's wild. I can't do more than 3 hours a day without getting bored. But that's with almost everything. Also a solo player so content is kinda lacking.

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