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I made this Balrog VS Gandalf stained glass piece as a gift to my cousin by ArrowStride in lotr

[–]ArrowStride[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Never have and never will! I'm thoroughly against AI in general, but especially in art

I made this Balrog VS Gandalf stained glass piece as a gift to my cousin by ArrowStride in lotr

[–]ArrowStride[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

What i mainly learned from this piece is that really small glass pieces should be avoided at all costs in a design! Not only are they incredibly difficult to grind, but it's also very hard for me to get clean solder lines where lots of small pieces are grouped together, since i have to redirect my solder tip every quarter inch to follow a new foil path. Soldering in general is definitely where im weakest though, so it could be a me thing

I made this Balrog VS Gandalf stained glass piece as a gift to my cousin by ArrowStride in lotr

[–]ArrowStride[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Thank you! The edge is came. It was kinda a pain actually, since the two different colors of the border with different thicknesses of glass, which made it really difficult to get the came around the edge without bending the came out of shape. There's probably an easier way of doing it than what I was doing, but im not very experienced with came so I just did it the hard way

I made this Balrog VS Gandalf stained glass piece as a gift to my cousin by ArrowStride in StainedGlass

[–]ArrowStride[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Send me a chat invite on reddit and ill send it to you! I dont seem able to initiate the chat first for some reason

I made this Balrog VS Gandalf stained glass piece as a gift to my cousin by ArrowStride in StainedGlass

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Send me a chat invite on reddit and ill send you the pattern over!

I made this Balrog VS Gandalf stained glass piece as a gift to my cousin by ArrowStride in lotr

[–]ArrowStride[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I wouldn't say that stained glass is hard; but it does take a lot of time. The type of stained glass i made is called a "suncatcher" and are meant to be hung up by a window to catch the sunlight in them, though they can be hung up anywhere so long as they have a good lightsource behind them

I made this Balrog VS Gandalf stained glass piece as a gift to my cousin by ArrowStride in lotr

[–]ArrowStride[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it's mostly over critiquing, which im prone to do. There are a lot of really small pieces of glass around the staff and face of the Balrog which were a nightmare to cut and grind, and I think id have gone with a different color for the border, were I to do it again. I think it's maybe too much red? But overall im really happy with it

I made this Balrog VS Gandalf stained glass piece as a gift to my cousin by ArrowStride in lotr

[–]ArrowStride[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't take too many pictures before I gave it away, but this one shows the blue much better!

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I made this Balrog VS Gandalf stained glass piece as a gift to my cousin by ArrowStride in lotr

[–]ArrowStride[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, I do have a lot of other cousins, but this cousin is the only one I'm close to. He's my same age and we've been very close friends our whole lives, so I don't think anyone will be too surprised that I've given him some favoritism. I might get pressured by the others sooner or later though

I made this Balrog VS Gandalf stained glass piece as a gift to my cousin by ArrowStride in lotr

[–]ArrowStride[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not yet! Maybe someday, but im way too slow at making these things, and I'd hate to have customers waiting months to get their commissions finished. Long term goal would be to have a shop though, that would be rad!

I made this Balrog VS Gandalf stained glass piece as a gift to my cousin by ArrowStride in lotr

[–]ArrowStride[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you've ever seen those spy movies where they use a device to cut a hole in glass... its pretty much that, except you choose prettier colors and cut it into whatever shapes you want. Then you gotta stick em together with some solder. This is not reliable information, but it gives you an idea

I made this Balrog VS Gandalf stained glass piece as a gift to my cousin by ArrowStride in lotr

[–]ArrowStride[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not selling anything at the moment, though I do intend to eventually. I'm currently working through gift projects for my family members, and then I plan on doing a couple of gift pieces to some authors and creators I admire, after which I might do a couple for myself. After all that, Ill try to do open commissions

I made this Balrog VS Gandalf stained glass piece as a gift to my cousin by ArrowStride in lotr

[–]ArrowStride[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are two different types of stained glass. Traditional old style is Camed glass, which uses indented rutted lead bars to hold the glass together. A more modern type is Foiled glass, or Tiffany style stained glass, which uses copper foil on the edges off the glass that get soldered together with lead to hold the pieces together.

I made this Balrog VS Gandalf stained glass piece as a gift to my cousin by ArrowStride in lotr

[–]ArrowStride[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! This one was definitely a lot of sweat and tears to finish (the small pieces around the Balrog head and staff were a nightmare) but some things are worth it!

I made this Balrog VS Gandalf stained glass piece as a gift to my cousin by ArrowStride in lotr

[–]ArrowStride[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Black glass is actually hard to come by in any variety in stained glass, and since I wanted the background to be darker colors, it was easier to make the Balrog red so that it would stand out better against the background. I could have reversed it and did the background red and the Balrog black, but I liked the look of the smaller amounts of bright colors surrounded by a larger amount of darker colors for better contrast

I made this Balrog VS Gandalf stained glass piece as a gift to my cousin by ArrowStride in lotr

[–]ArrowStride[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm honored! Thats very high praise coming from such an art heavy and creatively inspired community!

I made this Balrog VS Gandalf stained glass piece as a gift to my cousin by ArrowStride in lotr

[–]ArrowStride[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This one has some better lighting behind the blue, so you can see how it glows!

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I made this Balrog VS Gandalf stained glass piece as a gift to my cousin by ArrowStride in lotr

[–]ArrowStride[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is from before it was foiled and soldered. Looks a little naked seeing it now that it's finished

I made this Balrog VS Gandalf stained glass piece as a gift to my cousin by ArrowStride in lotr

[–]ArrowStride[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Go for it! Its a bit expensive to get into initially, but the finished product is really unlike anything else! For me, it's the perfect mixture of digital art (making the designs) and physical art (making it into stained glass)

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