I still needed a bit more to get the look I was after, so I added some fake leather strips and fringe. This left the grooved in the curtain rod darkened and just slightly darkened the rest of the staff. I also heavily painted the staff with black spray paint and then wiped it off lightly with a rag. After all the silver paint was finished I did some light coats of black and brown to give the metallic pieces a tarnished look. After all was positioned, I hot glued them all in place and then spray painted them all silver, masking off my already painted blades and the top part of the staff. I used a few pieces of pipe insulation, a strip of rubber welcome mat (pieces left over from making home made bases), and pieces of foam bowling pins from my sons' old kiddie bowling set that they don't use any more.
Then I found some random stuff lying around the house to give the top some coutour. I used a silver acrylic artists paint mixed with a little black to paint the details on the blades, including the 'sharp' edge effect. I didn't and the paint scratches off easily =( Once it was all painted I decided it needed some decoration. NOTE: It would help to sand the smooth pergo surface before painting. Once all pieces were attached I spray painted the blades and top part of the rod silver. I cut the pergo into the shape of the blades with my rotary saw, sanded everything smooth, and then attached them to the handle by cutting a slit into the top of the curtain rod, drilling holes through all the pieces, and bolting them together. They scythe is made from an old 8' length of wooden curtain rod I had lying around and a plank of pergo flooring I grabbed out of someone's trash after a remodeling job.
hopefully they can serve as inspiration to some others.
#GRIM REAPER SCYTHE LARGE PLASTIC FULL#
I didn't take pictures as I was going for a full instructable since I was making it up as I went along, but here are some pictures of the finished product. As part of my costume this year I built a scythe.
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