Thanks, Jay!
Alright, I have decided to make a kama for this ARC ARF guy and while I have shown how I did this before, I think it's time we revisit this technique in greater detail. Now there are several ways to make a kama. We have seen Yarders here make them from cloth, pleather, and other materials with great results. For some reason, I tried one like this years ago and it just stuck with me.
I start out using an old flexible POTF darth vader waist cape as a mold. I coat the inside of this waist cape with a mixture of water and white glue. I then apply a double layer of klenex tissue and burnish it to the already sticky cape mold with an old paintbrush while applying more white glue and water. I just drip the white glue onto the tissue and then dip the paint brush in water and work the glue/water into the tissue. I repeated this step one more time with another layer of tissue with more glue and water and I will let it sit to dry for a day or less. After it drys, I will be able to peel the new kama out of the cape mold and then trim it to a shape that will work for my figure. Using tissue like this makes for a convincing cloth effect after it drys and is painted. I used this same stuff to make tarps and bedrolls when I was into detailing military armor models in my youth.
