Lure of the Deep

I started with an archon with quick disconnects and obsidian featuring a DVA with BH FOC. I wanted more weight in back in more flare up front so I got it a dark War Glaive pommel and claws and a War Glaive emitter. Then it took a tumble in a spin and had to be sent in for repairs. I sent it in to Emory for an upgrade to an Emerald driver and silver AV switch. No pics of the original state, sorry.

After that, I set out to work with the spikes. After all, some days you feel like a claw...some days you don't. You can just take them off, but with the screw hole and stabilizing studs, something should really go there. So I started thinking of what to replace them with. I came up with the idea of a plate. I took a stab at with PVC first. I did not have any power tolls on me so this was done with a handsaw, a bit of sandpaper, a box opener, and a screwdriver. I don't know if I like the paint so I may go back to a black or try something else. Next set I make, I might actually make when I have access to my power tools. I used the threaded portion of the pipe to give it ridges to match those on my Archon hilt. Started by cutting, sanded, cut in holes, painted, accented the groves in black, and varnished with superglue.

I then set out to use darken up the lower portion of the hilt with some adhesive carbon fiber. As you can see, this was an ipad cover I never decided to use. I cut it in two strips with an overlap in the middle at the groove where I used a rubber O ring to secure it. I also re-installed the covertech to help hold it down a bit better while it bonds.

I then inserted the custom blade plug I made for it out of found parts.

The final part was choosing an emerald setting I liked--I settled on a mid paced red to orange pulse with a gold flash-- and popping in the pointed tip blade.

Eventually, I want to make the plates out of aluminum and have them blank with symbols engraved on them and filled with enamel. I am thinking runes and/or old school elder signs from the Cthulhu mythos. I plan to have several so that I can swap them out and use either 2 or 4 depending on my mood. I also want to work on a more stygian blue/green color scheme as an option. Finally I will be experimenting with adding symbols to the base of the blade so that they appear as floating, slightly off color, glyphs inside the base of the energy stream. As I get these things done, I will post pics.