Making fake nails

[LadyStitch]

We ended up doing the apoxy nails. Shaped them over my own nails so they were  maybe a 1/4-3/8" long,  while wearing plastic gloves, then laid them on the gloves to try.  After an hour I could sand them smooth, and then painted them with acrylic paint. The apoxy took the paint well, but it don't have the right sheen to them. We ended up putting a coat of regular cheap nail polish over the acrylic paint.  They look great, and are not sharp at all, yet look quite lethal from 3 feet away.

The only thing is , I wish I had a dremel tool.  That would have made the polishing and finishing look so much better.

[Elennare]

Glad to hear they're working!   Also glad to hear the scratches and whatnot aren't from the fight, but goofing around.  No amount of choreography or practice can deal with that.

If you want something a little more durable than cheap nailpolish that will still be shiny, go to a hobby store and pick up some varnish (make sure it's not the matte clear coat).  Comes in a little pot, so you won't end up with a ton of stuff you'll never use sitting around, and it's designed to protect the paint on models if they get dropped (in addition to being shiny), so it should hold up well.

[LadyStitch]

I suggested that to our director, but he didn't want it.  Got to do what the boss says, but yeah they are working.