Well, after many different ideas for making this, from buying one similar, to buying one totally different, being the perfectionist I can be at times, I've decided to MAKE it.
Started out with THREE blocks of Fimo clay. True, two of them were the small blocks and they weren't actually whole to begin with, but still. So there I sat, with an ever growing, colour changing lump of clay in my hands. The BASIC shape was really quite easy. Roll into a ball, flatten SLIGHTLY, between your hands, then shape one side to a point by rolling it on a flat surface (it's hard to explain, but not hard to do), then make sure the other side's nice and rounded.
After this stage I put the clay, suspended over the rim of a Coke glass (The third lot of non can shapes McDonald's did a couple years ago), in the fridge. My reasoning being, while working the clay, my hands had become increasingly warm and so the clay was warm and pretty flexible. This is what happens with Fimo I'm sure most of you guys know. So, in the fridge over night, and then for some reason I got the idea to put it in THE FREEZER for a couple hours. Not sure this served any purpose, but oh well, It might have.
Next day I looked at it and thought, right, you need shaping and cutting. So I found the cutscene from the end of the game and paused it right at the moment Garnet loses the necklace while running to Zidane. First I shaped the actually thing, it's not a perfect circle after all, it has dinks and things. Using the handle of a knife I shaped that. Then came the cutting of the back. I considered using the same knife, but realise that probably wouldn't work as it's got a rather blunt blade and I wanted some quite severe cuts. So, Out came the Scalpel! Now, I may have used that blade in making Zidane's Dagger, BUT, it's still quite sharp.
Score a line where you want the rough centre of the 'facet' to be, then cut in a V-shape on either side. Et Voila!
I'll upload a photo later.
The next process will be to buy some Mould making Silicone, make a mould with this, and then get some clear plastic resin.
So really, this project is something fun, but also something I've wanted to do for a very, very long time. =)
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