Loki Staff – How to Make a Loki Costume Staff that Actually Glows
Here is the first part of the Loki Costume tutorial. It’s a fairly simple and inexpensive way to make a Loki staff that actually lights up.
You will need:
Loki Staff template
Cardboard (I used photo mount board)
Scissors or x-cacto knife
Hot glue gun
Broom handle
Mini flashlight
Blue plastic gem
Silver and gold metallic paint
I didn’t have time to film my Loki costume while I was making it for the comic con last fall. There were two costumes to make, Thor and Loki, and I only had time to film one. I assumed Thor would be the popular one, so I filmed that one (you can see the Thor costume tutorials here), but it ends up Loki is actually the more popular Asgardian brother. As such, I’ve gotten several requests to do a Loki costume tutorial.
Since my costume has already been made, I can’t show the full making of it, but I do break it down and explain how I did it. This is part one (the rest will follow in the coming weeks), Loki’s staff. For the blade pieces, you can either draw them free hand, or use the free template here.
Video tutorial by Amber Reifsteck, The Woodland Elf
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Love it! Made my sceptre in 2 days, so easy! Thank you!!
Glad to hear it 😊 Hope you have fun with it at a convention.
The template link only downloaded the bracers and not the staff. Can I get an email copy of the template for the staff?
Hi James, sorry about that, I had it linked to the wrong pattern. Here’s the staff template: http://thewoodlandelf.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Loki-staff.pdf
Thank you so much for posting this! You are a life saver!!!
You’re welcome. Thanks for watching 🙂
Hi, just wondering where you got the crystal?
It was in the jewelry section at JoAnn Fabrics. If I recall it was a string with 3 or 4 of those crystal beads on it. I just cut one off the string to use as the Loki crystal.
what did you cut out? I know its the staff but the material you used?
I cut all the pieces out of photo mount board. It’s stronger than cardboard and has a smoother finish. Plus it allows you to cut the edges at an angle so it looks more like a blade. You can usually find it in JoAnn’s or Michael’s, anyplace like that.
Hi there. Can you send a link to the type of photo mount board you used (or something similar) please?
Here’s the link to stuff I used: http://www.michaels.com/studio-decor-uncut-matboard-24inx36in/M10471916.html
I got it from Michael’s over by the photo frames. It comes in big sheets.