Comi-Ame Black Canary Throwing Stars

I was commissioned to make a pair of throwing stars for a Black Canary cosplay based on the Ame-Comi statue.



I lathed the center hub master from a chunk of MDF and decided to add a small Black Canary logo to the center. The cops got to know who pinned the jewel thieves to a wall…



The thin styrene logo glued to the hub.



I made a silicone mold of the hub to make resin copies for each side of the star.



A nice base coat of gold over the resin copies and hand painted logos finishes the hubs.



Since these stars were mainly for conventions and photo shoots, we decided to save some money by making the stars out of flat 1/4” poplar. The diamond profile of the statue’s stars would be more expensive to replicate and really is more of a sword/spear feature…I suspect it would mess up the aerodynamics if you were to throw them.



I did narrow each point from the center on the belt sander to make them look more sharp.



Finally, I drilled out a recess for the hub on each side with a forstner bit.



The stars were painted with light coats of hammered silver.



The final stars.



Detail of the hub area.



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