Ancient sword

A customer had asked me to paint this large sword which is a replica of the sword used by one of the Anime characters which he wants to used for a function. I had fun doing it but the painting become a bit tedious when you want to apply the staining effect to make it look rusty and ancient.. Actually I based the painting from some of the pictures he showed me and the wooden sword was originally ordered form china. I only had to make it look rusted metal.