If you watch Shakugan no Shana then there's a good chance you already know what I'm talking about. As I specified in a prior video I did say I wanted to make my own Shana necklace(or Alastor for kicks and giggles). With that being said I went all over the internet looking for tutorials for those who made their own necklaces and I came across what's known as the "glue stick gem" method which is where you melt down glue gun glue sticks with dye and form it into the shape you want.

Unfortunately that ended up proving to be pretty difficult so I got an egg silicone mold off the internet which I used to get the perfect round shape. Then I melted down the other half and stuck them together while I went about my business.. The wiring was easy enough to find and with that I did the silver wire

After that since I already had the shape I was able to add specific detailing using the gold and red glitter glue

As you can see its already coming into shape. I failed to get all progress pics but anyway ...

Always gotta have that finishing touch (:

This is what helps the glitter stay and protects it from chipping off.

We're alraedy making progress now, things are going along smoothly

More glue, but this time liquid nails. I actually ended up going over that with silver nail polish so it didn't look too out of place.

Yea, nail polish was a life saver in this case !!

Ahh the golden wires !! From these, I now see why people either choose to buy the necklace or make a flat background like the store bought replicas give you ...

Yea ... As you can see I pretty much almost destroyed all my progress trying to fiddle around with the golden wires. I actually had to clamp down a bit on parts to get it to stay in place and with that I ended up having to apply more nail polish but in gold like I did with the "3rd Shana necklace" to fix it back then apply top coat as a form of varnish.

Lastly here it stands in all its glory, the Shakugan no Shana necklace where Alastor is always with you in spirit :P Of course as we know, what's a flame haze without their crimson lord to assist? (:

Home made Alastor !!