A Triforce Beginning to Emerge

Hey all, today is a brief update but I realized it has been much much too long since I've updated. My project went on hold for a while in order to buy a house! I had to take down the workshop for a while and begin some commissions for blades (not Zelda related).

Now that we are settled, I have gotten my workshop minimally functional again and so I thought I would update everyone. At this point I have three triangles cut for the shield, and have rough ground all the edge bevels:

This was taken in dim natural light with no flash. Here it is again with the flash (unmistakably more gold looking as it is brass):

Clearly you can see the grind and file marks. The next step will be to polish with progressively finer grits and finally buff to a mirror polish.

I have also acquired the steel plating for the accents that will be around the rim. Once the triangles are finished I will start cutting those out.

On the Princess Zelda front, I am now evaluating whether I want to change out the Swarovski crystals for the crown with genuine Swiss Blue Topaz. They are substantially more expensive but also so impressive looking. What do you all think?