Bart,
I'm making a Wand of Crushing Despair. I've got a chicken claw, feathers, a dowel and access to a woods. This leads to many questions.
For the wand part of the wand [not sure of the proper terminology - handle? shaft? pole?] is it better to use a dowel, sanded smooth and painted black or go out inna wood, find a branch, strip the bark, polish and cover it with varnish? If I go with the dowel - which would better: Star and Moon decals or Runes of Ruin? I don't they would work if the varnished branch was used. Another question is how to attach the chicken claw to the wand part of the wand? Drill a hole in the end and insert the claw and epoxy it in place? Or bind everything together with a rustic twine and then harden it with varnish? Similar question for feather attachment.
As always, thanks.....