SHKATULITY!
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Everyone always indulges in whatever they can. I, for one, am not at all cut out for stunning cosplay, but I rarely regret that. After all, besides sewing, there are many other equally creative ways to express love for a title. And in the case of [Mortal Kombat](/games?search=Mortal Kombat), I decided to discover my inner woodcarver.

I chose a small wooden box for my project.

Before starting to work with wooden items, the first thing that must be done is to make the surfaces as smooth as a baby's bottom. If you don't have a baby's bottom for comparison, simply sand it down until touching the surface doesn't cause the hair on your arms to stand on end.

Naturally, if the design isn't coming from your head, you'll need an original to reference.

Honestly, if I had a printer and copying paper at home, my task would be much easier, but looking for the easy way out... isn't my method.

So, I used printer paper, bright light, a pencil, the risk of poking my laptop's display at any moment, sketching, cutting out, fitting...

...and with the help of painter's tape, a diamond nail file, and a certain mother, the design is transferred onto the lid.

These little things, I must admit, were my worst decision in the box's "design," but without them, it would have looked empty and dreary.

Honestly, it was painstakingly created with the help of a dentist's drill mini-grinder Dremel, five different attachments, and, once again, that well-known mother. Naturally, up close, it looks like... -_-

And it seemed that the scariest and most responsible part of the work was behind me. It would have stayed that way if I hadn't repeatedly demonstrated how poorly I work with paints, and I had to confirm that once again.

To put it mildly, the start didn't go well. I covered and repainted the "fire" about ten times, but I still couldn't achieve any realism or neatness.

However, after detailing the dragon, a treacherous thought crept in: it actually doesn't look that bad after all.

A few touch-ups, details, and a coat of varnish:

Now I will keep my gamer goodies and little girl loot in it.

And inside, it’s golden \_