tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26647479093019663872024-03-13T09:10:18.674+08:00Hero Tetsuro Prop Making and Creative EndeavorsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664747909301966387.post-89192668389202718292014-03-12T12:15:00.000+08:002014-03-12T12:15:31.907+08:00[Fairy Tale] Erza Scarlet's Heaven's Wheel Swords<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So recently a long time friend of mine made it known to me
that one of her upcoming major cosplays was going to be Erza Scarlet in her Heaven’s Wheel Armour form. </div>
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So unaware to her I took this opportunity to crank her out a set of the
swords to give to her at her surprise 21'st so she could use them for the outfit and eventual performance at some point in the future.</div>
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So like always with all my swords I like to start out with a wooden base blade as the main support structure and use that to expand and build the rest of the sword from.<br />
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For this instance I decided to go with an 18mm thick pine plank for starters and then went about cutting out the two blade profiles using a jigsaw and shaped the edges using the belt sander.</div>
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Once a nice shape was achieved, I sanded the whole thing down with 120 grit sandpaper and then started fashioning makshift tangs to support the eventual PVC pipe handle. </div>
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To do that I had to cut out MDF circles using a holesaw that matched the inner diameter of the PVC pipe handle and then using an appropriately lengthy screw affixed the circlular nub onto the butt of the blades.</div>
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With the tangs firmly attatched, I could then attatch the PVC pipe to the nub with the aid of a polyurethane glue which was allowed to cure and harden.<br />
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Moving on to the cross-guards of the swords themselves, using a 12mm thick EVA foam from a gym mat I cut out and mirrored two faces in order to sandwhich the blade inbetween using superglue to hold everything together. <br />
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I then attatched in the same manner a raised detail layer on top of that, not before using a rotary tool and drum sanding bit to bevel the edges slightly.<br />
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To deal with all the exposed gaps, seam lines and open faces this method of doing the cross-guard presented, I decided to use some masking tape and random off-cuts of card to trace out some makeshift templates that I transfered and cut out onto sheets of acetate and wonderflex.</div>
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<br />And using those cut to size acetate and wonderflex pieces superglued them into place to cover up the faces.</div>
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Now with all the gaps covered up nicely it was then simply a matter of sealing the foam pieces with five coats of a 1:1 wood glue and water mixture to prep the surface for the eventual paint job and further work. </div>
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Now by this point the wood grain on the blade surface was still fairly prominent, so to get rid of it I decided to try out a new material in the form of an acrylic spray putty I bought from the automotive shop.<br /><br />As the name implys it is an acrylic sprayable putty that once sprayed onto a surface, hardens to a rigid slightly rubbery state and is meant to fill in all the small defects and gaps. Which when used in conjunction correctly with proper sanding techniques can achive a glass smooth finish.<br />
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Since the results from the acrylic putty were so promising, I
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<br />Then to top all this prep work off was two coats of grey primer, which if there were any still remaining made for certain all the defects and gaps were filled in making the swords now ready for painting.</div>
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But before that I still needed to also make the various decorations and gems that are inlaid on the surface of the blade and cross-guard as well as the pommel.</div>
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So starting off I decided to make some makeshift gems by hot gluing cuts of
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But in order to hide the
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The seam edges of the gem pieces were still showing a bit of the cardboard grain underneath so they were filled with plumber's
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For the red gems that are inlaid in the cross-guard and the
blue diamond and winged parts on the surface of the blade those were simply flat shapes cut
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For the pommel’s, using the same half diamond pieces I had made
earlier, I made enough so that I could hot glue the two halves together to make
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Then wedged it down the end of the PVC pipe handle and held it in place as the hot glue cooled, followed by plugging up the gaps with more plumber epoxy.</div>
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With all that done I
could then start on the paintjob proper. First off I gave the cross-guards a coat of acrylic
white spray-paint and then using my airbrush filled with silk black went around
highlighting the edges and features.</div>
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For the blade it recieved a once over with automotive quality chrome spray-paint, and
for each of the decorations and gems they recieved an appropriate red or blue enamel. which when dry were glued into place onto the surface of the swords using epoxy glue.</div>
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Not before capping off the entire build with a good coating of clear coat
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Wilt and Blush is the ornate gun sword weapon of the
enigmatic character Adam from the new series RWBY currently being put out by
the folks over at Roosterteeth, I’ve been meaning to get around to this one for
a while so let’s begin.</div>
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To start off the
katana side of the weapon, I first had to cut out the blade base out of a 12mm
thick plank of pine using a standard jigsaw.</div>
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For the bevel of the
blade that was made most with the use of a hand operated belt sander to shape out
most of the "V" shape and sandpaper to clean it up. </div>
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Now to make the
handle of the sword itself, firstly I traced out the outline of where the tang
would eventually sit and the rectangular shape of the handle onto another piece
of pine. </div>
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It is vitally
important that the grain of the wood is going in the same longitudinal direction
as the overall blade as this mainly helps in the forthcoming chiselling process
but also adds to structural integrity when handling.</div>
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With the outlines marked, I could
then begin the process of chiselling, using a standard hammer and a basic
woodworkers chisel set.</div>
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Starting from the edge I gradually
tapped first downwards into the plank surface and moved along the outline establishing
the initial depth to chisel out later. Try not to hammer too deep or hard or
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gradually peeling away layer by layer.</div>
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I underwent multiple runs of this entire process until the
tang sat snugly in the wooden gap, whilst at the same time making sure that it was
also enveloped to half its thickness. </div>
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With one half done I repeated this entire
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With both cavities carved out into the pre-cut planks, using
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Starting on detailing on the handle I
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burs.<br />
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And then resorted to cutting out and attaching of PVC sheeting, some pieces where
glued on directly whilst others were first bent with a heat gun then attached,
namely the muzzle end and the hand guard.</div>
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The small gun barrel was cut from a thin PVC pipe and glued
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gaps with apoxie sculpt.</div>
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The sealing of the gaps leads into the next major section
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all the ugly unwanted seams.</div>
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A lot of sanding took place as well as a lot of filling. I
used the automotive filler to make up the mass around the muzzle and the hand
guard and then sanded it down to match the contours of the PVC sheeting.</div>
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Before a quick intermittent coat of primer to highlight and fill-in
any major defects that I might have missed.</div>
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For the scabbard aspect of the prop, that involved first
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To make the depth of the “box”, I cut from plywood some thin
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to achieve the thickness required.</div>
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These strips were glued to the side face of the scabbard,
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Some light sanding took place along the inner rims of the
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Now to protect the future paintjob I decided to glue in some
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This like I said acts as a
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to a degree prevent the sword from sliding out unnecessarily.</div>
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The ammo cartridge made with some EVA foam sheets that were superglued
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Paint job involved two coats of grey primer, acrylic paints for most of
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and wear. I should also note the insignia was printed out and
transferred with the aid of carbon tracing paper and inked out with
enamel hobby paint.</div>
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As I'm sure this
will be of great help to others, I'd thought I’d make available my 1:1 Scaled
plans for the team RWBY weapons.</div>
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This is very much my way of saying thanks for the support, both on here and on the DeviantArt page where I currently put up a lot of my work in progress pics between projects.<br />
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To compliment to the forth coming Wilt and Blush gunsword I've decided to do a quick build for the mask of the weapon's owner Adam.</div>
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<![endif]-->To begin this build I first cut out and transferred the
template of the mask base to the EVA foam gym mat and with the aid of a
steel ruler and hobby knife set about cutting the templates out carefully.</div>
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From there, the back of the mask has a thin strip of elastic epoxied
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The last major parts to deal with are the ornate designs on
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and lastly some red and crimson done with acrylics for the
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Easily on of my favourite
weapons to date, Ember Celica is the weapon of choice wielded by one of the
main protagonists in Rooserteeth’s new animation series <a href="http://roosterteeth.com/archive/?sid=rwby&v=more">RWBY</a>. I absolutely love
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Starting off the build, I first made
rough templates of the soon to be gauntlets out of paper and thin card. Making
sure that the fit allowed me or any wearer to be able to slide them on and
off with ease as well as to check if they looked good from a distance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's good to do paper mock-ups of
armour props before you actually go about cutting them out from the more
expensive material itself, as you'll start to iron out issues through
trail and error earlier on using the cheaper disposable material instead of
later and avoid wasting unnecessary material.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> After refining them to a point I was
happy with, I then transferred the templates to several EVA foam gym mats, I particularly
enjoy using gym mats on account of how dense and rigid they but more so on how
simple they are to work with for armour; So with the aid of a steel ruler and
good set of hobby knives the various pieces of the gauntlets were carefully cut
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To do curves in EVA foam of which
theses gauntlets and a lot of armour pieces have you'll definitely need the aid
of a heat gun. EVA foam on its own will return to its original flat shape over
time after any attempt is made to bend it. You can circumvent this by using a
heat gun or a strong enough setting on a hair dryer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">EVA foam is very susceptible to heat
so by simply heating up the foam along the direction you want to curve, and
then bending it and holding it in the desired final position as it cools you'll
find piece holds it shape and structure, however try not to heat the foam
too much at once, gradually heat and gradually bend to avoid melting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For the front business end of the gauntlets
those I knew would have to eventually support the gun barrels and needed the
width to do so. So I decided to make them out of sheets of PVC by
building them up around the EVA foam base giving me the platform for future
work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I should mention for this build to
assemble and adhere to EVA foam pieces to one another the best course of action
is to use superglue. It is relatively cost effective to use and when used particularly
with foam it has an instantaneous welding effect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With the components
of the base gauntlets glued together next step was to start on the shotgun
shell bandolier that ran along inside them. Again through rough sketches and
trial and error with paper templates.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I cut out and super glued to the base
gauntlet the necessary foam strips to make up the chambers of the weapon. I
also with the aid of a rotary tool at this point started to do some bevelling
along some of the edges of the gauntlet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As for the physical shells them selves those were made from
cheap thin plastic tubes pulled off dollar store mini bicycle pumps, these
tubes were cut in half with a rotary tool and carefully cut to length.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To do the brass heads of the shotgun shells, circles were cut out from the
PVC sheeting and then shaped and trimmed into semicircles which were
attached to the tube halves which give the impression of shotgun shells </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> After the glue had set the
shells these were then put into and glued with epoxy into each of their
respective chambers slots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For the gun barrels those came about
as a result of me carefully sawing them off cheap cowboy pistols and sealing up
the exposed faces with a combination of filler putty and wonderflex, before gluing
them onto the business ends I had prepared earlier.</span></div>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now we come to the painting phase. however with all types of craft foam you need to first seal the material before
you can undergo painting of any kind. Without sealing the foam before
painting, you will find the paint will not adhere to the surface very
well and end up being absorbed by the material resulting in a poor
looking final product.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So to seal foam the most common technique is to use is a mixture of 1:1 PVA glue (wood glue) and water. Then using this resulting milk
like mixture, proceed to do multiple coats onto the piece with a
cheap paintbrush.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">At minimum I like to do somewhere
between 8 to 10 coats allowing each coat to fully dry before going onto the
next, to get a good surface to work with. The more coats you do the more
you’ll feel the foam get stiffer, less spongy and eventually appear glossy.</span></div>
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multiple stages. First was a grey primer layer which helped fill in any still
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Followed by two coats of a flat
yellow acrylic spray-paint layer, I should mention when using spray
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For added flare I did some light gold
sunbursts and gradients along the edges of the gauntlets with an airbrush. It
adds a depth to the paintjob I feel and once those were dried I started doing
the line work with my good friend the brush tipped fabric marker sharpie.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Capping it all off with a final layer of
weathering which was achieved by dabbing a combination of black and brown
acrylic paints onto the surface, allowing it to dry slightly and then smudging
and wiping away the paints with a damp paper towel to get a desired look, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> A very simple technique and definitely worth trying out, it adds a gritty aesthetic to the prop.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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If you’re not aware already, Gambol Shroud is the name of
the weapon wielded by Blake Belladonna in the upcoming series RWBY being
produced by the folks over at Roosterteeth. It is a variant of katana that can
be dual wielded with a bladed scabbard which after being sheathed into the said
scabbard becomes a killer cleaver so I knew I’d enjoy making this from the get go.<br />
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If you’re wondering where the Ballistic Chain Scythe aspect comes from that’s
referring to a mode of the weapon where it is able to collapse and act as a
chain and sickle weapon. For the purposes of this build I’m keeping it as a
static sword prop and leaving that mode possibly for a later date.<br />
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Starting off the build and using reference from the Black trailer, I cut out the base shape of the katana from a standard 12mm (1/2 in) thick plank of pine and then using a belt sander sharpend the edges running along the bottom and the top of the blade.<br />
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For the pistol handle of the sword, that involved sandwiching a series of cardboard
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With the sides all smoothed out with sandpaper, I then built out the details of pistol handle, layering more sheets of PVC and then making the magazine clip and trigger guard out of the same material using epoxy glue to attatch them all to the body. For the muzzle that was made from the tip of an old waterbottle I pulled off then glued on.</div>
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Commencing on the build of the scabbard, I first cut out the basic shape and marked out where the blade would be sheathed making sure to take into account the clearance for the upper crest section of the blade as it traveled along the internals.<br />
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Using this cut-out as
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For the handle Blake's emblem was printed out and transferred onto the sword with carbon transfer paper which was later inked out with white enamel hobby paint and then finishing up using chrome and white spray-paints for the rest of the sword's details. </div>
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Now looking at the initial paintjob it did look
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So to start off with I bought a heavy duty outdoor garden broom, which will act as the base frame and support skeleton of the entirte scythe.<br />
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Afterwhich I then sawed, sanded and grinded away
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With the plastic nub shaped which will act as the focal point of the entire scythe head; I needed to build the gunbarrel of the scythe that would go around it, this was done mainly with PVC sheeting (Sintra) I had lying around, which I cut out and assembled togther with hotglue. </div>
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<b>Getting the crux of this build;</b> whenever I've made props in the past
that have had open cavities I always found that they prop will experience some
degree of bending and flimsiness just from general use. Though very
lightweight they are very prone to breaking should they be hit against
something or be used for anything other than photography.<br />
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A way I am starting to become a fan of to overcome this is taken from IKEA
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Trust me there will be an immediate
and noticeable improvement in strength just by putting in a sufficient number
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Gluing on all the remaing details like the trigger and such with tubes of epoxy glue, giving it all a good coat of primer i was ready to begin painting.<br />
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As with all my builds I like to start off by drawing up some plans using Inkscape, after spamming a whole heap of screenshots from the White trailer, I was able to make a vector that I was able to scale up and cut out of the 12mm (1/2 inch) MDF board using a jigsaw. </div>
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With the basic frame cut out I then proceeded to bevel the blade using a combination of ordinary hobby files and a belt sander.<br />
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From there I then went about making the Cylinder and the Crane of the Revolver Rapier, this consisted of using mainly a hole saw drill bit that essentially cut out perfect circular MDF disks of the various needed sizes. <br />
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For the body of the cylinder I sandwiched about five of these disks together and glued them to make a solid piece.</div>
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Making sure at every step of the way everything fit nicely in the main body of the sword, sanding away any out-cropping and irregular parts.</div>
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For the dome shape, I cut out and hot glued a base to the end of the circular bar, then filling the four quadrants with clay making a stable structure for the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>coating of automotive car filler (Bondo).<br />
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Letting the Bondo cure, and using ordinary sand paper of varying grits I smoothed out the basic shape I wanted and filled any other tiny gaps with more of the bondo and more subsequent sanding.<br />
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To do the details of the six bullet chambers, I cut out a pattern on a strip of wonderflex that I then wraped around the base cylinder.</div>
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For the pommel of the sword I cut out some pieces of plastic which then had tiny slabs of cardboard glued to the back to give added depth.<br />
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After achieving a surface finish I was happy with, next came the arduous task of detailing the designs present on each of the cross guards. Using carbon wax free transfer paper I transferred the ornate designs onto each of the faces followed by going over the feint transfers with a lead pencil.</div>
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Repeating this step seven more times I inked out the template on the cross guards using a ink brush tipped sharpie.<br />
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For the handle I spray painted a tennis racket grip silver and then using sand paper again did some weathering to get a surface finish in keeping with the rest of the sword.</div>
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The little nub on the end of the pommel funnily enough occured by happenstance, originally I had planned to sculpt one from scratch but I saw these miniature trophies and decided to rotary tool away the unwanted parts and fill in the gaps, and by fluke achieving a shape perfect for the pommel base I had made earlier. So always be on the look out for shapes and components you can use for your props next time your out buying supplies <br />
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Lastly came the painting of the each bullet chambers easily achieved with acrylic paints and after the dexterous and frustrating work of inking the ornate designs this was a welcomed change.</div>
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With the paint dry, a good few coats of acrylic top coat was sprayed to seal in the paint work and there you have it.</div>
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