sword time once more

[rose_of_pain]

So I'm once again attempting a Buster Sword. Hoping to get it to look a million times better this time.

Sadly am not able to make it out of wood at this time as none of the places had any pieces big enough of the wood light enough for me to actually hold and anything heavier would probably kill me. ^^;; And not really enough time to order anything.

So we're trying foam again as the base but this time a much thinner foam so its easier to shape and sand. So far proving to be a million times nicer looking.

However, I'm of course SUPER worried about how brittle its going to be. So obviously need to put something on top of it. But I have no idea what! So if any of you know of anything to suggest that can possibly make it sturdier, please do tell. I have a few ideas but not sure what one would actually work.

~Lyn

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[cluequeen.livejournal.com]

=3 if you don't ask you'll never learn >> and trust me learning on your own with a glue gun set to High temp isn't fun >>

It's pretty fast, yeah if you go thicker it's pricey but for what you want it's cheep.

What you'll do is butt the edges together, and trim off with a razor blade or an X-acto (I use one of thows OMG HUGE razor blades for cutting sculpy clay) then if you have any "holes" or spots where the foam is showing threw fill it in with hot glue like a putty on wood, after it cools trim it up with razor, and paint, as long as you get the glue cut even it won't even show under the paint. and sanding has to be done with plastic sandpaper, the kind for model cars, as Styrene IS the stuff model cars are made from.

Just make a pattern of the flat part of the blade, and then the blade edges, and cut them out of styrene leaving like an inch or 2 around the edges, then once you get it glued down you'll trim off the edges.

UUUmmmmUUUUmmmmm go look at my DA TheRealNuriko there's pics of me as Lexeaus, and you'll see my Tomahawk there