FFVII Buster Sword Tutorial

Step 9 Final things

So that we have a nice buster sword looking thing there is still some things we need to do. Clean the surface of the sword, I used an air blower to get rid of all the little particles from sanding and such. Now you need to mark where you’re putting your materia slots if you haven’t already. Now take the bit you want to use (I used some weird attachment to drill good circular holes) and drill away! Since you will also be drilling through that big piece of wood you will probably burn some wood with friction from the drill, this is normal. Take some sand paper and start sanding on the inside of the holes, if you have some gaps I also suggest wood filler, but you probably won’t since you put glue on the big piece of wood. You should now have an unpainted buster sword with materia slots!
[see picture 1]
I went out and happened to find these small half sphere pieces of wood at hobby lobby that had a flat looking round bottom that came out. So I drill these indentations into the hand guard for the 5 half spheres on it. One I put those in with glue it just lit it sit over night. Now, the problem with plywood is that it’s not a natural wood, making it hard to make it nice and smooth so it looks good with paint. The top part (not the blade part) was easy since I used paint that gave it a hammered look; all I needed to do there was fill holes and indents with wood filler after sanding it by hand. Since the blade needed to look a bit different I used a metallic paint to make it look a bit more like it was sharpened. This kind of look is hard to get with plywood so I needed to make it smoother. After sanding it down by hand I took some wood filler, I watered it down, and spread it all across the bottom of the sword. After it dried I sanded it down so it would be level and made sure the rest of the sword was level. Get some masking tape, plastic bags (of just some sheets of plastic), and your paint. Usual painting on wood thing. Make sure anything you don’t want painted in that color is covered. And always keep the handle covered. Once you paint everything (like 2-3 coats should be good) you should notice some weight gain in the sword. After it dries then take some acrylic paint and paint the handle, obviously red and the end gold or yellow. Now I am adding a part to this that I did NOT do, but I am telling you so you don’t make the same mistake. After you paint the whole sword (handle included) put a clear coat on top of it all so that the paint job does not get damaged, I did not do this just to save money and now my buster sword needs a new paint job, just costing more money. At the end you should end up with something like in picture 2.
[see picture 2]

Comments

[nenrikii]

it looks incrediblely close, but the holes, thier suppoesd to be in the middle not offset

[demonicangel567]

sorry for double post but i forgot to add the ability to seperate the sword into two smaller swords so it will be less weight for both hands and u could make more stealthy.

[demonicangel567]

I was wondering i know this will make it very complex and different is it possible for me to put rope and/or a switch (manual seperation is fine too)to seperate different sections of the sword so it could curve well, like a whip (not for a weapon). Sorry for all those who might hate this idea because of the change to the buster sword but I will like to try it out myself before i make any final adjustments

[thelman11]

r u going 2 make it out of meatal?

[psptubefreak]

ditto125 (author) says: "I would estimate the final weight to be about 7 pounds (about 3.2kg for you metric folks). However, because the buster sword's design is so unbalanced it feel much heavier when holding it by the handle. Feels about 12lbs (about 5.4kg)." thus meaning chances of being able to weild it if it was made of metal are slim to none...but great idea

[ovan]

Thats why someone from SOLDIER can wield it.

[FFVIIBOY]

But Cloud isnt from SOLDIER, he just had Mako put inside him

[FFVIIBOY]

But Angeal and Zack who had the Buster Sword BEFORE Cloud were frum SOLDIER

[IIII]

it's really good you should try Leon's sword

[FFVIIBOY]

Actually hes only Leon in Kingdom Hearts his original name in FFVIII was Squall Leonhart.

[joester383]

I've never played Kingdom Hearts, but in FFVIII it's Squall Lionheart.:)

[FFVIIBOY]

Ive beat both Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2 but not Chain of Memories and i havnt playd FFVIII but i can download it onto my psp cuz i have a file on the playstaton network but im working on FFXIII so it might be a while bfor i get 8

[commandoes17]

its cool still think this blade is nice! i hope i can learn a thing or two from it.

[FFVIIBOY]

By the way awesome buster sword. Your my hero dude

[tatsugandragon]

although i must ask just how durable is that thing. and is it heavy?

[tatsugandragon]

that-looks-AWSOME!!

[arwingbarrelroll]

WOW!!! that's AWESOME. how much did it cost? cos i'm on a tight budget

[JMAN11322]

wow nice im tryin to build one also but since im younger im using balsa wood and am gonna make it more my size and less detailed like scwrews or nails instead of the bumps

[brysontravis]

Would you be willing to make and sell one of these buster swords?

[ditto125]

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