I made this for my Halloween costume, inspired mainly by the Mercenary class from Fire Emblem and partly by Cloud from the Final Fantasy series. I did not look up the exact design, so the sword is not true to the design of the Mercenary sword. However, it doesn't really matter, cause for me at the time it was a MASSIVE HUGE SWORD. At the time of creation it was much larger than I was; now that I've grown considerably more it's starting to look smaller.

I made it by having two identical pieces in a sword's shape and hot glued them together. I attached this to a hilt and since the whole thing is made of cardboard it was difficult to make a round handle, so I made a triangular one. I covered the blade in duct tape, as duct tape actually makes a much nicer metal look than foil, and used masking tape for the guard. I put a duct tape trim on the handle and covered it in clear tape, to protect against water damage and whatnot.

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Here's what a Mercenary from Fire Emblem looks like:

http://fireemblem.wikia.com/wiki/Mercenary