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Step 3Master Sword & Scabbard
This sword was without a doubt the most difficult component of this costume. Here's what I wound up doing, but I wouldn't recommend doing this unless you're out of options. Again, mine was pretty horrid.
You'll need the following:
- A foam children's play sword
- Plaster & Plaster Strips
- A Styrofoam block (about 2" x 3" x 9"..a good size for the hilt)
- A medium sized styrofoam ball
- A small piece of cardboard
- Glue Gun
- Dremel
-Cable Fabric
- Silver, Gold, and Blue Paint
I began by ripping the handle off of the play sword. There is usually a plastic rod throughout the handle and blade of these play swords..take it out. If there isn't one, you'll need to get something that you can use to go through the whole thing, like a thin wood dowel or something. I hot glued little triangles to the tip of the play sword to make it appear as a sharp blade. I then used plaster strips over the entire blade and painted it silver. For the hilt, I looked at reference photos and did the best job I could do with the time I had..which wasn't much. I carved the styrofoam block into the shape of the hilt, used the medium styrofoam ball to make the circular part under the hilt (I cut it in half first), and used the other half to carve into two diamond shapes. I then slipped the plastic rod through the blade, hilt, semi-circle, and then the handle from the foam sword. I used the glue gun to make it all stick together. I used plaster to fix some mistakes in the hilt and then sanded it down once it dried. I painted the hilt/handle blue, and the diamond pieces gold. I glued them to the hilt. I then glued a piece of wrapped cable fabric to the handle and painted it blue as well. I modge podged the whole hilt/handle and was done with the sword.
For the scabbard:
- Cardboard
- Blue Construction Paper
- Modge Podge
- Masking Tape
- Blue Paint
- Gold Poster Board
- Glue Gun
-Two Belts (It is easier if one is not a classic "buckle" belt, but rather the kind with loops that overlap onto each other)
Using your sword as measurement, I cut out two pieces of cardboard the length of the blade, and about two times as wide. I tried to get it to curve by taping it together while the sword was inside. After it was taped into a reasonable shape, I modge podged the outside with blue construction paper. Once dry, I painted it with the blue paint. Using a reference picture, I cut out the designs of the scabbard out of the gold poster board, and hot glued them into place. To wear the scabbard on my back, I attached two larger pieces of gold poster board to the back so that I could slip a belt through it. I then wrapped that belt around another to create an "x" of sorts. In my case, it worked like a push up bra.. >_>
You'll need the following:
- A foam children's play sword
- Plaster & Plaster Strips
- A Styrofoam block (about 2" x 3" x 9"..a good size for the hilt)
- A medium sized styrofoam ball
- A small piece of cardboard
- Glue Gun
- Dremel
-Cable Fabric
- Silver, Gold, and Blue Paint
I began by ripping the handle off of the play sword. There is usually a plastic rod throughout the handle and blade of these play swords..take it out. If there isn't one, you'll need to get something that you can use to go through the whole thing, like a thin wood dowel or something. I hot glued little triangles to the tip of the play sword to make it appear as a sharp blade. I then used plaster strips over the entire blade and painted it silver. For the hilt, I looked at reference photos and did the best job I could do with the time I had..which wasn't much. I carved the styrofoam block into the shape of the hilt, used the medium styrofoam ball to make the circular part under the hilt (I cut it in half first), and used the other half to carve into two diamond shapes. I then slipped the plastic rod through the blade, hilt, semi-circle, and then the handle from the foam sword. I used the glue gun to make it all stick together. I used plaster to fix some mistakes in the hilt and then sanded it down once it dried. I painted the hilt/handle blue, and the diamond pieces gold. I glued them to the hilt. I then glued a piece of wrapped cable fabric to the handle and painted it blue as well. I modge podged the whole hilt/handle and was done with the sword.
For the scabbard:
- Cardboard
- Blue Construction Paper
- Modge Podge
- Masking Tape
- Blue Paint
- Gold Poster Board
- Glue Gun
-Two Belts (It is easier if one is not a classic "buckle" belt, but rather the kind with loops that overlap onto each other)
Using your sword as measurement, I cut out two pieces of cardboard the length of the blade, and about two times as wide. I tried to get it to curve by taping it together while the sword was inside. After it was taped into a reasonable shape, I modge podged the outside with blue construction paper. Once dry, I painted it with the blue paint. Using a reference picture, I cut out the designs of the scabbard out of the gold poster board, and hot glued them into place. To wear the scabbard on my back, I attached two larger pieces of gold poster board to the back so that I could slip a belt through it. I then wrapped that belt around another to create an "x" of sorts. In my case, it worked like a push up bra.. >_>
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Dec 1, 2010. 5:07 AMplanetsideplayer14billion
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you could just get a nerf sword
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Mar 23, 2010. 3:53 PMbendog38
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I suggest coating this with something that would make it waterproof
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