Reno's baton - please help!!!

atlantis_relic · Post by **atlantis_relic** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:41 pm

I'm going as Reno from FF7 Advent Children, and I need some suggestions about how to go about constructing his bat/baton/whatever-you-want-to-call-it. If anyone has any links to tutorials where I can make it, I would also appreciate those. ^_^

http://www.geocities.com/the_daughters_ ... o_back.bmp
http://www.geocities.com/the_daughters_ ... osplay.bmp

I can get other pics if those ones aren't enough.

Rika Nakamura · Post by **Rika Nakamura** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:17 pm

Maybe get a pointer that some teachers use, or paint a little light saber silver. -Sweatdrop-

Sterling · Post by **Sterling** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 3:34 pm

Get a toy light Saber and paint it Silver..... That was easy and cheap.

Leonheart · Post by **Leonheart** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 6:09 pm

Easy and cheap but it looks like crap.

Sterling · Post by **Sterling** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 10:20 am

PVC pipeing works, but that consists of contruction if you have the time and supplies. But if you want to save alot, The light sabers can extend just like in the movie.

mindtailor · Post by **mindtailor** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 3:14 pm

O_o

They were asking for help on Reno's baton, not a lightsaber.

I actually thought of the same thing, at first - using the handle and two end bits of a lightsaber and 'editing' it, cutting pieces off and whatnot, painting it, and adding the black grips. Taking something and changing it to be something similar in appearance doesn't mean it has to look like crap.

PVC might work... if you had access to a lathe, though, you could make it out of a thick dowel.

Sterling · Post by **Sterling** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 5:35 pm

mindtailor wrote:PVC might work... if you had access to a lathe, though, you could make it out of a thick dowel.

It's rare to find Dowel rods bigger than a broom handle, and even so, that'll be one frick'n heavy batting stick! Studdy though!

atlantis_relic · Post by **atlantis_relic** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 11:20 am

Forgive me for being a total n00b, but what IS PVC pipe? And where, if I decide I want to use it, can I get some?

mindtailor · Post by **mindtailor** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 11:19 am

It's the white pipes used for plumbing. Look under the sink, there should be some there. Head to Home Depot (or Scotty's, or Lowe's, or whatever). They should have plenty.

Fialchar · Post by **Fialchar** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 11:52 am

I'd say Lowe's, Home Depot is usually the more expensive of the two (In my own rather humble opinion, of course ~_^)

atlantis_relic · Post by **atlantis_relic** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 6:22 pm

Wouldn't you need, like, some kind of special tool to work with PVC pipe? Or the help of someone in the construction business? How can someone like me make my baton out of it?

mindtailor · Post by **mindtailor** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:03 pm

At the very simplest, hacksaw + glue + paint.