brotherhood sword

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Post by Sakis Herzgil » Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:53 pm

would it be a good idea to make the long transparent part of tidus's water sword from poster board :) :?: if not what could i use to make that part out of :?: any help would be appreciated :D

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Post by Sterling » Wed Aug 24, 2005 7:08 pm

A mold and Hot-glue-gun

If anything, I'll sell you mine, it's all steel and I'll just throw on alot of plastic around it for $120.
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Post by Sakis Herzgil » Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:03 am

wow thats a lot of money :shock:thanks for the offer but i think i'll make one :wink:

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Post by Sterling » Thu Aug 25, 2005 11:22 am

It was an expensive sword to start out with. Good luck and take pictures.
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Post by Dark_Tiger » Thu Aug 25, 2005 2:48 pm

$120 for a custom blade is actually pretty cheap. Heck, I've seen people drop $150 on mass-produced cheap blades at cons.
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Post by chibi-chan » Wed Sep 14, 2005 4:57 pm

you can try using acrylic.
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Post by Sakis Herzgil » Thu Sep 15, 2005 1:33 am

how much does acrylic cost?

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Post by chibi-chan » Sun Sep 18, 2005 9:05 am

blah blah, my previous post was a useless one.

at the art supplies store, acrylic 12 x 18 inches and 3 cm thick costs around $4 and a few cents. it should be okay... but if you need a bigger area of acrylic, they have tons more.

then if you still are making the brotherhood sword, you can heat the acrylic at the sides so blisters'll pop up and voila, you'll have that bubble thing on tidus's sword.
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Post by Sakis Herzgil » Tue Oct 11, 2005 5:50 pm

how do i heat the paint? :?

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Post by Fialchar » Tue Oct 11, 2005 5:57 pm

My guess would be a hair dryer ;P
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Post by Sakis Herzgil » Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:04 pm

hair dryer?!...how much do those cost?

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Post by Fialchar » Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:18 pm

It depends on the brand and quality of the hair dryer.
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Post by Sakis Herzgil » Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:27 pm

how bout resin :) ...how do i use that :?

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Post by chibi-chan » Wed Oct 19, 2005 6:09 am

err, if u use resin... i think you'll need a mould to pour the resin in first.

and for heating the acrylic, u'll need something that goes a lot hotter than a hair dryer. i used a strip heater. but you can use the conventional oven, not the microwave oven.
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Post by Fialchar » Wed Oct 19, 2005 6:18 am

I guess that shows my inexperience with acrylic products ^_^
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Post by chibi-chan » Wed Oct 19, 2005 6:27 am

don't say that.
learning about plastics, wood and metals was a core subject in my school.
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Post by Fialchar » Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:13 am

Well, acrylics isn't something I've ever put any effort into learning ^_^

I'm just glad someone could help her that had more experience in it =P
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Post by chibi-chan » Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:03 pm

:D
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Post by Sakis Herzgil » Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:57 pm

thanks guys :D

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