I was commissioned to do Jecht's sword from Final Fantasy X. I love many of the Final Fantasy games, so this was pretty fun... and like most FF weapons, I have no idea how these characters are able to wield these huge weapons... Like this one is essentially a huge paddle... Regardless, still fun to make.
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| Draft and the foam block that I'll use to carve from |
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| With much carving, glueing, cutting and more gluing, the block became this |
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| I always have a internal structure inside my weapons so that they can take some beating. I usually do this by cutting the while weapon in half and installing it. A big worry that I had with this large sword was structural integrity. The holes at the bottom made it pretty weak and as the part that was probably going to hit the ground most, I used steal frame to keep it all together. |
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| More braces for those troublesome holes |
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| 2 halves glued together and beveled. |
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| I attached the rings by weaving some thermo-pastic around the ring and through a slit in the foam.... not the most stable, but after the resin coat, it stayed put. |
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| Everything put together, with the design. |
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| Usually, I like to hand paint my weapons with acrylic, but something this size, needed spray paint. |
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| TADA |
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