Foam Board Combat Knife and Shield

[malcomtidus]

Cool!

 

[Ryan Ultima]

since I came to this forum I've been saying sweet a lot... like evry post i say somthing about sweet.


sweet.

 

[GDan]

Just an update. I finished gluing the blade of the sword and have yet to glue on the handle details. So here's some pics of the blade/sword after shaping with hot glue:

:Steve:

 

[Eternal]

OMG that is all hot glue? you should have done that with bondo, so you could sand it down and primer to a glassy smooth or with sand paper etching to look like sanded steel.

 

[link4044]

yeah you should have used bondo

 

[Sean Bradley]

Do not fear the Bondo..... it can smell fear on you.

Seriously though, while I'm very impressed by what you have done with these materials I would urge you to try doing this in a material that allows you to sand and finish it properly... it'll look 10x better.

;-)

 

[GDan]

really? I never thought to use bondo. In all of the sword making tutorials I've seen, they've all said hot glue. Oh well, I'm still happy with it. ;-) It's kind of all right though, since I'm going to be experimenting with plaster gauze, so really any bumps won't show at all.

I'll try bondo on my next sword

 

[Long Shot]

looks good so far, keep it up

 

[link4044]

dont get me wrong it looks great

 

[GDan]

thanks, for now though I just have to wait for my rolls of plaster cloth to come in the mail, so it'll be a day or two before the next updated picture. Nonetheless, keep the comments coming. :hyper:

I remember hearing about some spray can rubber, like a spray paint only when dry it's like rubber on these forums? Do you guys think it would work to give the right feel to the handle? Thanks.

 

[Damien]

seems like it would, maybe a coulple coats. i want to make a semi big one for my wall

 

[Leadingspartan]

good luck

 

[GDan]

thanks for the comments, I'm surprised my plaster cloth hasn't come yet... oh well, hopefully it'll come on Monday. So far while I've been waiting I finished shaping the sword completely, I finished shaping the shield (picture will be up tomorrow) , and I've finished shaping the top of a soon to be frag grenade.

(by shaping, I mean getting it to the point where I can just plaster it, then paint it)

 

[GDan]

Update! :hyper: so here's the promised pictures. My plaster gauze hasn't come yet, but I checked with fedex and they said it would come tomorrow. So here's the pictures:

Overall Sword:

Close Up of the Handle:

All of the Layers of Foam Board:

Cap of a Frag Grenade:

Overall Shield:

Shield and Sword in Familiar Pose:

 

[smilie120]

looks good are you gonna bondo the sword? oops sry read the yop now my bad....looks great!

 

[UnDedSnipr]

That looks so awesome! Bet it's gonna be a sweet wall mount.

 

[Damien]

i really like the sword, are you gonna put the marathon symbol on the shield?

 

[GDan]

thanks, and yeah I'm putting the symbol on it. I'm going all out on the paint job for these guys ;-)

 

[Iceman29]

Looks like its going to turn out good from what I see :sneaky:

I TOLD YOU!!!!!!!!! I frickin amazing man, I give you 2 thumbs up

Thats so cool I think that I may try it my self, and yes I did quote myself ;-)

 

[blinkava44]

looks sweet, nice work