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Eressea-sama β€” How to make a Cosplay Sword 1

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Description "How to make a Cosplay Sword Part 1"

I promised to do that:

A tutorial for making a sword like my master sword or the new red one, "Yug Verund" for my Prince Valdrigue Cosplay.

I know, most of you would have liked to see the tutorial done step by step with pictre of my Master Sword, but I have none. So this will have to do: the pictures of the WIP from "Yug Verund".

Acrylic Board:
I found out, that this stuff is called Forex Foam Bord ... it seems that the people from my craftstore did not know that

This is the first part, the other(s) will follow soon! ^_^

Part 2 Part 3
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Eressea-sama In reply to ??? [2015-01-26 17:49:38 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot!

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DESzklarski [2014-06-01 08:12:27 +0000 UTC]

www.facebook.com/szklarskis3Sw…

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ArtNinja101 [2014-02-18 06:34:51 +0000 UTC]

Hello! this is amazing and I cant wait to make my first cosplay sword ^^

I was wondering tho, how thick should the board be? 1 mm or 2mm?

Thanks!!

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Eressea-sama In reply to ArtNinja101 [2014-02-18 15:31:06 +0000 UTC]

well, my board was about 5mm.

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ArtNinja101 [2014-02-18 06:34:14 +0000 UTC]

Hello! this is amazing and I cant wait to make my first cosplay sword ^^

I was wondering tho, how thick should the board be? 1 mm or 2mm?

Thanks!!

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CharloteStraw [2013-06-15 18:45:51 +0000 UTC]

Really useful, thank you a lot!

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Eressea-sama In reply to CharloteStraw [2013-06-16 11:21:08 +0000 UTC]

NP! Glad U can use it! ^_^

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Diboops [2013-06-15 08:52:10 +0000 UTC]

Wow good job ! This looks good Do you think it can work with a wood board instead of an acrylic board ?

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Eressea-sama In reply to Diboops [2013-06-16 11:21:59 +0000 UTC]

Of course! It will bee much cheaper, but also havyer... but I thing for a Sword this size it wouldn't make so much differnece...

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Diboops In reply to Eressea-sama [2013-06-18 15:23:27 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much

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Eressea-sama In reply to Diboops [2013-06-18 16:35:09 +0000 UTC]

No Prboblem! ^_^

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drawingforsoup [2013-05-05 01:12:09 +0000 UTC]

What size of foam board do you buy for one sword?

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Eressea-sama In reply to drawingforsoup [2013-05-13 12:31:27 +0000 UTC]

Well, it depends on what size the Sword should have. For Yug Verund (the red sword in the tutorial) e.g. I bought a pice that was 100cm x 35cm.

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Eressea-sama In reply to drawingforsoup [2013-05-13 12:29:57 +0000 UTC]

Uhm... It dependts on how large the sword is... For Yug Verund (the red sword in the tutorial) I buyed a pice 100m long and 35cm whide

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Enbi-to-Miruku [2013-05-03 15:56:37 +0000 UTC]

Would this be strong enough for me to pose with it in positions that put lots of weight on it?

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Eressea-sama In reply to Enbi-to-Miruku [2013-05-13 12:30:13 +0000 UTC]

uhm... like leaning on it ore something? Well I'm sorry but I don't think so...

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chirunu [2013-04-12 06:30:19 +0000 UTC]

great tutorial! i've got a question tho.. acrylic is rather heavy and brittle isn't it? and isn't acrylic usually transparent...? From your pictures they seem to be white rather than transparent... i'm just wondering whether the acrylic you used is the same as the one i had in mind ._.

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Eressea-sama In reply to chirunu [2013-04-12 17:11:25 +0000 UTC]

Well,... acrylic is often used es a easy way to make transparent things not from glas. - But Acrylic is in fact just a synthetic material like plastic... my board is made of acrylic foam. Its not that heavy - but I guess instead of an acrylic board you can also look for a PVC foam bord... I think it works the same, even if the material is different... the product has similar characteristics

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chirunu In reply to Eressea-sama [2013-04-14 05:01:06 +0000 UTC]

is this the material you were referring to? [link]

cos what i had in mind was this one: [link]

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Eressea-sama In reply to chirunu [2013-04-15 12:28:07 +0000 UTC]

hm... kappa is not the right thing, I guess it would breake very easily...

ok,... I searched teh internet and I didn't think taht this would be so difficult... I'm from Germany though and in my craftstore they told me, the material is called "Acryl Harschaumplatte" - "acrylic foam board" in english. But I could not find this stuff in the web... but now I think I got it!
It is called "forex foam board . I think I'm gonna add this link to my tutorial
I hope this can help!

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chirunu In reply to Eressea-sama [2013-04-20 01:18:04 +0000 UTC]

haha thanks so much!!! now i can get to making one of my own hehe

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Eressea-sama In reply to chirunu [2013-04-22 09:57:24 +0000 UTC]

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Free-Falling [2013-04-01 02:23:57 +0000 UTC]

This is really good! Where did you get the acrylic board though?

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Eressea-sama In reply to Free-Falling [2013-04-04 17:01:11 +0000 UTC]

In my local craft store

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ArtNinja101 [2013-03-31 16:56:52 +0000 UTC]

aaahhh thank you for this. been looking everywhere for a simple and awesome way to make swords. Thank you for sharing!

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Eressea-sama In reply to ArtNinja101 [2013-04-04 17:01:30 +0000 UTC]

NP! Glad it was helpfull! ^_^

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DeathNoteGurl [2013-03-11 04:21:25 +0000 UTC]

May I ask where you buy your acrylic boards?

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Eressea-sama In reply to DeathNoteGurl [2013-03-11 13:09:14 +0000 UTC]

At my local craft store

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DeathNoteGurl In reply to Eressea-sama [2013-03-11 20:23:06 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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The-Music-Moustache [2013-02-15 13:58:07 +0000 UTC]

This is a great tutorial! Do you think this method could work for a rapier-type sword, or should I try something else?

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Eressea-sama In reply to The-Music-Moustache [2013-03-07 09:19:55 +0000 UTC]

I think it would work. - May be you should take a thicker bord, because the thinner the blade, the "wobblier" the sword. - If you know what I mean... - But I could also imagine, that a rapier could be made of a thin wooden stick covered with wonderflex or Worbla's finest art . The onger i think of it, it seems to be the better method of making a sword with a thin blade...

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xLadyAsuka [2013-02-05 22:15:37 +0000 UTC]

nettes Tutorial
Ich habe leider keine Ahnung wo ich so ein Acyrl Board herbekommen soll o.o
Ich hab ΓΌberall geguckt doch ich find sowas nicht

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Eressea-sama In reply to xLadyAsuka [2013-02-10 18:51:17 +0000 UTC]

Im Baumarkt mal in der Holz-zuschnittabteilung nachfragen. Meistens gbt s das da

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digital-sabertooth [2013-01-16 03:15:11 +0000 UTC]

So handy!! Now I can make my own Dark Link Master Sword! Thank you so much!!

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ginlove93 [2013-01-12 20:55:27 +0000 UTC]

please let me know in this one.
and i very would love to learn how to make kanda-kun sword from d gray man

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zankpakutogirl [2013-01-12 20:53:15 +0000 UTC]

can you teach me how to make yu kanda sword?

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zankpakutogirl [2013-01-12 20:52:55 +0000 UTC]

can you teach me how to make yu kanda sword

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Eressea-sama In reply to zankpakutogirl [2013-02-01 17:13:59 +0000 UTC]

uhm... I never did this one... but I think you can use the same method as shown here... Make a print pattern for the basic form, cut it out from the board, form it in shape. only the handhold hase to be done differently....

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miccostumes [2012-12-13 11:00:53 +0000 UTC]

nice tutorial~~

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F34rT3hBunn3h [2012-12-11 07:34:40 +0000 UTC]

I had to make an account so I could say thank you. I am starting my first cosplay project, and I was not sure where to start for my swords. I have made bows out of wood for hunting, so when I saw this little tutorial I became extremely excited. The board looks to behave enough like wood, so with this as a reference I can use my current tools and wood working skills to finish off my project :3

BTW I love you projects. I'll be excited if mine comes out even half as good as yours! Thanks again for the help <3

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DerPidder [2012-11-17 12:41:18 +0000 UTC]

Nice, I bet I could start serious cosplaying with this technique... Need to try it out someday.

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Eressea-sama In reply to DerPidder [2012-11-21 10:25:19 +0000 UTC]

Glad I could help!

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spacechocolates [2012-11-06 18:21:45 +0000 UTC]

Where would I find Acrylic board D

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Eressea-sama In reply to spacechocolates [2012-11-09 21:07:02 +0000 UTC]

I got my one in the craft store... don't know, if to find it somewhere else... o.O

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Toyon95 [2012-11-02 22:20:32 +0000 UTC]

Oh my god thankyou!!!!!

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Eressea-sama In reply to Toyon95 [2012-11-04 22:09:39 +0000 UTC]

glad I could help ^^

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Snuggles7 [2012-08-08 21:01:58 +0000 UTC]

was is' dieses acrylic board? is' das einfach holz? & meinste das gibt's bei idee?

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Eressea-sama In reply to Snuggles7 [2012-08-08 21:50:57 +0000 UTC]

Also ein Acrylic Board ist ein Brett aus aufgschutem acryl. Das gibt es fΓΌr gewΓΆhnlich im Baumarkt und zwar da, wo das Holz zugeschnitten wird. Da einfach hingehen und die netten Mitarbeiter fragen

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PK-Polarice [2012-06-10 16:21:00 +0000 UTC]

Going to attempt to use this eventually, I'm liking this tutorial!

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MarisArmoury [2012-04-08 20:40:00 +0000 UTC]

think this would work for an axe as well?
[link] this one in particular?

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