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*sigh* finally finished, i was starting to get really annoyed with parts of this sword which took all the fun out of making it

Firstly: I am aware that the proportions of this sword (notably handle:blade) are completely wrong, i only found out what the proportions should be (roughly 1:3 i think) after i'd completed the wooden skeleton structure and added the cardbaord, at which point it was too late to change without starting again as for that bit in the middle, thats a different story

Things i like:
-they are pretty much 2 identical swords
- the side blades are pretty solid (for being what they are), which is something i was worried about.
- i like the little charms because i think they're cute ¬¬
-the handle wrapping, credit to hexuas for that tutorial
-you don't notice the proportions so badly when you pose with them

Things i dislike:
-proportions ¬¬ enough said
-that bit in the middle that is a long extension of the guard thing where i had somehow turn what you see as the blade into a curve (this is hard to explain) without increasing the width which is impossibly, hence why its wider than the blade
-that we don't actually i know what ukitake tsuba looks like, i found about 3 different designs and the one i wanted to do (rectangle with a design as seen in the manga) was too indistinct to do and the other design ended up looking more like a squashed hexagon (and hence aizen's tsuba) so i settled for a rectangle which again is too big i think

enough ranting¬¬ hopefully you like it
next project: making shinso from wood at easter and remaking my white tensa zangetsu
i guess if the wooden sword goes well i may switch completely to wood, cardboard is starting to be seriously limiting to what you can do and achieve

sorry for such a long comment

Description
*sigh* finally finished, i was starting to get really annoyed with parts of this sword which took all the fun out of making it

Firstly: I am aware that the proportions of this sword (notably handle:blade) are completely wrong, i only found out what the proportions should be (roughly 1:3 i think) after i'd completed the wooden skeleton structure and added the cardbaord, at which point it was too late to change without starting again as for that bit in the middle, thats a different story

Things i like:
-they are pretty much 2 identical swords
- the side blades are pretty solid (for being what they are), which is something i was worried about.
- i like the little charms because i think they're cute ¬¬
-the handle wrapping, credit to hexuas for that tutorial
-you don't notice the proportions so badly when you pose with them

Things i dislike:
-proportions ¬¬ enough said
-that bit in the middle that is a long extension of the guard thing where i had somehow turn what you see as the blade into a curve (this is hard to explain) without increasing the width which is impossibly, hence why its wider than the blade
-that we don't actually i know what ukitake tsuba looks like, i found about 3 different designs and the one i wanted to do (rectangle with a design as seen in the manga) was too indistinct to do and the other design ended up looking more like a squashed hexagon (and hence aizen's tsuba) so i settled for a rectangle which again is too big i think

enough ranting¬¬ hopefully you like it
next project: making shinso from wood at easter and remaking my white tensa zangetsu
i guess if the wooden sword goes well i may switch completely to wood, cardboard is starting to be seriously limiting to what you can do and achieve

sorry for such a long comment