/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Alrighty, my local con is a bit picky about hard wood (which I'm ok with, wasn't planning on using all wood) it's a safety issues as always.

If you can't see, there's a gap where the smaller blades jut out, the idea behind the blade is when it's not being used the small blades are concealed inside but when drawn the blades will switch out. I've done some testing on small models and figured it would be really tricky to pull off so I'm not asking how to work the mechanics, but hey if you want to give it a shot, then by all means.

What I'm looking for is suggestions on materials and how to go about. Since this sword doesn't follow a symetrical design the pvc pipe can't go all the way through to the tip. I was thinking of using a mix of housing foam insulation (hard blocks) and thin sheets of white pine for more support. I have already printed out the design and it's 65 inches in length (has to be reasonable size). I've looked for tutorials but none really satisfied by questions for this kind of sword.