Fri Oct 09, 2009 9:24 am
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Edited post Halloween 2009:
This is the finished product. For how it all happened read on below
************ the process ************
Here's the start of our costumes for this year. My wife has gotten 3 pretty much done for the older kids.
My wife still has 3 more costumes (me, her and the baby) to put together and we have accessories to add as well. Hats, crowns and swords.
I started work on 2 swords last weekend.
I took two wood rods and using a table saw, cut them into sword shapes. I left a bit on the end as a handle and I sanded them down smooth.
Using a jigsaw I tried to fashion a hilt. Didn't work with plan A, so I'm going back to the hardware store for plan B, maybe this weekend.
Anyway, I bought a wood ball I'm going to glue onto the top of the handle. Then i'll paint everything and hopefully it will look better than the plastic toys but not be as dangerous as a real sword.
I'm not on costume duty. I'm on set design, which will see a lot of work done over the next few days as the plan goes. Hopefully we'll have more news on both fronts after the weekend.
This is the finished product. For how it all happened read on below
************ the process ************
Here's the start of our costumes for this year. My wife has gotten 3 pretty much done for the older kids.
My wife still has 3 more costumes (me, her and the baby) to put together and we have accessories to add as well. Hats, crowns and swords.
I started work on 2 swords last weekend.
I took two wood rods and using a table saw, cut them into sword shapes. I left a bit on the end as a handle and I sanded them down smooth.
Using a jigsaw I tried to fashion a hilt. Didn't work with plan A, so I'm going back to the hardware store for plan B, maybe this weekend.
Anyway, I bought a wood ball I'm going to glue onto the top of the handle. Then i'll paint everything and hopefully it will look better than the plastic toys but not be as dangerous as a real sword.
I'm not on costume duty. I'm on set design, which will see a lot of work done over the next few days as the plan goes. Hopefully we'll have more news on both fronts after the weekend.
Last edited by mesmark on Sun Nov 01, 2009 6:48 am, edited 2 times in total.