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CUTTING CARDBOARD WITH SCISSORS = DO NOT WANT. EVER. GOD MY HAND. WHYYYYYYYYYY.

In other, related news: Zangetsu is sort of coming along. I think I might be able to actually do this. AMAZED, AREN'T YOU. PH33R MY AMAZING MAD SKILLZ.

Date: 2007-09-09 05:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] schwann.livejournal.com


And it will be awesome and so worth it. Just think of it that way! Omgyes.

:DDDDDDDD Ineedtokeywordmyicons.

Date: 2007-09-09 05:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsukitaichou.livejournal.com
I SURE HOPE SO, BUT I MIGHT DIE BY THEN. DDDDD8

Date: 2007-09-09 05:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] schwann.livejournal.com
I'll drag you around.

Date: 2007-09-09 05:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsukitaichou.livejournal.com
Sounds like a plan. :D

Date: 2007-09-09 05:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ultimaaa.livejournal.com
Why don't you have an exacto-knife? D:

Date: 2007-09-09 05:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsukitaichou.livejournal.com
Well, I have a box cutter. But it's not very useful, I've found. I can't cut anything with it. Also, I have to do this all on carpet, because there's just nowhere else but the living room? SO, um.

This is a million times harder than I think I expected it to be. Mostly because of my inability to use an exacto knife.

I need to call my dad to have him help me, or something, because this? Is never going to work as it is.

I AM DYING.

Date: 2007-09-09 05:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ultimaaa.livejournal.com
What method are you using for sword-making, I might be able to give you some advice? @___@

Date: 2007-09-09 05:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsukitaichou.livejournal.com
this one (http://forums.cosplay.com/showthread.php?t=76828).

It's the best I could do at last minute, since I ended up, stupidly, with a chibi sword. ;O;

OH GOD SIX DAYS.

Date: 2007-09-09 05:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ultimaaa.livejournal.com
OH! I tried using that one, gave up half-way through and more or less made it up as I went along. It's how I did my Hyorinmaru. Protip: don't bother with the whole putting glue in along the edges. It takes waaay to long and is far too frustrating to make it smooth. Instead, once it's all cut out, take posterboard and fold a piece in half and put it along the blade to make the edge. You'll have to notch it to get it to bend, but once that's done, cover the entire thing in duct tape, making sure to smooth down all the edges. From there just put a primer on it, then paint it.

That's how I did Hyourinmaru, it should work for anything else. @___@

Date: 2007-09-09 05:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsukitaichou.livejournal.com
It doesn't seem like it would be too hard to make smooth, but I'll keep that in mind.

Zangetsu is BIG. Probably not quite as big as he should be, because I myself am WAY too small to be Ichigo, ahurrhurr. BUT, it's a last minute effort and if it's not perfect, uh, I'll say Shinji fucked it up or something. 8D;

I don't know about that posterboard thing. I'm also afraid of how duct tape would be, well, ridged, if that makes sense? Hm, I'm not sure what I'm going to do. :/

I'll figure SOMETHING out.

I'm probably not primer-ing - just spray painting it and calling it good. I'm very very exhausted, on the edge of simply burning out, and I still have to make my Vice-Captain's badges (I'm using balsa wood; why do I do this to myself) and paint Gin's, Kira's, and Shinji's swords AND make the hilt guards for them. Probably using model magic because I'm out of time and just lame and tired.

TL;DR.
I TALK TOO MUCH, SRY.

Date: 2007-09-09 06:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] schwann.livejournal.com
I FEEL SO BAD THAT YOU HAVE TO DO SO MUCH

But hey... BLAMING IT ALL ON SHINJI, I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE. >:[[[

Date: 2007-09-09 06:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsukitaichou.livejournal.com
WELL IT'S MY OWN FAULT BUT I MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE YOU PAINT A SWORD HILT IN THE HOTEL ROOM OR SOMETHING. AHAHAHHAHA I FAIL.

*laugh*
ilu.

Date: 2007-09-09 06:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] schwann.livejournal.com
Asking me to paint anything is asking me to fuck it up, ahahahsfkjsldjf. But I'd do it anyway. Yep.

>:[[[[!

Date: 2007-09-09 06:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsukitaichou.livejournal.com
I'M NOT FANTASTIC WITH PAINT MYSELF, HONESTLY, SO I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE. DDDD8

Date: 2007-09-09 06:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ultimaaa.livejournal.com
If you need an idea of how the duct tape thing works, this is my sword, using the same method (http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=1125377). Basically, once it's painted, you don't even notice it's made of duct tape. It also photographs really well.

Date: 2007-09-09 06:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsukitaichou.livejournal.com
That looks AWESOME.

Maybe I will duct tape the damn thing. The poster board, though....uh, maybe not going to happen. :/

I'M GLAD ZANGETSU NEEDS NO SHEATH, HAHAHAHA.
And the hilt? I cheat and wrap it in bandages. Good god I'm such a cheater.

But this time around, I just have no time left.

Thanks for the tips, darling. I'm so sad you won't be there. ;O;

Date: 2007-09-09 06:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ultimaaa.livejournal.com
I would have tried, but I lack money. Maybe next year, if I can afford it. ;^;

And you're welcome. :D

Date: 2007-09-09 06:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsukitaichou.livejournal.com
I know how that goes. @_@

Hopefully I'll be in the US next year this time. I DON'T KNOW YET, OH GOD.

*loves on*

I'll have pics when it's done.

HOW I'M EVER GETTING IT CUT OUT OF THE CARDBOARD IS ANYONE'S GUESS. ASKHFGISDHGKFHBIKYUGFDKJ

Date: 2007-09-09 06:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] asmaria.livejournal.com
GAMBATTE! \@_@/

Date: 2007-09-09 06:42 am (UTC)

Date: 2007-09-09 01:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arsenicgraffiti.livejournal.com
Aaah, cardboard. I know your pain well from having to cut out cardboard and illustration board many times over in the past, sometimes with very curvy patterns. @_@ Painful, but worth it.

GAMBATTE! ♥

Date: 2007-09-10 06:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsukitaichou.livejournal.com
IT REALLY SUCKS, but I think I'll manage. Somehow.

ARIGATOU. ♥

Date: 2007-09-09 08:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] egyptian-spider.livejournal.com
Because you're a masochist, of course. :P

Date: 2007-09-10 06:39 am (UTC)

Date: 2007-09-09 09:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] swirling-chaos.livejournal.com
I've never tried making swords from cardboard before. How's it coming along?

And good god woman, get thyself a boxcutter! It isn't worth giving yourself carpal tunnel. D:

Date: 2007-09-10 06:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsukitaichou.livejournal.com
It's....eeeenh. It's coming.

I HAVE ONE BUT I CAN'T CUT WITH IT TO SAVE MY LIFE, OH GOD.

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