The chainsword
The chainsword of +1 bendiness....
This project is about renovating a foam toy chainsword I found on a car boot a few years ago. The seller said her son went on a crafting course and made it there.
It is made of soft foam, and I presume was for cosplay as it is bendy, and who would want to be hit with a more solid material while cosplaying? None of the details are sharp, and doesn’t look that good, but it gives me the basic shape and only cost 50p.
As I am going to use it as a decoration for my wargaming room, it won’t matter if it ends up being a little bit heavier and more solid, although I try to avoid things being too realistic – in the event of nerd rage as the wargaming table I don’t want a bad loser clocking me around the head with anything too realistic. I am planning on using some metals bolts, but as long as the main body of the sword isn’t too rigid it should break instead of hurting someone.
I have never worked with this type of material before ( the closest I’ve come has been repainting hard plastic nerf guns and lightsabers)
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