The chainsword
Prepping the chainsword
First I have to cut off the bits I don’t need.
their are several lumps and spikes on the sword ‘s body and handle that are just too rounded and featureless to be saved by painting. I just used a sharp hobby knife with the blade fully extended to cut these off flat.
the paint seems to be rubberised, like coloured pva, and I have to pull off lose bits of this too.
there is a coloured cord wound around the handle, but I decide to leave this in place as it appears to be glued in position and I think taking this off might weaken the handle too much. Instead, I’ll try to paint the core later and cover it with something more appropriate later.
It is actually a little short for a full sized chain sword, but as it is the right size to fit where I plan to display it I’ll not extend the sword. I do however cut of the “point” of the chain, as to my mind this should be more rounded so you can imagine it revolving around an end axis.
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