My version of Negan's Lucille

[evy74]

Hi everyone!

After the introduction of a new villain (Negan) in the Walking Dead.

I decided to build Lucille out of nothing really

I turned the baseball bat on a lathe a couple of years ago but I stopped playing baseball a while ago so it was just sitting there, in my basement.
I couldn't find any barbed wire at a decent price or in small quantities so I used galvanized wires I had from another project.
I used the drill to turn two wires and I added small pieces every 6 inches that I looped to look like barb.
I stapled the wiring behind the bat (because I already planned on putting it in a display case) so all the staples are hidden.
Even tho I had gloves I poked my skin a couple of times as you can see, but I used my blood to compare with the fake blood I was going to use, I ended up using dark red acrylic paint.
I built the display case out of rough pallet wood (like all the other frames or furniture in my man cave)

Overall it was a fun rather easy project that I did in a couple of nights watching the walking dead lol.

 

[evy74]

Initially I wanted to add a sign that said "IN CASE OF WALKERS BREAK GLASS"
but I decided not to because I hung the display case on a wall that will become my "wall of props"
I am adding more and more cased props to the wall (in my man cave) and it's fun to see my guest try to guess in what movie/series the prop was in...

 

[Achilla137]

That's pretty awesome! When I make my "woman cave" I'm going to do be doing g this same and this is a must! Definitely like your way of doing the barb wire, gonna remember that

 

[evy74]

That's pretty awesome! When I make my "woman cave" I'm going to do be doing g this same and this is a must! Definitely like your way of doing the barb wire, gonna remember that

You can buy "peace" and buy a shorter length on craigslist, but if you insist on doing it yourself :

-Wear thick leather gloves!!

-Tie one end to something that doesn't move (in my case a heavy metal furnace) you will be twisting the two wires with the drill and then pulling on it to coil it (really tight) on the baseball bat (stapling every two coils or so).

-The other end will be in your drill (put it really tight in there) twist it a bit more because when you release it from the drill it untwists and that is dangerous if the barbs are on there. before releasing it I bent the barbwire 90deg with the drill still on it, so when you pull it out of the drill you have a 2" handle to control when it's untwisting.

-I used an Air gun to staple the barbwire, don't use a hand stapler it's not strong enough. the first staple is critical because you will be pulling on it.

-If you put it in a display case, pre-drill small pilot hole in the bat before screwing it in place on the backboard, you definitely don't want the thin handle cracking on you in this last step. Unless you find another way to hold it in place.

-You need a good pair of pliers (that can cut also) you need a pair of long nose pliers also.

-Some people stain the bat a bit darker and some put a logo on it (some sort of oval).

That's all the advice I can think of, good luck!

 

[Moviefreak]

-some put a logo on it (some sort of oval).

That would be the logo of the actual bat used in the show: Louisville slugger.

 

[evy74]

That would be the logo of the actual bat used in the show: Louisville slugger.

But didnt they take out the writing? copyrights issue or something? and they only kept the oval... not sure