Fabricator Djinn
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Well, rounding out the collection of melee marine weapons I seem so fond of building.. its chainsword time! Before anyone asks, I'm not going to bother trying to make it work. I am going to try and make it elaborate as all hell though. Been working it over in my head for the last couple weeks.. finally properly started on it yesterday. I decided to try making it almost 100% out of Sintra. Heres the progress so far.
After much searching, this is what I set up for a template, its a modified sword from some 40k mod for some game (I..cant remember which) that the modeller was kind enough to send me the model for.
First blade cutout. I planned to stack sheets of sintra together to build the blade. (dont mind the chainsaw chain.. didnt end up using it for obvious reasons of why.jpg)
5 cutouts later.. a test stacking of them. I cut the inner blades in such a way that left me with a channel for the teeth to sit, and the middle blade gives me a groove to help attach the teeth. Sort of proud of the design tbh.. but I never got a good picture.
Mounted the dowel into the inner blades (only three of the blade cutouts are mounted in the dowel, adds a TON of stability and strength.. the handle is a permanent fixture.)
Solid sintra hilt/power supply base! The top half is removable for now and it all slides together with the blades and locks in place without glue or screws. I love it when things work out as planned.
Shot of the assembled sword as it currently stands. Waiting for confirmation on what chapter the dude wants before I start on the heavy heavy amount of heraldry >=D
Closeup of the grooves for the teeth. Those are the next. Funny how fast these projects come together once the planning is done heh.
After much searching, this is what I set up for a template, its a modified sword from some 40k mod for some game (I..cant remember which) that the modeller was kind enough to send me the model for.
First blade cutout. I planned to stack sheets of sintra together to build the blade. (dont mind the chainsaw chain.. didnt end up using it for obvious reasons of why.jpg)
5 cutouts later.. a test stacking of them. I cut the inner blades in such a way that left me with a channel for the teeth to sit, and the middle blade gives me a groove to help attach the teeth. Sort of proud of the design tbh.. but I never got a good picture.
Mounted the dowel into the inner blades (only three of the blade cutouts are mounted in the dowel, adds a TON of stability and strength.. the handle is a permanent fixture.)
Solid sintra hilt/power supply base! The top half is removable for now and it all slides together with the blades and locks in place without glue or screws. I love it when things work out as planned.
Shot of the assembled sword as it currently stands. Waiting for confirmation on what chapter the dude wants before I start on the heavy heavy amount of heraldry >=D
Closeup of the grooves for the teeth. Those are the next. Funny how fast these projects come together once the planning is done heh.
