Pikezer1337
Active Member
For those who need something that can be taken into weapons-restrictive cons, I made mine out of a foam yoga roll I got for $5 at Five Below. It is 6" in diameter and cut down to 12" long; I made it for a girl who's only 5', so the slightly smaller size actually looks correct on her. I used a soldering iron to melt the scarring into the faces and make the torn pieces look more like chipped wood. I sealed the foam with a light pass of a heat gun and a light coat of wood glue, then painted it with acrylics. The whole thing was sealed against chipping by a matte lacquer spray. I used a simple wooden dowel from the craft store for the handle. I see now I made the diamonds too big (and too few) so I'll probably repaint it. This was a last minute addition to the costume when I spotted the foam roll on a shopping trip, and it only took me about two hours to make, using a heat gun to help dry glue and paint between layers.
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Dang, you need to make me one of these