Vicious Sickle from LoZ: Breath of the Wild <<FINISHED>>

Happy Monday everyone! I'm late posting this here, but it's been a simple enough build this far that it's easy to catch up on.

This is the Vicious Sickle from the latest Legend of Zelda game - Breath of the Wild. It's hardly the best or longest-lasting weapon in the game, but I found it to be rather visually dynamic. Plus, it's just barely different enough from my usual LoZ sword builds that I thought it would be rather refreshing to build. I apologize for the odd square format on all these photos - I'm a big Instagram user, and so all these photos were backsaved from my IG page.

If I scaled my build such that my body was Link's body, the sickle would end up being far too large. So I scaled it to all my other Zelda swords based on hilt size. It's still a very appropriate size, just a wee bit more realistic. It started off as a few sheets of MDF glued around a curved steel rod. At the time, I wasn't sure if I was going to mold it or not. So in the event it was NOT molded, I wanted there to be a little extra reinforcement inside.





I was also under pressure to work quickly, as I'm hoping to have the full build done by DragonCon. So I made some 3D models of the hilt hardware and 3D printed them while I worked on beveling the blade. One of the photos below shows a PVC pipe used as the grip - this was a stand-in for a later 3D print. The Sheikah Eye detailing was added in the from of extremely thin styrene - .02 I think - cut by hand with an X-Acto blade after patterning it out.







The 3D printed grip hardware:



By this time I decided to mold it, so I worked toward prepping it for rubber. As of this post, everything has been molded with the exception of the second half of the pommel mold. I've run out of rubber and need to make a supply run. For casting, I am going to try casting it like I've done my Master Sword in the past - A thick EpoxAcoat Gray shell filled with Smooth Cast 300.

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I was just looking at your Korok project and noticed you're making another item from BotW! Do you plan on making more items from BotW? Because if you are I'm all for it
Also, I never noticed the Sheikah eye on the sickle before seeing this thread :lol Keep up the good work :thumbsup

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drjag said:

Do you plan on making more items from BotW? Because if you are I'm all for it

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I do! Maybe not in terms of weapons (at least. It for a while), but I do plan on making the Shield of the Mind's Eye and I plan on starting a costume from the game later on this year.

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Update! As simple of a prop as it was to make, I'm already almost done with paint and assembly on the first casting. Using that awful Rustoleum trigger rattle can metallic paint for the base color on the blade. I like the paint just fine, the can and trigger mechanism are just horrid. The hilt fixtures were treated with gold leaf Rub N Buff, and the overall weathering is being done with silver Rub N Buff and various acrylic paints.

The crimson grip wrapping will be done tonight, as will final assembly. I hope to do a proper photo shoot tomorrow!

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Finished - Here's the studio shots!

For those of you viewing the thread that haven't played the game, the characters that carry this weapon drop "Mighty Bananas" as part of their loot drop when you kill them.

Banana for scale

I can't believe you already finished it! It looks exactly like the in-game model, down to the last beat! I especially like the crimson wrap and the sheikah eye :thumbsup