Making Foamboard Keyblades - Tutorial

[theonlyangel77]

no... i havent started it.. just the paper then layer of foam then paper! thats how it comes

[ThirteenthHour]

Sorry for commenting now after ages of you starting this board but I just thought it was a very nice tutorial.
I'm wondering what size of foamboard you used...?
Like, A3, A1 ect

I can get A3 for about £5 but then A1 is £20 which is quite out of my price range really.
I'm making Roxas' keyblade, Oathkeeper for my next convention [london mcm in may]

-I live in the UK by the way though you may have guessed that by my pricing of things in pounds

[rubyredrose]

Originally Posted by theonlyangel77

no... i havent started it.. just the paper then layer of foam then paper! thats how it comes

Okay, I looked at your photos, it looks like you don't have enough room to put in dowels for support, and it's going to be really flimsy as is. I would suggest cutting out a matching one, and sandwiching it between coat hanger sized wire. That way you won't have too many hard edges for your son to hurt himself on, but it will have SOME structural stability. Good luck!

[ShadowWarrior]

@ThirteenthHour: I can't remember exactly the dimensions, but it was pretty big. Probably around B1 size. But wow, £20 for a tiny little sheet of A1 foamboard? That seems odd - over here you can get a nice big B1-sized sheet of foamboard for, like, $7.

Oh, and if you're making Oathkeeper, you may want to take a look at some of the suggestions other people have made in this thread for increasing stability ^-^

[Manaih]

How long is your actual Soul Eater?

[hugginsseller]

I made my Way to the dawn out of foam core and dowels and it's pretty sturdy ^_^!

[ThirteenthHour]

Art/Craft shops in the UK really suck. They have to import in all the stuff that I seem to want so it costs ridiculous amounts of money :[

Anyway, i've got some A1 foamboard and cut out my keyblade - going to use coat hanger wire for strengthening it

[ShadowWarrior]

@Manaih: It's 48 inches, so I guess that would be 4 feet? I'm 6'1", so I had to make it a pretty fair length to be proportional.

@hugginsseller: I took a peek at your WtD. Looks really nice!

@ThirteenthHour: Ah, okay, that makes sense. Coat hanger wire sounds like it could work pretty well for some extra support. Good luck! ^-^

[hugginsseller]

Shadow Warrior - Thanks a lot :]