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AetherAnvil β Eldritch Mechanical Sword (Gear driven Steampunk)
Published: 2013-11-23 08:19:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 25526; Favourites: 334; Downloads: 122
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A massive metal prop sword with blade splitting action and functional gear drive.Materials:
6061T6 Aluminum
260 Brass
Ebony Wood
MS20470AD3-X Rivets
Special thanks to everyone who posed with the sword at Steamcon, you guys rock!! Especially the guy feature in these submission, you had just the perfect costume!!!
See: www.facebook.com/media/set/?seβ¦
For more sword photos, non-FB: imgur.com/a/yEKtC
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Comments: 103
Thank you! I absolutely love your guns!
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awesome , really amazingΒ
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Thank you very much!
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no prob, you deserve itΒ
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Cleanup on aisle 3... I just drooled, peed m'self, and shat bricks all at the same time.
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Lol, likewise, I still have that railgun of yours as a main inspiration image for if I get around to doing guns one day
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wow, that's is some really impressive craftsmanship. damn impressive and extremely badass sword!
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Thanks! I can't wait to try and attempt another mechanical weapon
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very awesome, i look forward to seeing it.
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That is seriously jaw-dropping. This might be the coolest one you've done.
And I agree, that guy's costume is perfect for this monster.
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Thank you! It was really awesome to have so many folks pose with the sword! I really need to get better at costuming...
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Extremely intimidating. I'd love to see your work show up in a webseries or something.
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Thank you so much!
I would love that to be the case. I do actually have some of my work in a web series, not sure if credited though, but meh, I have something going for me
www.kickstarter.com/projects/1β¦
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That thing is CRAZY awesome man, I like how it's an actual functioning weapon unlike some people who just stick gears on to try and make something look steampunk.Β
And it's made out of metal and not foam or plywood! That's even better~
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Heh, appreciated
I agree, I really prefer metal, but I should get into trying plastic at some point. Once you go metal, it is hard to do anything else, just the feeling of real wood and metal makes it hard to consider anything else.
I will continue to try hard and get more and more functional weapons, I agree with you, gluing a gear on does no justice.
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Wait, does this thing actually work? Β Would it be possible to actually make this? Β If it is...I WANT IT. Β NAO. Β GIMME DAT. Β PAY ME A THOUSAND SO I CAN PAY YOU BACK TO BUY THIS.
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I hope it is possible to make, I did have fun with it at Steamcon 
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You're welcome.
Really though, is this thing functional?
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Gears work but the ratio was off, still fun to use though
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What do you mean by "the ratio was off"?
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I needed the handle spin to be higher than than the gear drive spin, it was the opposite
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I have to wonder the point of splitting the blade though. Β Yeah, you can get someone between them and prevent them from ducking to the side or something, but that's the only benefit I can see.
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That's some awesome work. Although when I saw that it split in two like that, I somehow thought of a garden bush trimmer for some reason.
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LOL! No kidding eh? Back you evil hedge beasts! Or maybe Ents...
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Thanks again for sharing this amazing work! Our two Vancouver crews had a blast with these pictures. 
www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbiβ¦
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I can't get the link to work 
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Thanks! I wish I had more time between work. I am glad I did get it done in time.
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THAT IS SO FRIGGIN' AWESOME OWO HOW'D YOU DO IT
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Thank you! CAD. Got to love CAD. Hours and hours and hours of CAD.
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I hate feeling like such a dope asking this but.... What's CAD? XD
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Computer Aided Design, like AutoCad 
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Excellent design, mate. How long did it took you to make this? =3
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As always, waay too long. About 40+ hours of CAD, another 20 of CAD tests, another 5 of machine pathing, a day to cut the misc pieces, a few hours to drill out the laser cut pieces (SWWJ rocks), another 2 days to assemble. Not too bad, but worth a small fortune now, another sword I am never going to sell
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Oh my...that is a lot of work. Maybe you should considered making for steampunk weapons for sale, just so you could recoup your costs in making your other weapons, mate. <=3
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I love this as a hobby, not a business 
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Oh, really now, so you want to make another weapon base on one of my designs, eh? Alright than, if you want to do that than feel free to ask me. So which one to you want to make? =3
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The third down from the top, elegant sabre: redw0lf777sg.deviantart.com/arβ¦
I think I would like to try and tackle something that is simple, yet elegant, and that fits the mark. Time frame, no idea, but I would like to do that one sometime.
Do you have any suggestions of ones you want to see built?
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Well, mate, that one sword you pick out is actually a part of a two sword set. it's meant to be dual wield with the 1st top sword and in this fighting pose are here: 1. img.photobucket.com/albums/v35β¦ 2. static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pubβ¦
So you think you can make a both of them? You can as much time as you want, just make sure you give me a WIP report once awhile, alright. =3
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Who is the character? That is a very steampunk looking setup?!
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Oh, the character? Well that's Vyse from the role-playing video game, "Skies of Arcadia" which was first on the Sega Dreamcast and then later on imported to the Nintendo Gamecube. if you want to know more about the game, than here's some info on it, it's a really good game, mate:Β en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skies_ofβ¦
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Wicked, that will give me a chance to read up on everything. Very cool!
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So what do you think, mate? <=3
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Wow, work has gotten in the way this past year. I finally got a week off for some cosplay and go through the dev art account. Boy, I need to get back to the swing of things. Thanks again for all the awesome art you do, it always motivated me
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Thank you very kindly, mate. I hope you keep making these great looking weapons, they show how much work you put into them. =3
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now this is a proper sword for some reason i can see this in a devil may cry game very nice
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Thanks, you are spot on! Absolutely, another over the top video game style sword, that is exactly what I was aiming for
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