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chioky — The Swordmaking Tutorial: Pt 7
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The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 7 (Painting and Glossing)Have you ever asked yourself "How do I make a sword?"more pricesely a katana. Well If you have asked that question then I am here to help you answer that. This swordmaking Tutorial will cover everything you need to know about swordmaking. It has an attractive layout, easily readable discriptions, easier to understand discriptions and step by step pictures to know which process you are at. These swordmaking tutorials are aimed towards swordmakers and propmakers, however anybody is free to use them at their own leisure to try swordmaking.
Right were almost at the end of swordmaking. When you are tottally sure everything I mean all the parts of your sword are free from dust and grime and that all details are correct, that you may comence painting. Remember you put white primer first to bring out the colours of the spray paint. Then you use gloss to seal the colours of the spray paint. You have got to make sure not to over spray the sword that you start seeing drips. Take your time spray one coat and wait for that one to dry before spraying again. You have got to make sure the consitency of the paint if flawless throughout the sword. Once all the parts are painted your all ready to move on the final stage where you fix everything together.
The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 1 (Tools and Equipment) [link] The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 2 (Planning and Drawing) [link] The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 3 (Cutting out the Sword) [link] The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 4 (Cutting out the Tsuba) [link] The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 5 (Sharpening the Sword) [link] The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 6 (Sculpting the Details) [link] The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 7 (Painting and Glossing) [link] The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 8 (Constructing the Sword) [link]
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not too sure a king of spray paint
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Finally! got some time to finish it, painting now
thx again for the tutorial
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what if we want to make our habaki a different color from the blade?
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Then paint it with a paintbrush carefully ^^
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Hi, I'd like to clarify something. What thickness do you use for each strip of wood? You mentioned using strip pine wood of 1cm thickness, but I noticed the tsuba holes are only 5mm thick. I'm confused..
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heh 1CM THICNKNESS? more like 5mm XD
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Your tutorials are so helpful!
I'm going as a Bleach character for the con here, Soi Fon. I'm defiantly going to use your tutorials so I can make a good sword ^-^
Not a cheap on from the dollar store thats plastic xP
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I hope that you can make a successfull sword for your soi fon cosplay ^^
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we don't have white primer, so can we use black primer instead?
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black primer is more used for darker colours but I guess it might be able to work for lighter colours aswellx
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We would use silver to represent the color of the blade, I hope it'll work on that black primer ^^
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Ive made nearly over 20 different tutorials XD
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Woooow that's so nice.
*bows down*
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I love what you did. I think if you added some black paint by hand into the tsuba it may just give it a more realistic look in the "metal" You know, as a shadow in the relief of the tsuba.
Does this make sense?
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I understand where you come from but the tsuba details are so small and I mean by a 1mm I dont have a steady hand enough to handpaint XD
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Ha-Ha. I guess, I suppose I forget that some people don't work in most mediums. I do a lot of charm work where the charms are as small as 12.7mm
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Wow, it looks so cool! I might start using wood for my tsubas now!
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why you havent started now has suprised now XD
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and i'm proud to say i've almost finished shinso, i only need to wrap the handle so i'll be able to post pics soon
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only one left until the swordmaking tutorial is complete XD then swordmaking is alot easier on the net ^^
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its almost over T.T Oh well all great things must come to an end XD
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But every end is a new beginning am i correct?
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Thanks Chioky, I'll sutdy it and see if I can get the material to make my own sword
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Just make sure not to get bad materials XD
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im sure I sent you the low resolution tutorials before XD
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xD Notes help though! I look forward to it
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theres only one more tutorial to finish off this swordmaking course ^^
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Good chioky
Missing only one more, the tutorial very good, very well explained as always
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its almost over you will all be able to learn swordmaking soon XD
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