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Been really busy lately but I finally got a break and managed to get the base for two Repulsers cut out. It was a bit of an adventure, as about 2 cuts into the first one the blade on the bandsaw finally snapped, so I had to change to a jigsaw. It cut alot slower but I was able to get into the details with it.They are cut out of a .22 inch thick 24x48 peice of acrylic that I cut in half and laminated with superglue. They both weigh about a pound, a bit more than the wooden elucidator.
It's been an adventure so far, we shall see how the rest of it goes, let me know what you think.
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That was the plan. Stuff turned out to be too brittle, need to get some better acrylic.
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So you really were planing to make a dark repulser out of plexiglas
I'm sure it will turn out awesomeΒ
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you make to sell? If so, how much would it cost? You have a site for sales?
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Hey I was wondering if I can use, well, most of your elucidator pictures to make my an iBook for my school project. I have this prop-making extracurricular activity about making props like you so I thought yours would be a good example. I'm publishing the book for free and I'll credit your pictures by pasting "Β©2012-2013Β loveshina " *on every picture possibly*.Β
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Sure, sounds pretty awesome. Just link me to it when you're done.
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Thanks 
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No Problem, I'm thinking about finally doing that tutorial since I'm going to be making another Elucidator and a Lambent Light. Feel free to ask away, just keep an eye out for that stuff too.
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What colors did you use for the white part, i dont think it is just white, and i right? (See what i did there?)
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Im not sure what you mean. Are you talking about the silver one he Elucidator? That's a silver metallic paint.
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do you still have the templates or can you direct me to where you found them?
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I made the templates for them. I might end up releasing the repulser one, but the elucidator was drawn by hand, so I'll have to redo that one digitally.
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cool i tried vectoring in autocad but its such a pain in the ass trying to separate it into different pieces.
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Yeah, Illustrator is great for it.
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Sweet! Can't wait to see how it turns out! I plan on making a pair of these in foam latex eventually. GREAT WORK!
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Thanks! Was thinking about molding and making a cast of each in foam for mock combat. Would love to see how they turn out for you.
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I'm actually using the same technique haha except the acrylic I have is tinted a green/blue color and transparent (also .25" each). I cut the two pieces with a CNC router. The issue I have is gluing the pieces together without it being so obvious that it's two sheets >_<
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Ahh yeah, do you know a good clear coat for acrylic that would help make it abrasion-resistant? I'm worried about it getting scratched at conventions.
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most acrylic is really tough, it comes down to cell cast vs extruded, but there's a massive price difference between those. For our use, extruded is more than enough, so far the acrylic has been the toughest material I've worked with, scratching shouldn't be a problem. As for gluing, I've had the best results just using a pretty ridiculous amount of super glue. You'll want a mostly dust free environment, some way to put light pressure over the whole of the pieces, and just flow a ton of some thin cyanoacrylate over it.
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Ahh ok, I'll try it out, thanks for the help!
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Your welcome, good luck with it. I haven't been able to get a glue joint without at least some air bubbles. It's too expensive a material to run that many tests on as well. And the cheapest place I've been able to find some 3/8" thick was from a manufacturer, a 4'x8' sheet for roughly 200$. I really wish this stuff was cheaper!
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I agree, the colored sheet I got was extremely expensive! I think I would actually cry if it cracked lol. I tried out some acrylic cement on a tiny piece, and there were too many air bubbles for it to work out. However, the super glue worked perfectly haha thanks for the tip!
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Glad it worked. The super glue flows out better than the cement and will fill. Super glue is amazing stuff, I use it for filling small flaws and dents all the time in my wooden props too.
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The real issue is going to be beveling the edges nicely...
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Can I just tell you how genius this is? Looks amazing so far! Can't wait to see the finished sword!
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Thanks! Haven't had much time to work on it, and ran into a problem with constructing the hilt pieces, but I figured it out and should have some progress in the next couple days. (gotta make an order from tap plastics and smooth on)
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Eee~ looking forward to your cosplay with both swords! Let me know when you do your shoot so I can feature you in my cosplay blog.
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The acrylic could turn out looking REALLY sweet. Can't wait to see how this one will turn out.
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Yeah, I'm really liking how tough it is, not easy to damage, but it is ALOT harder to work. Had to resort to a dremel for shaping.
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wow, awesome man, but why u choose acrylic ? isnt wood good enough for dark repulser ?
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In the light novel it is mentioned that the sword is slightly transparent, which I thought would be interesting. Its also supposed to be white, however I like the green from the anime, so I'm combining to two.
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I can veritably say that perspex is lovely to work with. Gives a nice frosted appearance when sanding. Although best option is to lasercut them, my hats off to you for using a bandsaw though as it's prone to cracking that way.
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Looked up perspex and can say that it is far out of my price range unfortunately. As for the bandsaw, the blade actually broke 2 cuts into it, so most of it was done with a jigsaw. I can say the reason it didn't crack was because of the thickness. Especially since this is extruded.
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Fair point. And all with a jigsaw? Damn steady hand ya got there.
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Yeah, took a while with all of those tight corners. White dust everywhere.
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another epic Sword your making!
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wow will you go all the way in the cosplay?? I would like to see a full nitoryu (dual blade) Kirito cosplay.
I'm trying to make elucidator too, and I want to ask you: what's the thickness of the blade and the handle??
If you can answer me just that i'll be happy
Keep the good work!
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I'm making it just under a half inch thick, the handle is one inch in diameter. And I plan on going all the way with the cosplay. I have a couple ideas on how to accurately have both swords on my back and be able to draw and sheath them on my own.
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thanks for the answer.
I know a good way to create hard and light sheaths:
1: Copy the shape of the blade in foam or soft wood to create a template (not the outline but in 3D)
2: Draw the outline in a piece of thin polyester cloth and add some fringe to the shape.
3: Cut this piece and another one with the same shape and sew them together except in the upper side.
4: The result is a bag with the shape of the blade.
5: Flip it over to hide the sewed union and put the template from step 1 inside covered with tape.
6: Use polyester resin or epoxy over the cloth and it will get a single rigid piece.
7: Pull out the tape and the template, sand and paint.
You can also cut it in half and cover the inside with soft cloth to avoid scratches in the real blade and glue it together again using the same resin.
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That's an interesting idea, could just use fiberglass resin and cloth for it. Might give that a shot, one layer of fiber matt should do the trick, thanks for the idea.
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NP but remember: Epoxy resin destroys polyestirene foam but not polyurethane.
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I'll have to do some tests. Probably can line the negative with aluminum foil.
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great work man! can't wait to see the final of this sword. I wish I had then ingenuity and space to try something like this but mostly the ingenuity lol
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That's amazing 
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They're .44 inches thick. I used a piece of .22 and doubled it up before I cut these out. Unfortunately the gluing didn't go as well as i had thought, so I'm probably going to have to scrap these and get a 1/2 inch thick piece from Grainger. I can get a big enough piece for four of these, so if I have enough people want one I can do that, because I can't get a 140$ piece of plastic to make one sword for myself.
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Huh. How much did you pay for these .22 inch thick pieces? Acrylic is pretty expensive :/
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It was a 24" x 48" piece, cost 50$.
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A question. Did you hand paint or Elucidator or spray paint?
I like making swords myself, but one thing I do have trouble with is having clean lines on my props.
Seeing as how your Elucidator's edge lines seem perfect, I'm rather curious as to how you did it.
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