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So, I built a Duel Disk from Yu-Gi-Oh!

I`ve been watching Yu-Gi-Oh! again lately, this is a series I`ve grown up with and played the card game as well. I decided to try my hand at arts & crafts and build a Duel Disk with my own personal flare. A bit of a personal project as I tried to build one years ago but it failed, This one is much better though am not sure if these photos do it any justice? still, I`m really happy with this craft and had a lot of fun building it, read below for the additional details:

The Deck helping to demonstrate the Active Mode in this photo is my Numeron God Card Deck which was used for a lot of the measurements and trial runs with this duel disk.

Let me know what you think, enjoy

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Materials:

I built it using mounting board card as it`s all I had available at the time, the colours I used were black and red which is a really nice combination, for some added details I used adhesive holographic vinyl for the triangles on each of the zones.

Features:

So first I`ll answer the main question, yes it can be worn on your arm: I couldn`t get a hold of any velcro straps for it or any fabric wrist bands so I used some cardboard to build a strap with adhesive velcro to fasten it, it also has some clip-on straps from an old Rucksack to secure the band.

I added a cardboard sleeve for my phone to sit in place for calculating life points during a game, could possibly use a calculator as well.

All Card and Deck Zones were measured to accommodate Small Card Sleeves which is the standard size for Yu-Gi-Oh! card sleeves, Card sleeves are used by players and collectors to keep the cards safe during use or storage.

The Main body:

A Main Deck Zone, a Graveyard (GY) Zone and a Banished zone are all included. The GY has a "Graveyard Door" attached to the front as the cards kept sliding out either onto the field or onto the floor, there`s a slot for ease of access when cards are sent to the GY and is attached by Velcro so the door can be opened whenever the GY needs to be accessed, removed etc.

The Wing:

On The Wing are 5 Main Monster Card Zones (Upper) and 5 Spell/Trap Card Zones (Lower). The Elevated zone on the left is the Field Card Zone, I didn`t really want the field zone to be out of sight like it is on the Duel Disks in the Anime/Manga, beneath the Field Card Zone is a compartment for the Extra Deck that holds up to 15 Sleeved Cards (Maybe more but not confirmed). Underneath the Wing are two additional pull out trays, these are the Extra Monster Zones where Pendulum and Link Summoned cards from the Extra Deck are played, unlike the red zones I decided to make the Extra Monster Zones Blue to make them stand out and more unique.

The Problems I had:

+ At a certain angle, cards in the main deck holder will slide out and fall to the ground, not sure about the banished zones but I`lll be adding a bit extra to secure both of these zones just to be safe.

+In the Series, the zones are usually level (horizontal) so the characters can easily access the field, the wing on my Duel Disk is a little heavy meaning I have to lean it against something if I want the board to be level though can still access it if it`s vertical so I`ll need to find a way to keep the wing level. I think I just made the disk a bit heavy.

Description
So, I built a Duel Disk from Yu-Gi-Oh!

I`ve been watching Yu-Gi-Oh! again lately, this is a series I`ve grown up with and played the card game as well. I decided to try my hand at arts & crafts and build a Duel Disk with my own personal flare. A bit of a personal project as I tried to build one years ago but it failed, This one is much better though am not sure if these photos do it any justice? still, I`m really happy with this craft and had a lot of fun building it, read below for the additional details:

The Deck helping to demonstrate the Active Mode in this photo is my Numeron God Card Deck which was used for a lot of the measurements and trial runs with this duel disk.

Let me know what you think, enjoy

------------------------------------------

Materials:

I built it using mounting board card as it`s all I had available at the time, the colours I used were black and red which is a really nice combination, for some added details I used adhesive holographic vinyl for the triangles on each of the zones.

Features:

So first I`ll answer the main question, yes it can be worn on your arm: I couldn`t get a hold of any velcro straps for it or any fabric wrist bands so I used some cardboard to build a strap with adhesive velcro to fasten it, it also has some clip-on straps from an old Rucksack to secure the band.

I added a cardboard sleeve for my phone to sit in place for calculating life points during a game, could possibly use a calculator as well.

All Card and Deck Zones were measured to accommodate Small Card Sleeves which is the standard size for Yu-Gi-Oh! card sleeves, Card sleeves are used by players and collectors to keep the cards safe during use or storage.

The Main body:

A Main Deck Zone, a Graveyard (GY) Zone and a Banished zone are all included. The GY has a "Graveyard Door" attached to the front as the cards kept sliding out either onto the field or onto the floor, there`s a slot for ease of access when cards are sent to the GY and is attached by Velcro so the door can be opened whenever the GY needs to be accessed, removed etc.

The Wing:

On The Wing are 5 Main Monster Card Zones (Upper) and 5 Spell/Trap Card Zones (Lower). The Elevated zone on the left is the Field Card Zone, I didn`t really want the field zone to be out of sight like it is on the Duel Disks in the Anime/Manga, beneath the Field Card Zone is a compartment for the Extra Deck that holds up to 15 Sleeved Cards (Maybe more but not confirmed). Underneath the Wing are two additional pull out trays, these are the Extra Monster Zones where Pendulum and Link Summoned cards from the Extra Deck are played, unlike the red zones I decided to make the Extra Monster Zones Blue to make them stand out and more unique.

The Problems I had:

+ At a certain angle, cards in the main deck holder will slide out and fall to the ground, not sure about the banished zones but I`lll be adding a bit extra to secure both of these zones just to be safe.

+In the Series, the zones are usually level (horizontal) so the characters can easily access the field, the wing on my Duel Disk is a little heavy meaning I have to lean it against something if I want the board to be level though can still access it if it`s vertical so I`ll need to find a way to keep the wing level. I think I just made the disk a bit heavy.