Swordplay

[disbelief11]

Perhaps it's good that I waited until after last night's Smallville to make my sword for my Halloween costume. Now I'll have visions of Lex caressing his Kurosawa prop sword and cricking his neck to inspire me.

Which reminds me, if anyone has any tips about making a cardboard sword, feel free to leave me a comment about it. This is the first time I'll be attempting it and I have a few (hopefully) kick-ass design ideas - I'm just hoping they translate well on cardboard.



ETA - after weighing myself this morning, I've lost nearly eighteen (18!!!) pounds. Woo! That's pretty exciting, considering all the birthday cake I've eaten recently.

Comments

[mei-x.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the 18 lbs!

Heh. No tips on the cardboard sword here.

[disbelief11.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the 18 lbs!

Thank you!

As for the sword, I put one together. Though it may not be the best, I love it because it's mine.

[spasticat.livejournal.com]

Whee, congrats on the weight loss! ::throws sugar-free confetti::

For the sword...do ye olde kid's method and wrap that puppy in tin foil!

[disbelief11.livejournal.com]

Whee! Confetti!

Heh, was going to make some sort of joke about wrapping my puppy in tin foil but am feeling too tired to be clever. But I did get the sword made. Tomorrow - cookies!

[wubba.livejournal.com]

Dis, you rule.

You have inspired me to get back on the WW track. Way to go Sweetness! Although I love you anyway you are - and I mean it.

[disbelief11.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Sweets. Have I told you lately how much I love you?

[stopawhile.livejournal.com]

Yay for weightloss! :)

I'm still trying to figure out what I'm going to wear for Halloween. *whimper* I'd better make up my mind soon or it's seriously going to be a shitty costume. Heh.

My only suggestion regarding the sword. We use to make quite a few for props back when I was in school (my principal was obsessed with productions) and we always found that they always end up bent (it could be that the boys couldn't resist having mock fights). If you can, it's better to make it from wood. You can actually find pretty light wood just by looking around the home improvement stores. And if you flirt with the staff, they might even just give you some spare bits that they have for free. ;)

[disbelief11.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the suggestion about the sword, Phil. Since I was lazy, I decided to stick with cardboard (which is in abundant supply at my house). But I did reinforce the "blade" by wrapping it with packing tape before I covered it in foil. It'll be bent by the end of the night, but not as quickly as unprotected cardboard.

Yarr!

[bunglegirl.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the weight! That's a big number you know, with all the cake and all. *g*

[disbelief11.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And let's not forget the ice cream! Heh.

[sparkymonster.livejournal.com]

mmm....cake. Congrats on the weight loss.

Also, cardboard swordness. Make sure your cardboard is fairly rigid (heh). If it's kind of floppy, glue 2 pieces of cardboard together. Spasticat's comment about tinfoil is very wise. It makes is verrah shiny.

[disbelief11.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, cake, pie, ice cream, meatloaf, mashed potatoes....oh, I'm sorry, what was I saying?

Thank you for the advice on the sword. I had thought about cutting out two of them to glue together, but lazy-assed out and only cut out one sword. I did cut out two extra handles and taped them all together to get a bit more raised surface on the pommel (or whatever it's called). Plus I reinforced the "blade" with packing tape before I put on the foil covering.

It's fun to swish around in a manly fashion (would that be "swash"?) and brandish one's sword; I can see why Lex does that a lot on SV.