The journey over the last few days to get something looking at least similar to the longsword. Started with a coomodel palm empire sword
View attachment 714471tried getting it looking like this
View attachment 714472first thing I did was removed the handle and made one from wood and drilled a hole into the hilt, through the handle and through the pommel
View attachment 714473after a buttload of dremmeling I got it close enough shape wise as I could
View attachment 714474then used a few different grits and sanded by hand to clean off the bit cuts left by the dremmel and smooth it all out, I left a few little chips and cuts here and there then I finished up the handle painted it and did some black staining on the metal to make it look weathered and I left the pommel removable sort of like how figma does their swords so I can put it in hands easily (forgot to say the pommel had 2 different sized metal studs glued into the holes, first one curves out then I drilled through that one and glued a smaller stud into the holes backwards so it curved inwards)
View attachment 714485View attachment 714486started the border on the shield too
are people okay with me posting my tarnished progress in here ?
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