How to Make a Master Sword
If you have been to a video-game convention, you know one of the quirks is people’s costume designs. One popular get-up is the costume of Link from the Legend of Zelda Series. The main signature of Link’s costume is the weapon he carries: the Master Sword. You won’t have to forge metal pieces together to make your own Master Sword. You will just need some foam and a dowel as materials to get started.
Things You’ll Need:
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Cut two pieces of the blade from your 1-inch-thick foam rubber. Each piece should be two inches wide and 18 inches long, and each will serve as one side of the blade. Cut the edges into 45-degree angles with either the box cutter or scissors to give the illusion of sharpened sides. Make sure that the blade will taper off at one end to make the point of the sword.
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With the box cutter, slice out from the 1-inch-thick foam the two half pieces of the sword’s wings. The wings should be no bigger than six inches wide and three inches long. Pin down the foam to keep it from sliding around, as this is the difficult and intricate section of the sword to cut out.
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Drill grooves, no more than quarter of an inch deep, on the backs of each piece with the Dremel. The backs will serve as the inside of the sword where you will eventually place the meter-long wooden dowel. The wooden piece should be no thicker than half an inch in diameter.
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Apply hot glue into the grooves of each piece of the blade and wings. Then place the dowel into the grooves and sandwich the pieces together, leaving no space between the blade and the wings. Leave two inches of space from the point of the blade. If you made a deep enough groove with the Dremel, you should not see any sign of the wooden dowel sticking up from the foam. Let the glue dry.
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Cut out five, 1-inch rectangular, sheets from the foam. Apply glue to the back of these pieces and wrap them around the hilt of the wooden dowel, spacing them apart by half an inch. This will serve as the handle for your Master Sword. If there is not enough grip, add more pieces.
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Apply one layer of white primer to the foam, and wait for it to dry. Then paint each piece with the appropriate colors — such as silver for the blade, blue and yellow for the wings and teal for the handle. Once the paint has dried, you have made your own Master Sword.
