mine and alex sword finished

Lo all. sorry been very busy and have slacked a bit. So update time.

So the two swords completed.

Almost finished swords

The two swords I am working on. They will be finished in the next couple of days after the black base it completely dry.

Dragon sword is almost done

The dragon sword got its handle and pommel today. Almost finished now. Just the polyurathane laquer and paint to do.

Knights dragon sword first cast

Ok this is the first cast of the blade out of the new mould. I added the cross guard so you can see the overall look. It is almost there but the foam is a little heavy at the second. I think it is the age of the foam as it has a 6 month shelf life and I have had this kit for 6 years. I am building a heat box to warm up the moulds and the foam. I hope that will help. The blade is 400 grams and I want to get it down to 300. To be fair I am most likely being overly worried, but I dont want anyone getting knocked out by a weapon that is to heavy.

Knights Dragon sword

I have also got to get 3 longswords done in the next couple of weeks, before the next Fools and Heroes. So I have dug this mould out. It was from the last sword I made 6 or so years ago. I never used it after that. I am revamping it with a beautiful new blade which I will post as soon as the mould is done. These are cast in a low density flexible poly-urathane that is now used in the film industry instead of foam latex. It has slightly less density than plastizote ( what most larp weapons are made from ) but higher elastisaty, so it is less likely to rip.