[COSPLAY] First Blade (Supernatural)
1. Pattern making First of all, I searched for a lot of reference pictures to get the size of the blade. I found a replica where the messurements were noted, so I used them. In the end it turned out slightly bigger, I think, but well. So I took a picture of the blade copied it in Microsoft Word, because I have no skill with graphic programmes, messured and printed it. 2. Transfering This time I didnt't use foam because the blade is much thicker. Furthermore styrofoam is easier to sand if you have such a unique shape, as this one. 3. Sanding So after transfering and cutting it out, comes the fun part...not. Sanding and a lot of more sanding until the shape maches the original blade. I used a Dremel if I needed to get rid of a lot of material, but most of the time I used sanding-paper. This works slower, but styrofoam is also a little fragile and you can go more into detail with the paper. This took quite a long time and I paused between, because th...