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 There are no set in stone rules as to what you can use to create a sword or weapon . I've used pins , needles , paper clips , brass tubes ; really anything that may have been lying around when I needed to make something . With that in mind , here is a method using an aluminum rod , that can work as well with a paper clip . The key point to keep in mind : Is this the proper scale to pull off what I want to accomplish? Needle nose pliers are used to flatten the end of the aluminum rod . You don't try to crunch it flat in one pass , but crunch it out in several . By doing it in several passes you can more easily control the shape ( crunching tends to cause the metal to curl ) and keep the stress level on the metal low enough that fatigue doesn't cause it to split or break . You can then file and dremel in exactly the same fashion as in the previous example using brass .   Because aluminum is softer than brass , it tends to nick and burr far more easily than brass . The good part though is it takes smoothing with abrasive sheets and the X-Acto knife beautifully , and you can get very nice crisp edges with aluminum .  The final smoothing and shaping is done with abrasive sheets on a wood block . Using a drawing motion, away from the point and towards yourself . you smooth along the angle of the cutting edge . In a manner of speaking it is much like drawing curved lines on the abrasive sheet with your weapon's blade . 
This technique is particularly useful for spears , and specifically for Japanese Yari . It is also a great way to make knives and other smaller full tang edged weapons .  That is pretty much everything you need to know to begin making your owm scale weaponry . These techniques will allow you to create swords, knives, spears , bows , firearms . . . basically any weapon your Shockini might need to defend him or herself from the bad guys . Have fun ! | Let's Paint ! | PaintinKini2 | Steve Zodiac Shockini Custom | Sword Making | Swordmaking1 | Swordmaking2 | WarhorsePreview | Simple Masks | EasyVelcro_fro | Cool Girl Wrist Conversion | samurai_saddle | DX Disaster | Fix It! Loose Ankles | Fun With Texture | Body Armor | OneSixthBlades | Body Armor2 | One Sixth Blades PT II | Otaku Repair 101 | | Mail-O-Rama | Geeb's How To | Head Sculpts Using Polymer Clay | Customizing The Batcycle | 1/6 scale diorama | terrain diorama | 1/6 Scale Boots | Re-Rooting Hair | BimBott | Read_A_Book | WorksInProgress | Aki Ross Repaint | Gun-Bashing | painting heads | | Return Home | Updates | The Archive | Gorby Site Map | Geeb-O-Rama's Model Workshop | Geeb's Toy Box | Geeb-O-Rama Goodies | Movie Madness | World Of The Bizarre | Cool Beans | |
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