The Destroyer Atlantian

by Smithnic000 in Craft > Costumes & Cosplay

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The Destroyer Atlantian

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Wooden Sword. Named after the sword from Conan the Barbarian.

Forging the Blade

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I wasn't originally going to make this an instructable so the beginning is lacking in pictures. Anyways, the blade is made from a scrap 2x4 ripped at roughly a 30° angle. It took many tries to make it look right. Once I had the blade right I hand planned the tip and handle. I carved the guard out of a scrap piece of 4x4. And spray pained the silver and gold separately.

Priming the Antlers

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I primed the antlers for painting with 4 coats of primer, the antlers really sucked in the primer.

Red Paint

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Once the primer was dry I painted the antlers red.

Black Paint

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Added in some black paint.

Gold Paint

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Finished the antlers off with some gold paint. I was going for a medieval mystical creature look. I think I pulled it off.

Mount

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Picked this up at a store and painted it to match the project.

Finished

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I didn't take any pictures of when I wrapped the handle up, it's a soft piece of leather with leather cording and brass tacks. Once all the parts were finished I screwed them all together and gave the sword one last paint job to tie the whole project together.