The
giant frigging’ scythe of Maka and how to assemble it. Within the
world of Soul Eater, some persons can transform into a weapon. Which
is exactly what Soul is, a giant farm tool, meant to harvest the
souls of the dead, various monsters and evil witches. It’s a
brutal and very inefficient weapon design-vise and way to big to get
into most convention halls. Not to mention air travel. But that is a
small price to pay for an awesome photo-shoot. My part in this
project is mainly to give advice and to cut out the scythe itself. I
walked by the theater, they had a container there. A giant metal box
of loot and plywood plates. So I just had to lug a couple with me, a
couple of Mondays later, she came and asked about a tall weapon. Talk
about timing. The wooden pole just comes from a hardware store.
Now the
tricky part is to actually cut a hole in the pole, with a wood drill
and a jigsaw. It’s noisy, cumbersome, but very efficient.
Afterward, it was just a case of sliding the blade into the slot and
add some screws to keep it in place. In order to hide the wood
texture, several layers of woodglue was used to smooth out the
surface. This process can be sped up with a heatgun. However keep it
in place for too long and it will boil and blister instead. That
being said, we’ve yet to figure out how to make the thing cylinder
on top and the screw just yet. Not to mention the eye.
#maka #souleater #black #scythe #cosplay
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