Sommerswerd
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 2:15 pm
Just found this creation from my childhood - it's the sword of Lone Wolf, the main character of a gamebook series : )
Cardboard Sommerswerd
It's made fom six layers of carboard, made to only two drawings - one of the main weapon beind held, and one of the front decorations on the guard..
Layer 1: The central core of the blade goes most of the length. At the bottom there is the pommel piece which was seperate, with a little cardboard tab.
Layer 2/3: There are then two secondary blade pieces either side to create the 3-d illusion of the edges...it kiiiiinda works. At the bottom are two hilt pieces to hold the base of layer 1 and the pommenl
Layer 4/5: Two guard pieces to hold it all together. I had planned to bulk up the delicate end parts, but in the end they never needed them, and they curled together so you couldn't see the centre anyway.
Layer 6: Some decorative raised sections to mimic the front of the guard as illustrated in the gamebooks.
The back design was my creation, just weird patterns and supposed to be unreadable writing on a round section at the centre.
There is alot of cellotape, not because that's what held it together (originally it was glue, tiny celotape used over the years to put it back together) but because I then taped a ruler at one point to it so i could play with it : )
I dunno, i was really proud of it as a kid, funny to find it again! I used to imagine re-creating it but using layers of plywood (no skill in carving or puttign together larger wood) but never got aroudn to it.
Anyway, just wanted to share : )
Cardboard Sommerswerd
It's made fom six layers of carboard, made to only two drawings - one of the main weapon beind held, and one of the front decorations on the guard..
Layer 1: The central core of the blade goes most of the length. At the bottom there is the pommel piece which was seperate, with a little cardboard tab.
Layer 2/3: There are then two secondary blade pieces either side to create the 3-d illusion of the edges...it kiiiiinda works. At the bottom are two hilt pieces to hold the base of layer 1 and the pommenl
Layer 4/5: Two guard pieces to hold it all together. I had planned to bulk up the delicate end parts, but in the end they never needed them, and they curled together so you couldn't see the centre anyway.
Layer 6: Some decorative raised sections to mimic the front of the guard as illustrated in the gamebooks.
The back design was my creation, just weird patterns and supposed to be unreadable writing on a round section at the centre.
There is alot of cellotape, not because that's what held it together (originally it was glue, tiny celotape used over the years to put it back together) but because I then taped a ruler at one point to it so i could play with it : )
I dunno, i was really proud of it as a kid, funny to find it again! I used to imagine re-creating it but using layers of plywood (no skill in carving or puttign together larger wood) but never got aroudn to it.
Anyway, just wanted to share : )
