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Post by brotherbanzai on Jan 14, 2011 23:11:12 GMT
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Post by ghost on Jan 14, 2011 23:19:18 GMT
I thought it was of modest size in the first few photos.....then BAM!
looks very beautiful bb.
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Post by chopper on Jan 14, 2011 23:26:09 GMT
LOL ! Same thing here. I had not idea it was that big until the last pic.
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Post by LittleJP on Jan 14, 2011 23:31:27 GMT
Make a working version, then you're just about set for any zombie invasion, weaponry wise.
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Post by Greg on Jan 14, 2011 23:32:30 GMT
HAHAHAHAHA
Jeff, that is a Beautiful piece of art good sir! When you mentioned aluminum, I thought "huh... why in the world didn't he just use carbon steel?" Then I saw the "to scale" picture and all my questions were answered.
A karma for you good sir! But one final question:
Where is the barrel?
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Post by Aaron on Jan 14, 2011 23:43:07 GMT
Ho-lee crap! The pictures don't do the size of that thing justice until the last one. Never really got into the FF games, but that would be a pretty neat conversation piece. Nice work, Jeffrey.
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Post by Vincent Dolan on Jan 14, 2011 23:43:13 GMT
My sentiments exactly. By the way, for anyone curious, this is Lionheart from Final Fantasy VIII and the scale is, scarily enough, a little downsized:  |
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Post by brotherbanzai on Jan 15, 2011 0:07:43 GMT
Thanks ghost  Yep chopper, it's a big'un :lol: Couldn't figure out how to make the lion shoot plasma (or whatever) LittleJP, so hopefully the zombies will hold off until I can get that sorted out  Thanks Greg  The lion's mouth is supposed to be the barrel. At least that's how it was described to me by the customer. Thank you Aaron I've never played any version of the particular game this is from either. This was made for a U.S. soldier to commemorate his tour of duty. He was planning on making a big display case for it to hang on the wall. Hey Vincent, We originaly discussed making it "full" sized and even went over the possibility of making from high carbon steel and hardening and tempering it. It is very slightly scaled down and I'm glad we decided on aluminum, the thing weighed a ton as it was :lol: |
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Post by Deepbluedave on Jan 16, 2011 9:36:34 GMT
looks good in the first few pics, then bam.
It must take a fair amount of work to get that right.
On a different note BB can you put that blue on to a carbon blade? say a 2 hander would have to still be able to cut if the need arose.
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Post by chuckinohio on Jan 16, 2011 10:22:53 GMT
You would likely wind up with a hard edge where the powder coat ends, and your edge bevels began. Powder does not feather out well at all in my small experience with it.
The hard edge where the powder coat ends may lead to chipping or fracturing of the coating due to the dege being a few thousandths thicker than the surface of the steel.
On light targets, it may not be a concern, but getting into more substantial targets may lead to damaging the surface treatment. I would think that Bamboo would bugger it up right quick.
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Post by nihontoman on Jan 16, 2011 10:23:54 GMT
Holy Sh*t, that thing is crazy awesome!!!
as for the working version, maybe titanium version would weigh less? I don't really know if titanium is denser or not than the aluminium, but it should be stronger and even usable as a cutting tool, right?
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Post by brotherbanzai on Jan 16, 2011 17:28:57 GMT
Hey Deepbluedave, As chickinohio suggests, powdercoating a cutter could be problematic. First potential problem is the edge. If you want to maintain a sharp edge, you'd end up sanding off the coating along the edge. That wouldn't necessarily be bad if the coating was feathered back from the edge it would still look alright but I don't know how prone it would be to chipping from the flex of the blade. Also, it does show scratches despite being "scratch resistant", so if you cut with it, it will show. You can also heat blue a blade to a similar light blue color but it is also hard to control the exact color along a long blade. Thanks nihontoman Titanium isn't so much a good blade material, steel is really the best choice. |
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Post by Lunaman on Jan 16, 2011 21:40:06 GMT
Well, I hate it. But I absolutely ADORE the craftsmanship! I'm always amazed by your skills BrotherB. The attention to detail, the crispness of execution--spellbinding. Really incredible work. As always. But egads, I hate things like that. It kind of gives me a stomachache. :lol: So long as the customer is happy, I suppose, and I'm sure he'll love it. 'Twas certainly done for a very good cause. |
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Post by Anders on Jan 16, 2011 23:40:42 GMT
Man, I never thought I'd see an accurate high-end Lionheart replica. You did a great job with this one. Ah, this is making me somewhat nostalgic.  |
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Post by mikejapan on Jan 18, 2011 0:01:48 GMT
That would be Squall's Gunblade from Final Fantasy 8. Very popular!
Great job
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Post by Sean (Shadowhowler) on Jan 18, 2011 0:12:38 GMT
Lunaman pretty well covered my thoughts on this... not a fan of that style of huge silly anime weapon at all... so when I look at the piece my gut does get a little tippsy. That aside... the craftsmenship that went into making it blows my mind... and you replicated the item amazingly well. Kuddos!
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Post by mikejapan on Jan 18, 2011 7:38:31 GMT
Also, how much did it cost to forge?
Mikejapan
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Post by Deepbluedave on Jan 18, 2011 10:53:44 GMT
Doh, did'nt read the writing just skimmed it, thought it was blued. It is a spectacular colour though and could serve me as a namesake hmm then I might have to change my login to lightbluedave
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Post by Alexander on Jan 18, 2011 10:55:07 GMT
Absolute killer, what amazing work.
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Post by Anders on Jan 19, 2011 14:04:02 GMT
If you'll excuse a bit of a pet peeve here: You mean huge silly video game* weapons. "Anime" specifically refers to Japanese animated movies and serials. Likewise, "manga" referers to the comic equivalents. I'm pretty sure there isn't even a real term for the art style in general.
It's a bit presumptious to assume that all huge, crazy-looking fantasy swords come from anime, is what I'm saying.
*And, besides, Japan hardly has the monopoly on video games featuring absurdly designed swords.
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