Comments for A Quiet Path

Comment on Siegfried (SC4) by Tiffany

Tiffany — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:08:39 +0000

I totally agree with Leslie. You need to finish this. If you have, please put pics of the completed costume

Comment on Happy New Year! by Makoto

Makoto — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:14:52 +0000

Haven’t had a whole lot of time to work on them, but hopefully I’ll post some pics of the final versions later this month.

Comment on Happy New Year! by Batmanisaninja

Batmanisaninja — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:24:06 +0000

Any updates for the thundercat swords? They look great so far.

Comment on Resin Sword Prop by Makoto

Makoto — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:51:29 +0000

Ah, sure – I used a combination of low temp hot glue and packing tape to combine the balsa and plastic. Too much hot glue, or a high temp hot glue, and the plastic will warp, so be careful.

Comment on Resin Sword Prop by December

December — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:37:49 +0000

Thank you for this tutorial! May I ask what type of glue you used to glue together the plastic and the balsa wood?

Comment on Happy New Year! by Makoto

Makoto — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:01:54 +0000

Yep! Well, technically I won’t have it until March or so, but it’s on order. I may have to reprogram it, depending on what it supports when I get it…

Comment on Happy New Year! by Grrr

Grrr — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:51:35 +0000

Happy new year!
I didn’t realize you’d picked up a 3D printer. That’s cool…

Comment on Electroluminescent Wire by Makoto

Makoto — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:48:54 +0000

Glad I could help! Tried sending you an email response, but it bounced, apparently someone is using the same email server I am for spamming.

Post pictures when you get it working!

Comment on Electroluminescent Wire by Evan Chow

Evan Chow — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:25:28 +0000

thanks so much this actually was so helpful cause i wasnt sure if it would work but it reassuring to kno some has done it

Comment on Electroluminescent Wire by Makoto

Makoto — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:47:41 +0000

I’ve done that before, and it works well. Here’s the approach I took:

I picked up a clear acrylic rod, about 1/8″ thick, cut to the length of my blade, and hot glued multiple passes of the EL wire lengthwise along the rod. White rod would likely also work, depending on your needs.
Next, I set up my sword blade mold, which you’ve got plenty of options for, depending on the shape you need. I set it up so I could pour the resin into the base of the blade, where it would connect to the hilt of the sword.
I lightly tinted the resin with a tiny bit of resin tint, so it would hold some color even when the EL wire was turned off. While the resin was sill liquid in the mold, I inserted the EL wire rod into it, supporting the end out of the liquid so I could later form the hilt of the sword (with battery and inverter) around it.

If you want to have a removable blade, you can send power to the EL wire through a stereo jack, which you can embed into the blade and hilt separately, but this will weaken it a bit.