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Topic Started: Mar 15 2009, 05:00 PM (1,098 Views)
Flynn
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Well since my friend and I are going to get supplies and build this thursday, I wanted to know what the best, but not too expensive, mats. to buy and websites to make them. We were thinking about making a basic sword and shield for both of us.


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Nikodem
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Been looking around myself and found a few things to look at...
http://geddon.org/index.php/Category:How_to_build
http://www.dagorhir.com/HowTo/howto.htm
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Sir James of Wakefield
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The best place (and posibly cheepest) to get foam is tempe sales. Ask for closed cell foam and they will show you where it is. Will want the black kind. either one is good.

Tempe Sales
412 W Broadway Rd
Tempe, AZ 85282

If you don't want to go that far you can also get the blue camp pad from Big 5 or walmart.

This is a very good tutorial page: http://eryndor.com/gear.php

What kind of shields are you planning on building?
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Sir James of Wakefield
Mar 15 2009, 06:45 PM
The best place (and posibly cheepest) to get foam is tempe sales. Ask for closed cell foam and they will show you where it is. Will want the black kind.

I went there after practice yesterday and bought a yard of it for $8. I guesstimate it's about 4ft wide, so 8 bucks for 12 sq ft of foam isn't too bad.

Now I just need cloth and cloth tape. My local WalMart ditched their fabric section and also don't carry cloth tape anymore. It sucks because if it's not at WM then it's a 30 minute drive to get it anywhere else.
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Flynn
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Well i kinda live 30 mi N of the Kiwaniis park so the Tempe sales wont work for me very well and Idk what kind of shield yet, probaly just like a 2 1/2 foot round shield. Thx for the website ill check em out. Is the pvc pipe any better than the fiberglass is?
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Sir James of Wakefield
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pvc is probably easyer to work with for a beginner, but a fiberglass core makes a better sword.
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Flynn
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ill go with fiberglass if i can then but wich one is cheeper and can i get them at Home Depot
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Grukar
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The best, locally available fiberglass cores are the driveway markers from home depot, you can find them by the mail boxes and stuff, make sure you get the thicker kind, or use two of the thinner.
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Flynn
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ok thx for the help. My bro did something to the keyboard "space" key so its all like stuck n' stuff. I think he used it as a tissue cuz i c snot looking stuff around it :/
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sintraca
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that just does not sound right
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