RIP MAEN!
"Shame on you Andrew! Reviving a thread almost a year old--you should know better!"
I do ^vv^ HOWEVER! This post is to announce a REVIVAL!
For Anime Next '06, I was planning on doing the Mohawked Hero from Feel the Magic: XY/XX. That costume is, however, FAR from complex. So, instead of wearing a finished costume (sorry Kaze
) I figured I should fix up Tri-Edge to be all nice and spiffy.
So, now with [somewhat] ample time, I can finally make the Tri-Edge that I want to! Of course, I need help!
1)
Blades, or Data Drain?: Last year, I made the blades out of a lead pipe and metal. I didn't have time to "finish" them, so they were only a skeleton of what I wanted them to be. Regardless, I painted them, and brought them. 10 minutes after my arrival, they were confiscated. So, this year, I have two options:
a. Remake the weapons, with some sort of material that can't hold an edge, but is easy to work with.
b. Make the Data Drain. I'll have to scale it down of course, but I want to make a fully-expanded data drain. Like, right before it's "launched" at a target.
However, there are problems with each option...
Blades: I have plenty of experience with metal, but next to none with anything else, aside from wood. What can I use to sculpt the blades, that won't "hold an edge"?
Data Drain: I have yet to find a clear screen-cap of Tri-Edge's Data Drain (different from Kite and Shugo's). I'm not quite sure what to make it out of, although I was considering pieces of circuitry. Any ideas?
For now, I only ask for help on this. I want to go one step at a time, starting with accessories.
You're only young once, but you're NEVER too old to be immature.