How to make YAMATONOKAMI YASUSADA sword : Actual Size

Hello ! How is everybody ?  It's been a while here..lol . And this is the 1st post for 2017 .  gomen there's a lot of things to do in my daily life so I forgot about updating my blog here .

Firstly,the reason why I'm starting to do my own props is, it's fun and feel appreciated if someone gonna say you've done a great job on working for your own props. Also it's saving a lot of money rather than buying props online,and sometimes the details also not very promising as shown in the pics.Sometimes,when you buy something online, your stuff didn't even arrived . *yeah kena tipu &etc*  . Since I've encounter the incident back in the 2016 ,I'm not going to buy anything from FB PAGE seller/friend directly .*at least for the props* I have trust issues for now. I'm mentally breakdown from that!!! so sick of it.

Back to the topic,
So I ordered eva foam from fb friend,and kirim from friend who went to cf16 last year. I decided that I will do my own props starting this year 2017 and will learn about props making with lots of senpai in fb. I started looking for materials & learn props making from youtube too . I spent a lot of time to research about how to make a katana .

Well,ya know,I'm a bit scared at 1st ,just for handle a knife /cutter maybe phobia from kindergarten age, *play with knife/steel type of ruler&hurt myself from playing it,man ..really hurt I tot I'm gonna die that time* haha. But still,I challenged myself to not scared with it. lol

Yet,men are willing to helped me for cutting the sword shape out from a plywood . And they teach me how to handle the cutter.
But of course,all of it was done by me,and without their help,I won't be able to make my katana too. thank you.
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How I made my own katana SWORD? 
Pls expect that my 1st made props wasn't as good as veteran coser/props maker . I need to improve/find the right material like suitable quick glue . *Or my skills is being impatient for applying glue on eva foam*

UPDATED ! YAMATONOKAMI YASUSADA IS UCHIGATANA , before drawing the sword's size &shape pls refers how UCHIGATANA looks like. *I made a mistake for the blade shape part !!! cries *

For the blade part, you may use anything you can find , abandoned plywood *where you can get it for free* ,or Balsa Wood which are common for making swords.

I use abandoned REUSE-ABLE plywood that was left around the bushes? you already save your money on buying some balsa wood . If you didn't find anything that's potential for being a material for making the blade part,just go buy Balsa Wood at your nearest stationery / art store.

Plywood (REUSE-ABLE)                             Balsa Wood 
 pros-If find one and use-able ,then it's FREE.        pros-pretty beige wood / colour                   
         -cost you 0.00$                                               -easy to cut,shape,&spray colour
 cons-might be dull coloured                                cons-cost you around RM20 per one.
        -fragile since it's old                                           -careful for not to break it (swords fight)                                                                                                                                                               

Prepare some materials 

1.Plywood or Balsa Wood

2.Cutter

3.pencil (to draw)

4.multipurpose glue &glue gun

5.sand paper

6.putty filler (in case you break some part)

7.spray paints (silver , black , clear)

8.eva foam (for handle part)

9.adhesive tape

10.long shoelace (black)

11.brush

12.acrylic paint (white)

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Decide how long your SWORD will be including the part for your handler .Width is around 2.5cm but you may draw the lines about 2.8cm considering you might want to smooth the blade surface/edges later with sand paper. cut the wood into 2 pieces,so later you have to glue it make it a bit thick (like real sword). draw some shape on the SWORD blade . After that,use sand paper to smoothen the blade .
SPRAY THE BLADE part USING SILVER spray paint. and finish it with clear spray paint.











I followed this video ,but not everything I follow.

and some reference are from the google.

TSUBA PART 

This part I completely design it myself using microsoft words *lol* Took time to figure out the flower design for yamatonokami 's katana . And I successfully doing it with the right size (actual size) ,well actually before I made the blade part,I carefully design the Tsuba part to fit the size with the blade (blade is 2.5cm) and the thickness (0.6cm).Well,you are free to use this doc for making the tsuba part .
Here is the link for you to download.
Click here --> YAMATONOKAMI YASUSADA TSUBA PART DESIGN BY MIISA MHC <--Click here
You can just cut it and follow the drawing ,just be careful for not to ruin the details part,since its thin. You can either using wood or eva foam for tsuba part,but I'm using plywood. after cutting the shape , smooth the surface with sand paper. *In case there is unwanted hole around the surface ,use putty filler to fill it in.Color it with black color                                                                              spray paint,and dry it. Insert the tsuba in the sword,push it                                                                              up from the handle part and secured it with glue/                                                                                            adhesive tape.


TSUKA PART

Measure the handle part on eva foam,make it 2 ,and cut it. Then glue it to both part for the handle,both front and back . You can do the reference from the video below.

As for the string wrapping around the Tsuka ,you may need to learn it a bit from some video around youtube,and photos from google. It's a bit complicated , but once you do it right,the urge to finish it is so highhhh !!  haha. Secure the end with gluegun . Oh,use the black colored string.

YOUR string must be long,you might use
black shoelace and combine it using two
string ,sew it,and cut the plastic end (aglet)

MY KATANA YAMATONOKAMI YASUSADA SWORD 's PROGRESSION

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I hope this post will be useful for every Yamatonokami Yasusada Cosplayer (TouRan fans) who is planning to cos our cutie baby. Share the LOVE !!


p/s : I made this sword myself and will doing photoshoot with Kashuu coser around this FEB. yeyyy!! Finally ~~~