Guilty Gear Anchor Tutorial by AllFades

No problem! I hope it helps!

Oh wow! I'm so glad this has been helpful for you! Thanks so much for commenting and letting me know, it makes me happy to know it's helped someone!

Yea at this point I've found several better ways to do this, but this was how I did it in 2008 so I've learned a lot since then. Really though I don't think expanding foam would be any easier because of how messy it is and with the sheets you can get an even layer you can start from. If I were to do it again I'd just use a different type of sheet foam that they use for building houses it's a lot denser and cuts better. Have you had any experience with expanding foam? I haven't really had a reason to try and use it yet

Not a problem! Hahaha! Unfortunately I don't have a tutorial for Sol but I've used this method with four or five big props now so Sol's shouldn't be too hard to do with it Good luck! And let me know how it turns out if you remember

I'm pretty sure it was a 3/4 in dowel rod the height will depend on how tall you are! Good luck! I'd love to see pictures!

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You know that's a good question. It wasn't too heavy for me to carry around all day and hoist onto my shoulder but I go home next week I'll weigh it then and get back to you ok?

No problem! Let me know if you have any questions!

Ummmm~ Not a whole lot really. The styrofoam cost $10, the wood base cost about $5, the dowel cost about $5, then paper and glue and paint, maybe another $10-$15. You can go and scout out prices and supplies at Home Depot but I'd say $30-$40 dollars is insanely cheap for a decent prop of this size. I did have all the power tools on hand already though so if you don't have those it's going to cost a lot more. I hope that helped

Absolutely! That's what it's there for! I've used this method for three other weapons and I think it works really well and still be light and well within most con rules. Let me know if you have any troubles or questions and I can try to help.

Wow, thank you so much! And you're the other half of twinzik aren't you? Thanks for commenting it made my day I really look up to your cosplays!

I didn't have to pack the paper mache on it's only like two or three layers and it was a bit heavy but I was able to carte it around the convention on my shoulder all weekend without a problem. ^^ I honestly couldn't tell you how much it weighs since I never weighed it but it honestly wasn't that bad for a prop this big. The whole reason I made it like this was so I could carry it around.