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Brightcrest keyblade Tutorial
By Fairie-Tails
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I'm glad I took so many progress photos now so I could put this together. I love my keyblade so much! Might make another one, if I can be bothered haha. It takes a loooong time to finish, but I love the result. I made this in a week, and by that I mean a week without sleep.
Give yourself 2-3 weeks 
My keyblade is super duper light, I even had people coming up to me at the con because they'd heard how light it was. Which is good for me, I wouldn't be comfortablelugging carrying a heavy prop around.
Most importantly, be careful! If you're new to super glue, craft knives, drills and what have you then get someone to help and take your time. We don't want any cut fingers or fingers glued together!
Feel free to ask any questions, I kept the tutorial quite basic so it wouldn't be a total bore to read. And show me what you've made if you use this, I'd love to see it!
for more photos, WIP and updates you can check out my facebook page
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My keyblade is super duper light, I even had people coming up to me at the con because they'd heard how light it was. Which is good for me, I wouldn't be comfortable
Most importantly, be careful! If you're new to super glue, craft knives, drills and what have you then get someone to help and take your time. We don't want any cut fingers or fingers glued together!

Feel free to ask any questions, I kept the tutorial quite basic so it wouldn't be a total bore to read. And show me what you've made if you use this, I'd love to see it!

for more photos, WIP and updates you can check out my facebook page

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Hmm I don't know if you can get expanding foam cheap...at least not that I could find. Have a look around your local hardware stores? I'm pretty sure expanding foam is all the same
Stick to the same brand just in case. Oh and I covered it all in strips of masking tape, just another layer to make it more sturdy
Hope it helps!



/Revives picture? 8D?
I'd been thinking about making a keyblade out of expanding foam myself, but I had nooooo idea where to even BEGIN. And then I saw this tutorial on CNZ and though 'omgz my dreams have come true'.
I'll be using your tutorial for sure, but with maybe a few changes depending if they work or not. Such as builders fill to be slathered all over the outside of the keyblade instead of tape and paper mache. But I'll see how it goes. /Terrible procrastinator.
I'm making Oblivion and Oathkeeper for a competition cosplay(Final Form) so it deffo needs to be light weight. I'm so glad that you made this tutorial. xDD And I'll for sure show you a piccu if you want.
D
I'd been thinking about making a keyblade out of expanding foam myself, but I had nooooo idea where to even BEGIN. And then I saw this tutorial on CNZ and though 'omgz my dreams have come true'.
I'll be using your tutorial for sure, but with maybe a few changes depending if they work or not. Such as builders fill to be slathered all over the outside of the keyblade instead of tape and paper mache. But I'll see how it goes. /Terrible procrastinator.
I'm making Oblivion and Oathkeeper for a competition cosplay(Final Form) so it deffo needs to be light weight. I'm so glad that you made this tutorial. xDD And I'll for sure show you a piccu if you want.


I am so happy to come across your tutorial! it's pretty much exactly what I was looking for. (I knew fandom wouldn't let me down)
You see, after making my Kairi Keyblade I was dying to try another one (probably just the basic kingdom keyblade so I can rope a friend into cosplay) ... at the same time, my dad has been trying to make a mock up of a golf club idea he has (silly and seemingly unrelated I know) ... his idea came to using the foam that you have here, but neither of us could think of the best way to make the surface smooth and paintable. Gesso sounded like a good idea, but foam soaks things like that up >.< It's awesome to hear that even with all your layering that thick keyblade was still light though! This means we can use this process for BOTH of our projects. (and since it doesn't use "craft store" things I can even make one while back at college... where we have no craft stores nearby
)
So, TL;DR ... thank you! this is perfect for several projects and it's fantastic to know that putting so many layers on doesn't hinder you with weight.
You see, after making my Kairi Keyblade I was dying to try another one (probably just the basic kingdom keyblade so I can rope a friend into cosplay) ... at the same time, my dad has been trying to make a mock up of a golf club idea he has (silly and seemingly unrelated I know) ... his idea came to using the foam that you have here, but neither of us could think of the best way to make the surface smooth and paintable. Gesso sounded like a good idea, but foam soaks things like that up >.< It's awesome to hear that even with all your layering that thick keyblade was still light though! This means we can use this process for BOTH of our projects. (and since it doesn't use "craft store" things I can even make one while back at college... where we have no craft stores nearby

So, TL;DR ... thank you! this is perfect for several projects and it's fantastic to know that putting so many layers on doesn't hinder you with weight.

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