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i need help

Post by Knives » Fri Jan 16, 2004 10:09 pm

i got the outfits but no swords :cry:
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Post by Hemuloki-sama » Fri Jan 16, 2004 10:31 pm

....Um....I really don't know where to start addressing this to as I have no idea which swords you're talking about. We obviously can't help you unless you tell us which swords you need or else we can just give you free lance tips that are actually splashed around the rest of the forum.

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Post by +Kohyoh+ » Sun Jan 18, 2004 1:42 pm

uh....
<---very dumbfounded---
swords for knives???
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Post by Hemuloki-sama » Sun Jan 18, 2004 5:46 pm

I know there are more characters named Knives other than the one from Trigun...but that's the only one that comes to mind.

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Post by +Kohyoh+ » Tue Jan 20, 2004 6:40 am

same here sama
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Post by Hemuloki-sama » Tue Jan 20, 2004 12:42 pm

You know, it's really strange that everyone here calls me "Sama" and not "Hemuloki" or "Hemu". I just have been noticing that a lot lately, all these "samas" and I was like "Ohhh....I'm loved" :oops:

But yea, let's hope this guy replies back with a response so that we can figure out just what he's talking about!

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Post by +Kohyoh+ » Tue Jan 20, 2004 6:17 pm

there is a pic in his sig... maybe that's knives?...T.T my color is messed up so all i see on his sig in a big black box
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Post by blue_eyed_fairy » Tue Jan 20, 2004 8:38 pm

i don't think it him. the guy in the pic has a big gun.
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Post by +Kohyoh+ » Wed Jan 21, 2004 4:42 am

T.T so much for that guess... hmm...
really the only guy i know named knives is the one from trigun...
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Post by Hemuloki-sama » Wed Jan 21, 2004 4:52 pm

Yea, Gippal from Final Fantasy X-2 really has a big cannon thingy...it's weird and big.

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Post by +Kohyoh+ » Wed Jan 21, 2004 5:01 pm

big cannon thingies are always big and wierd sama ^.^
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Post by Hemuloki-sama » Wed Jan 21, 2004 7:28 pm

Not necessarily, Seras' Halcannon from Hellsing wasn't very weird or funny looking. It was just a long cannon.

But Gippal's is funny! http://members.shaw.ca/dressphereart/othersart1.htm Check it out

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Post by +Kohyoh+ » Thu Jan 22, 2004 6:52 am

looks more like a tricycle then a gun thingie eh?
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Post by Hemuloki-sama » Thu Jan 22, 2004 12:34 pm

*nods*

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Post by +Kohyoh+ » Thu Jan 22, 2004 5:00 pm

they really need to made a social tpoic here... eh?...
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ello knives! ^.^ ya there yet?
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Post by Knives » Mon Feb 09, 2004 7:19 pm

sry 4 the delay in reply i was out of town. wut im lookin 4 is something like Squall's Gun Blade.
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Post by +Kohyoh+ » Tue Feb 10, 2004 6:48 am

::points to sama::
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Post by Knives » Fri Feb 13, 2004 7:51 pm

*looks around for answers*
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Post by Hemuloki-sama » Sat Feb 14, 2004 10:26 am

Hm? What's the question?

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Post by +Kohyoh+ » Mon Feb 16, 2004 7:24 am

he's looking for something like squall's gun blade
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gunblade ehh

Post by Dantetheblack » Mon Feb 16, 2004 1:09 pm

i would suggest buying a toy revolver at walmart large then cardboard or styrafoam (i cant spell today) the sword should be to your chest right under your breast level and dont forget the lion head at end of sword
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Post by Hemuloki-sama » Mon Feb 16, 2004 8:16 pm

I personally don't like using such flimsy things as tools since people usually pay me around $50 to make such props. My partner, Yotan, and I had a disagreement a while back when she wanted to make her Gilder gun from a fake one she bought at the dollar store but I thought it looked cheap (Yes, I'm a perfectionist). I wouldn't make anyone pay even $20 for cardboard and glue put together to look mildly pretty.

Getting a little toy gun and cardboard too will only go so far. First of all, even put together, the thing will only look good as a 1-2 footer. The thing won't be anywhere near the size of Squall's and continue to look good.

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true

Post by Dantetheblack » Tue Feb 17, 2004 6:26 am

that is true but it would work. for bigger events yes i would go for something a little better looking ,personly i sold one for 75 dollers out of a 10 broken revolver, small rifle back(the wooden part that softens blow ti body, three steel rods (stong ones and some tin ,and some metalworking skils. it was freaking amazing i wish i had pictures of it . and held up pretty well. and i was talking about a toy gun roughly a foot long and 8 inches from top to bottom.

btw sama can you give me preportions on the wepon ive seen some pics where (sword on ground)goes to about his stomach and some to waist or lower also anywhere i can get the lion head ive had to make them up to now and there a bitch to make
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Post by Hemuloki-sama » Tue Feb 17, 2004 2:25 pm

http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php ... 27&page=10

Here, this is my broken one at the tip used by my friend that came along with us to our recent con. Mine is to my chest, which isn't saying much since I'm short but that's about it. As for the lion head, since I'm not really sure what you mean by the head, I'll take it as the one that hangs off the hilt. Well, I actually bought another Squall necklace, took the original chain off and connected a seperate chain from the hilt to the lion head.

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Post by Knives » Fri Mar 05, 2004 12:15 pm

hey thanks 4 da help i bought 1 off ebay
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Post by +Kohyoh+ » Tue Mar 09, 2004 3:39 pm

... or you can take the easy way out and do that... good luck with the costume as a whole!
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Post by Hemuloki-sama » Fri Mar 12, 2004 10:05 am

I didn't reply to Knives after that even though Kohyoh said exactly what I thought the day I saw it. :)

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Post by +Kohyoh+ » Sat Mar 13, 2004 5:39 pm

eh? what's with the bah'n sama?... got a sheep stuck in your throat? ...
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Post by Hemuloki-sama » Mon Mar 15, 2004 6:50 pm

moose....

*has a moose stuck in her throat*
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