Starvinartist80
Well-Known Member
Okay,
So a friend of mine has asked me to attempt a new weapon prop for his Assassin's Creed Costume. He wants a dual action hidden blade prop. So I figure why not share the work?
This has proven to be a bigger challenge than I expected and it is by no means done or perfect. But considering it is my first scratch built weapon prop I'm pretty excited at where it is now.
Here are images of the current progress state:
These are all the pieces disassembled and then pieced together in order:
And then this is the release and retract mechanism working. (excuse the lousy video) Click the video thumbnail to view:
The release mechanism is based on an Out the Front auto-blade: otherwise known as an OTF Switchblade. The mechanism itself wasn't difficult to figure out. However, the pulley system that will be used to operate it is proving to be a big challenge. The problem I'm having at the moment is that the amount of tension on the spring needed to eject both sections of the blade is so tight that the pulley is binding up and not rotating completely. If I get a chance I'll post a drawing or two of the pulley system to better explain. But until then, if anyone is familiar with what I'm doing I'd be interested in any suggestions you might have.
Until next time... Build on people!
So a friend of mine has asked me to attempt a new weapon prop for his Assassin's Creed Costume. He wants a dual action hidden blade prop. So I figure why not share the work?
This has proven to be a bigger challenge than I expected and it is by no means done or perfect. But considering it is my first scratch built weapon prop I'm pretty excited at where it is now.
Here are images of the current progress state:
These are all the pieces disassembled and then pieced together in order:
And then this is the release and retract mechanism working. (excuse the lousy video) Click the video thumbnail to view:
The release mechanism is based on an Out the Front auto-blade: otherwise known as an OTF Switchblade. The mechanism itself wasn't difficult to figure out. However, the pulley system that will be used to operate it is proving to be a big challenge. The problem I'm having at the moment is that the amount of tension on the spring needed to eject both sections of the blade is so tight that the pulley is binding up and not rotating completely. If I get a chance I'll post a drawing or two of the pulley system to better explain. But until then, if anyone is familiar with what I'm doing I'd be interested in any suggestions you might have.
Until next time... Build on people!
