Emile's Kukri

[ARCsaber987]

UPDATE ON THE UPDATE: 2nd Version of the Blade (with much better handle) page 4!
UPDATE: Final Product on the bottom of the 4th page...​

Long time no see 405th, maybe that should be long time no post...

anyway I have found my self in some welcome free time and so I started a new project, Emiles Combat Knife as seen in Halo Reach. I'm using Juliet76's amazing blueprints, thank you so much!
So far I've put 5-6 hours into this and I hope to finish it within the next couple of weeks.

Note: These picture have been reduced to a really low quality for quick loading​

Progress so far:

Sanding the edges:

Starting the Sheath:

Some Early Detailing:

The 'Rear(?)' of the sheath:

Top of the rear (where the blade passes through):

Everything together so far:
The side cardboard is covered in a wood gap filler to add strength. The same stuff has bee added to some of the sides for sanding and shaping

The back of the sheath is so far a bit taller than it should be due to the thinkness of the wood, but I doubt anyone will really notice. The section where the blade slides through on the rear of the sheath it much more open then it whould be at the moment so I can make sure the blade will slide through. Functionality then appearence.

Thoughts and critcism welcome, that's why we're all here! Thanks for reading

 

[ARCsaber987]

Well, I meant to get a lot more done today but the days gone getting my internet back up (switching plan is fun...). I got some sanding done, shaping the sheath a little though

 

[Madsvg]

It's comming together really nice.
For the pieces that are a bit too hight you could "just" get a sander and sand it down, I know that if I've some part that I'm not 100% satisfied with I'm going to get annoyed about it all the time.

 

[ARCsaber987]

"For the pieces that are a bit too hight you could "just" get a sander and sand it down"

Good idea, I'll go and see if I can find the old electric (or failing that manual) plane and have a go. Sadly the wood I'm using is (the name escapes me) won't take kindly to heavy sanding.

 

[TheBradinator]

Lookin good! I should probably do somthin like that for my shoulder!

 

[ARCsaber987]

Progress Update

PICTURE DUMP!

I've now got the sheath to a point where the basic shape is complete, now I need to fill the gaps, sand here and there, add details etc.
Added some card inside the rear's 'opening' to create a larger area for the glue to attach the two halfs of the sheath and fill a small gap:

(Masking Tap to hold it together while the glue dries):

Bringing it together (I've sanded those white bits on the plate now so they create the desired gradient instead of just looking ugly):

I still need to do most of the blade, but so far everything is close enough to the dimensions to keep myself happy (turns out the rear base wasn't as tall as I thought and only needed a little sanding).

Thats my progress about 7-8 hours in.

Lookin good! I should probably do somthin like that for my shoulder!

You definately should, your foam armour looks amazing!

 

[ARCsaber987]

Quick Update (I havn't been working on this very diligently but it's coming along)

Sheath (basic shape and some detail done):

I'll smooth and fill the card gaps and add the screw hopefully today. Still missing the two side blocks and generally smoothing everything and making it look pretty....

Handle:

Quick question, as you can see the handle is just round wood cutouts joined by smaller cutouts to create the shape, however is the handle ment to be perfectly round or (and I'm assuming this is the case) should I be cutting it in half and placing a thin block of wood inbetween (creating a short oval shape)

I've also noticed everyones version of this (especially the sheath) is noticable differenet, I'm not sure who is the most game accurate (and I don't really care because they all look amazing regardless) but it is funny how people will all interprate the design differently.

Thanks for reading!

 

[ARCsaber987]

I've now finished cutting and gluing all the wood cutouts together minus the end one. I also need to cut the guard, both of these things I meant to do yesterday but when I wanted to it started rainning...

 

[CPO mendez]

 

[ARCsaber987]

Thanks man, that picture's hilarious

 

[firevoid]

your knife is looking really good dude. i'd check on thengamenfornyou to see if it's game accurate or not but my tv is on the fritz.

 

[ARCsaber987]

MORE Progress

I have finally put the handle together. All up it is around 20 pieces of wood cut out and glued together to create the shape. Even with a heap of glue it in't as strong as I'd like, but it will survive.
The handle is two pieces of 7mm thick wood connected, then a roughly 3.5mm piece (sanded down) which has also been sanded to reduce it's radius. The end is a slightly larger pair and a peice with angled edges (again sanding) to link it to the main handle. (There was was to much sanding!)

The (basic shape) finished on the blade:

The eccess glue has been removed by the way:

The handle is proped up at the back at the moment, which could explain if it looks a bit strange.

Thanks for everyones comments and support, now back to work

your knife is looking really good dude. i'd check on thengamenfornyou to see if it's game accurate or not but my tv is on the fritz.​

Thanks, what is thengamenfornyou?

 

[Jack7226]

Looking good, The handle is alot of pieces. Have you considered putting Eurethane (however its spelled lol) on it for strength? It might help a bit
But overall its looking very good. Keep it up

 

[ARCsaber987]

Looking good, The handle is alot of pieces. Have you considered putting Eurethane (however its spelled lol) on it for strength? It might help a bit
But overall its looking very good. Keep it up

(E)urethane, I looked it up (well, did a quick google search) and it sounds a bit out of my league, but I'll keep it in mind, thanks!

 

[workbook51]

awsome knife :]

 

[alix965]

Your'e on to something real good here. The handle reminds me of a world war 2

. 'Ceptin those were leather. Maybe you can seal it with some varnish or shellac when your done. Nice job.

 

[Toacrabman]

I really like the little details in it, the screws, and the seam on the handle, and that little strap lookin thing that appears to hold the knife in the sheath.

 

[ARCsaber987]

Sorry I 'went dark' (you know, radio darkzone, is that even a phrase?) for a couple of days but I got distracted from this project, I'll show what destracted me later (it's not really that exciting but suspense is suspense). Anyway I'm about to start painting, heres some pictures...

In some of the pictures the handle looks a little bend, but it isn't. Optical illusions?!

Maybe you can seal it with some varnish or shellac when your done

The handle is kinda covered in glue, so I'm not sure how varnish would like that, but if I ever make another blade (and run a complete shaft from the blade down the handle, make it strong etc) then I definately would. On the plus side the handle hardly moves now, whereas it used to shift in your hand which was a very strange feeling. Theres also a long brass screw shaft through it, which helps.
Thanks for looking everyone, and if anyones got some extra reference pics for colour I'd love to see them (though I think I've got enough screenshots to make it accurate enough)
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[marco polo]

(it's not really that exciting but suspense is suspense). Anyway I'm about to start painting, heres some pictures...

im a sucker for suspense, what happened!!!!

 

[ARCsaber987]

(it's not really that exciting but suspense is suspense). Anyway I'm about to start painting, heres some pictures...

im a sucker for suspense, what happened!!!!

I found some good foam and had a look to see what I can do with it. So far I've made the Mark 5 thigh from the pep file by Rundown (just the shape from foam, still needs to be sealed, painted and everything else to make it look nice and hide all the rough joins) but I thought I'd a)finish this first and b) wait until I had more progress before starting a thread.
Nothing exiting.....wait this is the internet, um, <Lame joke removed>

Final Detail on the handle (which I had neglected/forgot about):