Fiberglassing a Pepakura sword?

[vtheawesome]

Hello all you fine folk of the 405th! I was wondering, I'm trying to make a sword; more specifically Miraak's sword from skyrim, and I was wondering, once I have it properly folded, how am I supposed to fiberglass it? I've tried searching for the answer on here, but it was to no avail. So I was hoping maybe someone more experienced than me could help me put here. The sword is about 40 inches long, just for reference.

 

[PerniciousDuke]

Fiberglass goes on the inside... therefore you can not fiberglass a fully enclosed model like a weapon. Instead search Rondo, a mixture of fiberglass resin and bondo body filler that can be poured into the resined pep to coat the inside. I did this on my Bruteshot which is part of my Custom Reach Build. I'll link to my tips here.

 

[vtheawesome]

Thank you very much! I had never heard of Rondo. I'll check it out!

 

[KRI667]

I agree with PerniciousDuke rondoing the interior is the way to go, another method is to use a quick curing resin to slush cast the interior. It's pretty much the same process as rondo just slightly weaker but much lighter in the end.

 

[Drakee]

If you're delicate enough you can cut it in half with a dremel and fiberglass it but drilling a small hole a pouring rondo in it would be easier