Entries Tagged as 'swords'

Plastic Swords: Safer Fight Scenes

Considering that I just posted a link to an article about stage fighting, I thought it would be a good time to discuss the swords that we use.

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iSundae II Foley Fun

Swords sound a lot better when they’re not plastic. Unfortunately, the metal kind doesn’t come cheap, and we really didn’t want anybody to get hit with a real sword. So we used some plastic prop swords that look pretty good. One problem: no metal sword sound effects. [Read more →]

A Little Nipping, No Time For Tucking

Costumes in Hyperspeed

We had thirty-plus costumes to make and about one week to do it in. So, in order to give you the feel of the frenzied rush, I’m going to be as brief as possible, without being too laconic. [Read more →]

Sword Sheaths

As I worked on the iSundae project, I decided that our hero(s) and heroine, not to mention the badgal, needed sword scabbards. There’s something about just sticking the sword through a belt that is severely lacking. So I started with the sword of Caramel.
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