For previous progress: Part 2 | Part 1

Hello everyone~!

I finally have enough progress to show you an update on my Riven cosplay. I’ve been super busy with school and exams, so it was hard for me to work on my cosplay consistently.

Here are 2 videos of my progress summarized with my voice description.

This post I’ll be updating you guys on my sword progress. So far I have cut out my sword (wood and foam boards), carved it, wired it (no LEDs yet), and started the paper mache process. To cut out the shape of the sword, I used my printed out exported model of her sword and traced it onto a thin sheet of plywood. I did the same with two foam boards taped together (one board was not long enough). I then used a hot glue gun to glue the layers together. The wood layer is sandwiched between multiple layers of foam board.

For some of the foam boards, I cut out a rectangle to accommodate the battery I will be using to power my LEDs.

After this was completed, the fun part began~!! I took an exacto knife to carve the shape of the sword and the runes into either side. I used a pencil to sketch out the runes first, and also details of the sword. I had to also remove one layer of foam board for the middle part of the sword, which is slightly lower. This turned out to be a bit difficult due to the dried hot glue gun holding the layers together. I should have planned this part a bit better.

After everything was carved and shaped, I then cut out channels for the wires to run through. I then used the hot glue gun to glue the wires into place.

Next step was to start the paper mache process. I ran out of the previous Fast Mache I was using for my armor pieces, and decided to try a different brand of instant paper mache. I bought the 5lb bag of the brand called: Celluclay.

Here’s what it looks like so far!!!



I hope you guys enjoyed this update. Will be posting more updates in the upcoming weeks 🙂