Genesis Rhapsodos Rapier Tutorial

1. Search!!!
I need a picture.

2. Now the length. My rapier will be about 150cm

3. Now I draw the parts on the wood and cut it out

4. The next step is to slim down the blade and I draw the Cup hilt on the wood and cut it the pommel and the wings from above out.

5. Now I glue the parts together

6. The cup hilt will be processed and in the following picture you can see how.

7. I painted the blade red. Improtant: leave some space at the edge. The pommel gets silver and i rapped a leather tape at the handle.

8. Now it's time for the other wings. You can build them out of wood. I tried this but the wood broke.

My second choice is a special material called Wobla's Deco Art.

Those balls are a kind of thermoplastic modeling clay. You put them into hot water and after this you can change their form. I made a plate and on this plate I draw the wings cut them out and painted them silver. 

9. The wings were glued to the cuphilt.

10. Now I made a small part like in this picture and glued it to the cross-guard.

11. At the end you have to paint everything.

Done!!!

Have fun with you rapier