Gae Bolg WIP

put this up in the wrong section, so hopefully this is the right place. :) i've got a few days left before the paint job needs to be done. hopefully it turns out okay (first time doing something like this)
http://i59.tinypic.com/29kte1z.jpg

Looks awesome ! :)

thanks!! i'll try and post a final product when i'm done.

There's a youtube vid where a guy actually forged one from metal and used it to take out some targets... forget the name unfortunately, part of some show where they make fantasy weapons. Not to downplay your accomplishment but I thought you might find it interesting. What is your made out of?

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Originally Posted by Kletian

There's a youtube vid where a guy actually forged one from metal and used it to take out some targets... forget the name unfortunately, part of some show where they make fantasy weapons. Not to downplay your accomplishment but I thought you might find it interesting. What is your made out of?

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lol i saw that. i actually wrote something b*tchy, about how the wings were being used as if they were axes. that really bugged the hell outta me. but it's still cool. i'd probably prefer to take their gae bolg into battle than mine.

mine's made from a bamboo pole, wonderflex, spray foam, paper mache, plastic tubing with a straightened hanger for the vein. the perfectionist in me is being very critical of the work thus far.

Yeah, yours will make a much better costume prop for carrying around conventions for sure! Funny though, I thought the "wings as axes" was inspired, Halberds are basically spears with Axe heads, and there's no reason the Gae Bolg couldn't put it's "decoration" to fullest use.

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Originally Posted by OneNightStans

lol i saw that. i actually wrote something b*tchy, about how the wings were being used as if they were axes. that really bugged the hell outta me. but it's still cool. i'd probably prefer to take their gae bolg into battle than mine.

mine's made from a bamboo pole, wonderflex, spray foam, paper mache, plastic tubing with a straightened hanger for the vein. the perfectionist in me is being very critical of the work thus far.

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by technicality, the way they forged gae bolg was in the shape of a halberd. so using it like an axe is quite fair.

we use it like that for our disembowel and chaos thrust too:

for disembowel we do two heavy swings, and then use the momentum to do a rotating stab. for chaos thrust we do two swings, spin the spear around and do a heavy stab.

l2halberd.

Wow! Impressive :D

I'd love to take that out for a spin ^^

Shelandra? Did you run some Dzemael Darkhold xp runs with my PLD a few weeks ago? I think you did!


Anyway, that's a really good job you've done there. Would like to see some more pics, possibly a full sized one at least. Keep up the good work!