Legend of Zelda: Four Swords

THIS POST IS A WORK IN PROGRESS THAT WILL UPDATE PERIODICALLY AS THE PROJECT PROGRESSES!

UPDATE: 12-01-14

I am currently working on making a couple of swords and potentially shields for myself and some friends of mine who are going to Holiday Matsuri 2014 as The Four Swords Links from Legend of Zelda Four Swords. To start off with I made this blueprint in order to get a pattern to transfer onto the wood I'm going to make the swords out of. It's nothing major so I'm going to share it with everyone and I only ask that you don't tell people you made the blueprint. If you'd like frequent updates of this project please follow me on facebook. This page may not update again until the project is finished.

DOWNLOAD THE FOUR SWORDS.PDF

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UPDATE: 12-04-14

Made the decision to make some shields for our cosplay group as well. I opened up Inkscape and spent an hour drawing up a shield blueprint based off of the Wind Waker "Toon Link" shield. Figured I'd share my hour's worth of work.

 

 

DOWNLOAD THE WIND WAKER SHIELD .PDF
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Bondo Vs. Rondo

Today I want to take a minute and talk to you about two different materials commonly used in pepakura builds.

League of Legends Jinx's Arsenal Writeup

Ripping Models from League of Legends for Cosplay.

I just recently started working on some props for a Jinx cosplay and it was such a fiasco getting my hands on the files I knew existed, but couldn't seem to find anywhere So I decided to share so you don't have to spend hours trying to figure it out yourself and can get straight to making your cosplay (or modding if that's why you're here)

First, get your hands on a .skn to .obj converter.

See League of Legends uses their own format called .skn it's not compatible with any 3d modeling software that I've ever heard of so once you find your .skn file you'll need to run it through that in order to be able to use it. You can find one here. If you're reading this months/years from now and the link is broken, I'm not going to fix it, I wash my hands of this business. Use your old buddy google, it shouldn't be too hard to find, try here.

Second, get Dargon Manager

Dargon is a mod manager for League of Legends. It also doubles as a way to look into and dump the files from LoL. You can download it off their website. Once you have it installed by following the directions on their website load it up and (with League already installed of course) you now need to find your desired .skn file. The folders seem to be organized by patch so if you're looking for something added recently (like Jinx!) the file should be somewhere at the bottom of the list. If you're looking for an old file, it might take some digging and I'm sure your old pal google and the modding community of LoL can help you find the exact folder that your .skn is hidden in. be careful though there's more than one .skn per champ I've been told. As changes are made to the champ the .skn changes too so you'll want to find the most recent version of the .skn. When you've found the file you want, right click and dump the file into the same folder you dropped the converter from last step. Then all you have to do is click and drag it onto the .skn to .obj converter and it converts it for you in no time! Then you can import that bad boy directly into Pepakura or if you're like me and want to cut some unneeded bits off first, you can import it into 3DSMaxx or your desired 3D modeling program.

Protoman Cosplay Writeup