Negan's Lucille - Real wood baseball bat + barbed wire.

[Stevejack2]

Hi guys,

I have been toying with the idea of making a few Lucille bats. The bats are wooden, and I make the barbed wire myself.

I'm not sure exactly how many of these I'll make,maybe half a dozen or so, and obviously there will be an option to have them painted nice and bloody (pictures to follow soon). I may also offer the option to have the bat stained in a slightly darker colour.

I'm just gauging interest at this stage before I get too carried away, sounding off now isn't reserving a bat... I just want to know whether it's worth making them and how many I should try to make before actually making them. Once they're made I'll start a sales thread for what I have completed.

The baseball bats might be slightly oversize for 1/6 scale but I think it works for Lucille... she needs to be intimidating after all.

Pics below of the unpainted version. The wire will vary slightly from bat to bat in terms of how it's twisted obviously, but these images give you an idea. Pricing will be somewhere around the $45USD mark plus shipping, add approx $10 for painted blood or a darker staining of the wood. I'll try to get some photos of each option soon.











****Update****

Pics of the darker stain vs the standard straw wood colour:


Some blood:

 

[Scentless Apprentice]

Dang. Yours turned out much better than mine. How did you get it to wrap so neatly? Here's mine, not nearly as good:

 

[Stevejack2]

Ah yeah I had a LOT of trouble. Keeping everything under tension helps, I actually use micro pliers to twist the barbed wire into a knot at the base of the bat and then pull the wire tight during wrapping. It still wants to slip and uncoil so you need to crimp the knot tight and work from the base to the tip. It's actually really time consuming to first make the barbed wire (all those damn twists!) and then get it to wrap tightly on the bat but that's the basic process I'm using now.

 

[Scentless Apprentice]

Yeah, the wire itself took me a few hours to make. I put it on by hand though which would definitely explain why mine is a lot looser. Thanks for the tips. Best of luck in your sale!

But guys, unless the wire is smoothed, this actually will be sharp. Just a heads up. Actually cut myself a few times on it haha

 

[Stevejack2]

Yeah, the wire itself took me a few hours to make. I put it on by hand though which would definitely explain why mine is a lot looser. Thanks for the tips. Best of luck in your sale!

But guys, unless the wire is smoothed, this actually will be sharp. Just a heads up. Actually cut myself a few times on it haha

Thanks mate, and yep - it's sharp as razors!

 

[PopCultKid]

Very cool!

 

[Buttmunch]

Definitely interested !

 

[dj.Cbear]

Good work on the wiring. I'd be interested.

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[Punisher1980]

interessted

 

[TheWhatWhatNow]

I'm Interested too. Thanks!

 

[Stevejack2]

Great, thanks guys. I'll definitely make some up then and post them for sale when I'm done. I have a few projects on the go and the barbed wire is time consuming to make, but hopefully I'll have them done within a few weeks.

Just out of curiosity, what are your preferences for blood / no blood so I know roughly what to make?

Also, would anyone want the actual wood stained in a slightly darker colour or is the standard straw coloured wood ok?

 

[Stevejack2]

Updated the first post with pics of the darker stain and also some blood.

 

[dj.Cbear]

Darker stain for sure with some blood for me.

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[Punisher1980]

darker with blood for me

 

[Stevejack2]

Ok, I'll try to get a wire wrapped darker stain version with blood made up within the next week to show you pics. Not sure how well the blood will show with the darker stain so it will be interesting to see.

 

[Stevejack2]

Sales thread is open for those still interested: https://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/interest-threads/171555-twd-negans-lucille-barbed-wire-wrapped-bat-real-wood-wire.html