DX Deep Slasher - Extendable Blade Modification; Ichigo Eyecon "Boost" Modification

Not sure why, but started to work on this blade extension modification on my newly acquired DX Deep Slasher during the weekend... initially thought this will not be difficult but I was proven wrong... Luckily it turn out well, thank goodness... I used a polypropylene sheet (estimate about 1mm thick) bought from Daiso to make the blade, and some thick (2 or 2.5mm, can't remember... ) for the structure parts... Have to also do a lot of hollowing to create space for the sliding blade...


Blade is made slightly wider than the original one... Used 3 layers for the main blade body, 1 layer for the main detail and another layer for the small details... All layers are joined with double sided tape, since super glue is useless on PP. The edges are also sealed with hot glue... A fake blade "cover" is also cut and attached to to cover the empty space when blade is pulled out...


To keep the blade locked when extended, magnets are added to the 2 ends... Actually it turned out that they are not really needed as the blade is quite tightly held already when pulled out...


Done... Quick comparison of the gun mode... Looks about the same...


... and sword mode... also about the same, just slightly wider and little longer... so, need to pull the blade...


Looks so much better with a longer blade!!!!! Silly Bandai... hahahaha....


Also modified the Ichigo Eyecon to become the "Boost" version, hahaha... Shaped and super-glued 2 pieces of the ABS used previously to form the "ears" before painting them with metallic red car touch up paint... Then they are coated with a thin layer of super-glue for protection...



Here's a video clip to show the modification done: