In the last year, I’ve seen three new anime that have gotten me all lit up, and one of those is Re:Zero. It got plenty of other people lit up too, and I’ve seen about a million cosplays of Rem, the character lauded as the show’s “best girl.” BUT what I have not seen a lot of is Rem with her flail. Because a sweet maid is sweeter with a deadly weapon, I thought I’d post a tutorial for Rem’s flail. It’s my first tutorial so bear with me.
You’ll need:
- a styrofoam ball and five styrofoam cones from the craft store
- a piece of plastic chain (the length is up to you–I got mine off Amazon. Pictures below!)
- a 3/4 in dowel
- black and rose gold acrylic paint
- black spray paint
- a screw eye
- a drill (though you could probably fight through using a hammer and nail instead)
- a handsaw
- hot glue and glue gun
- mod podge and (if you want) clear plasti-dip
STEP 1: So you have your styrofoam ball right? Mark it so that on one side you have a spot for the chain to attach, and directly on the other side mark the “top” spike. Or be like me and just make a bunch of random ass circles without planning at all.