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Hi all! I acquired a metal Bloodthirster model (picture below) and am working on figuring out armaments for him. I want to make a blood flail for him and I am looking for some ideas. I will probably get some wire and hobby chain to make the chain part of the flail, but the actual head of the weapon is where I'm looking to spice it up. Any suggestions for this? I was thinking of using the other Bloodthirster head I have and putting spikes on it to use as almost like a Morningstar on the end of the flail. Thanks!

When I did mine, I used three lengths of the GW barbed wire and braided them together to make the body of the whip. I used around 12" for each section for mine (on a Gorgon's body), you'd probably want around 4-6" as the act of braiding the whip reduces the apparent length to around 60% the original length.
Braid it up to about 1/2" from the end of the whip, then let the three cords separate a little and stick a skull on the end of each. "Paint" the body of the whip with superglue to prevent the cords from unravelling, and voila, you have a rather brutal-looking barbed flail with skulls where they strike the foe.

This is a great idea! Thanks!