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x_o Okay. So I was asked to do a Claymore tutorial? Hopefully you're looking at the artist's comments and not just the picture.
Firstly, and I made the Claymore for our friend.
Secondly, we made it following roughly from [link] which is a keyblade tutorial which was WAY helpful and got us on the right track.

Okay now pertaining to the tutorial; We used 1" pink installation foam that we got from Home Depot for about $15.00 for a large sheet. The Claymore WILL take at LEAST one sheet, we were lucky, it barely fit on the one sheet. Plan it out before you cut it out!
If you don't know what a coping saw is, it looks like this; [link] it's really easy to use and it's fairly cheap as well (yay for money savers!)
Use a coarse sandpaper when you're sanding, and then use a finer sandpaper after you're done with that for a better edge.
We unfortunately didn't have time to paint the nice white to blue to white gradation on the body of the Claymore, considering this was finished the day before the convention (the entire process of making this and the two keyblades took about a week and a half and twenty thousand coats of blue for the top to get it right x_X). So you don't have to follow our painting scheme.

Here's a final picture on the last day of the convention from my gallery, please excuse our lack of full costume, we weren't really wanting to take the picture.. we were only getting onto the train. -_- [link] It's fairly tall.

The top of the Claymore by the star is very fragile.. -_- and may require surgery if it comes off. Use popsicle sticks and glue to get the two broken pieces together. It's a lifesaver. >>

Please note that when you're cutting this stuff out, you should wear something old and maybe covering your eyes and hair. The foam gets EVERYWHERE so you should do it in a well ventilated area or outside. Also be careful with the tools you use. It's probably not going to be fun cosplaying with fingers missing!
Feel free to change things around when you make YOUR Claymore, remember you want it to be somewhat original.

Good luck!

Edit: Thanks Meagan for reminding me about the evils of resin. x_x RESIN IS BAD FOR FOAM. Crystal Sheen apparently works well though. We didn't use it because we are cheap and had lots of glue. >>;