Volant Axe | Fire Emblem: Awakening

Intro

The Volant Axe is one of the bonus weapons that can be found through various events in Fire Emblem: Awakening. It’s an axe that’s “designed to be thrown skyward,” it both can attack indirectly and does bonus damage against anyone riding a Pegasus, Wyvern, or Griffon.

I’ve made this model based off of the actual one ripped from the game, and tried to do my best to keep it faithful to the original model while also updating the resolution to make it much less blocky.

Assembly video here:

If you want to know more about its in-game counterpart, you can check out my blog post about it here.

 Of course, while I have rounded out the edges, it’s still a prop weapon with pointy parts! This is for decoration/cosplay only, and I am not responsible if any injury occurs from this model.

Parts List

Files:

• H2DVolantAxe3mf.3mf - 3mf made to be printed on the BambuLab H2D. The Front and Back Blade Faces are not split up.

• H2DVolantAxeSTEP.step - STEP file containing the model that is found in the above 3mf.

• Hanger.step - STEP file that contains just the Hanger for the axe.

• X1CVolantAxe3mf.3mf - 3mf made to be printed on the BambuLab H2D. The Front and Back Blade Faces are split up.

• X1CVolantAxeSTEP.step - STEP file containing the model that is found in the above 3mf.

Filaments:

All filaments are BambuLab PLA Basic unless noted otherwise.

• Light Grey - Blade Edge pieces

• Dark Grey - Blade Faces

• Maroon Red - Handle

• Matte Bone White - Spike

• Jade White - Hanger

Printed Parts:

Special Print Instructions:

Note that the Blade Face Front and Back are in four separate pieces in the X1C version in order to fit on the build plate.

If you want to have a cool design on the face of the actual blade, you can print them on an effect plate. I personally printed them on a textured PEI plate to get a more rough look.

• BladeFace (Front and Back) - Dark Grey

• Blade Edges (4 different pieces) - Light Grey, may need a brim

• Handle - Maroon Red, needs supports

• Spike - Matte Bone White

• Peg - Any color; I used Light Grey

• Hanger - Any color; I used Jade White

Non-Printed Parts:

• Super Glue

Assembly

Intro:

This is a relatively simple print; one of the Blade Faces is set down, the Blade Edges are laid onto it, the remaining Blade Face is put on top, and the remaining Handle pieces are put on.

Instructions:

1. Print out all the pieces. I recommend you use one of the 3mfs–the only difference is that the Blade Faces are split up in the X1C version so they can actually fit on the plate. No supports necessary, other than the Handle.

2. Remove all supports and brims

3. If you printed out the X1C one, match up the four pieces of the two Blade Faces, and lay them print side down on the table.

4. Dry fit the Blade Edges on top, and make sure they all fit. If they don’t you may have some pieces from the Front and the Back of the Blade Faces mixed up.

5. Glue the Blade Edges onto the Blade Faces.

6. Dry fit the Front blade Face onto the top of the Blade Edges, then glue them down. You may want to put something heavy on top to press the two sides together while the glue dries.

7. Dry fit the Peg into the Handle, with a few inches sticking out the side with the slot in it. Dry fit that into the Blade assembly, pushing it down until the straight part on the Blade Assembly disappears into the Handle.

8. Glue that together.

9. Dry fit and then glue the Spike onto the end of the Peg that’s sticking out of the Handle.

10. If you chose to print out the Hanger, there are two slots in the back for nails. When you line up the nails/hangers on the wall, make sure the notches are facing upward, and the indented line in the middle is perfectly horizontal.

11. Pound the nails in according to the slots on the back, and try hanging the Hanger up on them. If it is not flush against the wall, pound the nails in a little bit more until it is.

12. Hang it up, and enjoy!

Conclusion:

Thanks for checking out the Volant Axe! This was my first time trying to do a weapon that doesn’t have any story significance but I hope I did it justice! If you want to learn more about its in-game counterpart, feel free to check out its write-up here.

Let me know if there are any models you want to see next!