waist mod reference:
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/radico...ift-waist.html
courtesy of autobotx23.
used lego technic pieces to connect each half. used glue to tighten the joints. voila. I used my hobby knife cutter to cut it flush.
the whip does go back together into a sword. Used the first thing that popped in my head as reference: Ivy hence the cut. tried to give it another look so i left a straight horizontal cut in the middle the diagonal cuts.
I removed the plastic from twisty ties to get the metal in it. Pierced holes in each sword piece using a needle. Assemble.