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Champion of Longsword, Harcourt Park 2013. Photography by Rey Alabastro
Meeting with local youth before teaching a swordsmanship workshop at the Hero Round Table, Michigan 2016
Sparring with a member from Michigan Medieval Combat, 2016
Competing with Callum Forbes in Sword and Buckler at the 2011 Harcourt Park Invitational Jousting Tournament.
My speech on 'Fear, Fantasy and the Way of the Sword' at the 2016 Hero Round Table in Michigan.
Sparring in the heat of summer with the Boston Armizare
Teaching swordsmanship to Jedi and Sith at the Lucafilm-recognised group, New York Saber Guild.
Muay Thai training- Bangkok 2016
Photography by Bruno Gallant
Exoskeleton/armour construction- HULC suit built for Matt Damon as assistant to lead fabricator
Rugby World Cup sculpture- Assistant to lead sculptor
Sculpture- tree trunk I carved from dense polystyrene foam.
'Tombstone pinata' I built for a Halloween party, to be survive struck with steel swords (paper mache aspect made by Jaydee Ruiz)
Creature construction- 'Prawns' for District 9
Prosthetics/props- zombie arm for short film, 'Shopping for One'
Props construction- Dr Grordborts Collectables
Sculpture- faux bronze statue of Kim Jong Un for 'The Interview'- assistant to lead sculptor
Armour construction- Erabor Dwarves in the Hobbit trilogy
Armour construction- Erabor Dwarves in the Hobbit
Armour construction- Rivendell armour in the Hobbit trilogy
Scenic construction- sculpting 'stone' stairs with a chainsaw
Workshop demonstration in historical longsword at the Boston Science Museum
First day of shooting
Mounted combat, jousting and cavalry training- New Zealand
Champion of Longsword at the Harcourt Park Invitational Jousting Tournament, 2013
Snowboarding on active volcano Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand
Greenscreen workshop demonstration with Tony Wolf- Teen Summit 2014
On the set of 'Traveller'
Preparing for competition at the Taupo Joust, 2011
Medieval slef defence/ground combat training, New Zealand
Mixed Martial Arts and street fighting training, Chicago
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Aerial and trapeze classes at the Wellington Circus School
Samantha Swords
On set in Kentucky- Ohio River
Modeling at the Hairdresser of the Year awards, New Zealand 2012
Tactical training with law enforcement, Vancouver BC
Climbing the 4000m high Tararua ranges, New Zealand
Leading young heroes into battle at story-adventure summer camp 'Wizards and Warriors' Boston
Black water caving in New Zealand
Comedy routine and sword fight: Entertainment for American Travel Writer's annual dinner at Te Papa, New Zealand (with Ben Fransham)
Samantha Swords as Reega Shaddack, space captain in Spinward Traveller
Samantha Swords- Champion medieval longsword fighter
'Samantha Swords' photography series
Production still from Kiwi short, 'The Offering'
~Samantha Swords- urban warrior and outdoor adventurer
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