Most people aren't going to know who he is anyway, so it probably doesn't matter that much but I would love for it to be accurate ^^
I'm 5'10", and while the katana looks fine at my side, if it were to be brandished or held out (like the scene where the soldiers return his sword), it looks way too tiny =/ Shiryuu's sword is an obvious nodachi with its longer handle and blade.
There's plenty of time to figure this out, and in that time I might can find someone who will just make me a blank nodachi I can customize myself.
Though the katanas I have are like, shit-tier in quality =/ There's a chance I could find one with a longer handle somewhere, or have one made with a longer handle.
The nodachi looks like it's half of his height, and the katana is half of my height. If I were to get the 5'5" nodachi =/ it might just look ridiculous XD
If I can ever find one at a sword shop I'll take a look and compare the sizes, I just don't like how tiny the blade and handle look on mine, even thought height-wise, it should work.
The katana will probably look find, it'll just be me in my mind raging on the inaccuracy _ But quite possibly it would be even more silly to get a nodachi that's near as tall as I am
I probably shouldn't be referencing that custom figure of him on YAJ LOL ^^;; But I love how the sword is in comparison to his size, though in reality, it actually might be a bit larger then it should be.
My waist is high, so if I make the costume in proportion to how my body is, the katana is going to look even smaller because it won't be as low to the ground as it would be hanging from a man's waist =/
Oh well, I should make the costume first then play with how I'm going to do the sword XD