Shadows of Mordor Elven Hammer

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Venzor6661

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• Oct 28, 2014

• #1

Does anybody have interest in making the hammer Sauron gives Celebrimbor in the shadows of mordor? I think it would be a pretty cool prop but don't have any idea how to make a good version

 

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Venzor6661

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• Oct 28, 2014

• #2

This is a quick photo of it

 

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SirRamenNoodle

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• Oct 29, 2014

• #3

I am making one now. I am going to make it out of several layears of thin mdf and styrene. Once I have the hammer shaped and finished correctly I will make a mold and cast it in smooth cast 300 with aluminum powder. The hope is that a powder coat and the white resin will give it a bright shine as opposed to using a black resin

 

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Venzor6661

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• Oct 29, 2014

• #4

That's awesome! You gonna do runs of it?

 

SirRamenNoodle

Member

• Oct 30, 2014

• #5

If it works out well then I will throw some thing up in the junkyard to see if people are interested.

 

xdmray

Well-Known Member

• Oct 30, 2014

• #6

That's pretty cool. I might make this as well.
It looks more thin than a hammer should be.

From my crappy math skills----- So from this concept art, if the dude is 5'10", then the hammer is 12 6/16ths inches long. Which is half an inch longer than the hammer i have in my tool box.
I just used 5'10", no idea how tall he should be. if you make him 6 foot tall, then the hammer is 12 3/4 inches.

 

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ARKM

Sr Member

• Oct 30, 2014

• #7

Actually from those pics, the hammer appears to be at around 2 feet long, give or take.

 

xdmray

Well-Known Member

• Oct 30, 2014

• #8

in the picture with Celebrimbor you can see it on his waist.

 

ARKM

Sr Member

• Oct 30, 2014

• #9

Oh, I missed that part. Yeah that's a bit tiny for a weapon (to use against armored foes anyways). Maybe it's for hammering nails.

 

SirRamenNoodle

Member

• Oct 30, 2014

• #10

Remember Celebrimbor is an old Noldorin elf. I put his height closer to 7ft which makes his hammer about 15 in long. Plus, in my experience a slightly larger prop is always better than one too small.

 

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SirRamenNoodle

Member

• Oct 30, 2014

• #11

Also, in the scene where Annatar gifts the hammer you can clearly see that two more sets of hands could easily grasp it in the middle. If those hands are each 4in wide (mine are just under 4 inches and I am 6'2") then the hammer is well over 12 in long.

 

xdmray

Well-Known Member

• Oct 30, 2014

• #12

yeah i had no idea how tall he was, but since most people are 6 foot and under, i went with that. I'm 5'6" so i don't want a huge hammer.

 

SirRamenNoodle

Member

• Oct 30, 2014

• #13

xdmray said:

yeah i had no idea how tall he was, but since most people are 6 foot and under, i went with that. I'm 5'6" so i don't want a huge hammer.

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Yes. At the end of the day it's nice to build according to your own demands.

 

xdmray

Well-Known Member

• Oct 30, 2014

• #14

Yeah at 7 foot i get 14.875 inches.
it'll be cool to see the difference, i'll have to sketch it out to see what i like better.

 

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Venzor6661

Member

• Oct 30, 2014

• #15

I think I'd make it a bit thicker to give it some good heft. I've always like props that have a comfortable weight to them. I've been trying to get a good look at the elvish script on it but can't seem to find a good angle. I'm thinking about trying to do this via shapeways and see how it would turn out. Not to sure though.

 

SirRamenNoodle

Member

• Oct 31, 2014

• #16

The runes on the hammer are tough. If anyone could get a clear picture or if the developers would say what is written there it would be very helpful.

At this point I am starting to play with the idea of using Celebrimbor's name which means "silver-fist" or "hand of silver"

Silver-fist seems fitting enough

 

nickjm007

Well-Known Member

• Oct 31, 2014

• #17

To give the casting weight, would you consider mixing BB's into a dense resin and then filling the hollow casting with this mixture? Might give a nice weight to it. My concern with this idea is that the BB's wouldn't distribute evenly without devising a technique.

 

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2ndNatureFX

New Member

• Nov 5, 2014

• #18

I have been working on this for a Short time Here is my Progress so far

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Only real issue so far is a clear picture of the Name on the Hammer in Elven

 

SirRamenNoodle

Member

• Nov 5, 2014

• #19

I am taking a picture into one of our jewelers tonight to see what he thinks it says

 

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2ndNatureFX

New Member

• Nov 6, 2014

• #20

Sadly it doesn't say anything. from the Looks the developers just added a bunch of letters that they thought looked good. Still awaiting response from the Devs though to make sure