indiefilmgeek
Sr Member
Re: WIP: Thrain's Dwarven War Hammer from the Hobbit
I finally started to put some of the pieces together last evening. I started with the pummel. I drilled a 1/4" diameter hole through each of the pieces (except the very bottom piece, obviously). And then glued each piece onto a wooden dowel to keep everything square and well-connected.
I still need to puddy the seams and add some trim, but I feel like it's getting close!
I also spent some more time with my mitter-box and hand-saw... I first cut out my third part of the war hammer's head.
...and then the fourth (and last piece).
But as you can tell, that still leaves the 'face' of the hammer without the carved 'x' in it from the art...
To fix this I used a hand-router and some old-fashion sanding blocks to complete the shape.
Now I'll need to clean up the edges and get these four parts glued together.
At that point, I will need to decide on whether I should carve/burn the detail lines on the correct pieces BEFORE I attach all the hammer-head parts, or AFTER I attach all the parts. I'm leaning toward BEFORE I glue them all together... And that brings up another sad fact -- I've never really done any wood-burning, but that seems like the VERY best/easiest way to create the detail/decorative lines on the hammer.
Choices:
So... thoughts?
I finally started to put some of the pieces together last evening. I started with the pummel. I drilled a 1/4" diameter hole through each of the pieces (except the very bottom piece, obviously). And then glued each piece onto a wooden dowel to keep everything square and well-connected.
I still need to puddy the seams and add some trim, but I feel like it's getting close!
I also spent some more time with my mitter-box and hand-saw... I first cut out my third part of the war hammer's head.
...and then the fourth (and last piece).
But as you can tell, that still leaves the 'face' of the hammer without the carved 'x' in it from the art...
To fix this I used a hand-router and some old-fashion sanding blocks to complete the shape.
Now I'll need to clean up the edges and get these four parts glued together.
At that point, I will need to decide on whether I should carve/burn the detail lines on the correct pieces BEFORE I attach all the hammer-head parts, or AFTER I attach all the parts. I'm leaning toward BEFORE I glue them all together... And that brings up another sad fact -- I've never really done any wood-burning, but that seems like the VERY best/easiest way to create the detail/decorative lines on the hammer.
Choices:
- Router/dremels have all been ruled out due to the VERY delicate nature of the lines (and my very low skill level at this sort of thing)
- Chiseling them by hand will take forever and since their very thin lines, I don't trust my skill level at that either.
- Wood burning... It would be fast, and since I'm painting the whole thing I don't have to work about discoloration.
So... thoughts?