Making my mjolnir...(pic heavy)

Thorlief Golmen

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So for a while now I wanted a 100% 1:1 scale Mjolnir...obvious choice would be the eFx prop...except I dont have £600 (and the rest)...

Also alot of the other proper; which look great, like the crazy toys version, lager toys version etc. etc. are not true 1:1 scale as they are either too short or the hammer head is too small...and Im a big guy (6ft2" 240lbs) so anything smaller than true movie 1:1 scale is just too small in my hand as far as I am concerned...

So Ive decided to make my own, luckily I have the exact dimensions of the eFx version and also dimensions (supposedly) of the 616 version....

Now I'm no engineer and this is the first time I have attempted to make any kind of prop from scratch so you'll have to excuse me if I am abit rough around the edges...

Anyway Ive decided to use Styrene sheets to make the main hammer head (as I hear this is easy to work with) filled with expanding foaming for weight, coupled with a solid wood handle then wrapped in faux leather...everything has arrived so I'm going to get to making over the next few days (below are my supplies):

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I've decided to go with the 616 version as its an easier design than the films and I feel I can get it more accurate, the best version Ive seen drawn belongs to Esad Ribic's version as I think it is the best looking version of Mjolnir out there:

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Expect updates with pics as they come...
 

Thorlief Golmen

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Started making some progress on this...decided to go with the 616 dimensions but after cutting out all the main hammer head shapes beginning to think I should have gone with the eFx dimensions...ah well we'll see how it comes out...

Progress pics below:

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More to follow...
 

Thorlief Golmen

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Ok so massive updates...some time off work and I've blitz the make in the last few days...I was right Ive made the hammer too big...its a beast...but doesn't feel quite right in the hand...

So during the final steps ordered some more styrene sheets and gonna try again...think of this hammer as a test bed...Ive learned alot from this make so hopefully the next one will be exactly what I am envisioning...

Process pics below:

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Thorlief Golmen

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Final hammer version...as I'm going to make another I havent filled in areas that needed filling in with A-Sculpt...its a little rough around the edges but overall looks ok...

I dry brushed the hammer head with mirror chrome paint but I think on the next version Im just going to straight up spray it so I can get a nice reflective metal looking surface...

Let me know what you think:

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boshuda

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According to the Marvel Wikia "Uru is a metal ore in the Marvel Comics universe. It resembles stone but it also seems to have metallic properties. " and I've always seen the hammer in the comics look more like stone than metal. The Wikia also lists the dimensions as "an oblong head about a foot long and a handle of equal length." I think the finish you have on it now looks pretty good.
 

Thorlief Golmen

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Ive learned so much from this build...I'm defo going to make another but with what Ive learned should come out looking pretty nice (I hope)...
 
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