Mangalore Grenade from Fifth Element

[BonesAreDollars]

Watched the Fifth Element the other night and had the itch to build something from it. The Zorg ZF-1 is too big of a project right now so I did some digging around and found the mangalore grenade on thingiverse.

Mangalore Grenade by TheOther10

Fifth Element fans will know what this is, and that there are a small number of very nice machined aluminium replicas in circulation that sell for around US$400. Here's a cheap alternative. Google Image the name and you'll find lots of photos of both the replicas and the original prop - mostly...

www.thingiverse.com

I’m pretty sure someone here in the RPF modeled it.

Super fun quick build. Printed in resin and used a maglite mini for the handle as described in the build from thingiverse. Acrylic rods for lights. Painted with black high temp enamel then metalfx chrome. Spikes were done with decoart metallic blue.

 

[MattgomeryBurns]

Ah cool, saw your post on Reddit. I was wondering if you were on the RPF.

 

[BonesAreDollars]

Ah cool, saw your post on Reddit. I was wondering if you were on the RPF.

Cool cool, I always lurked the forums here and finally joined up not that long ago when I started building props as a hobby. Lots of cool info and people here.

 

[Movie Magic]

Awesome! Great job! If you offer to do a run of these, put me on the list! You really nailed it!

 

[MattMunson]

That's a beautiful looking build! Awesome work!

 

[BonesAreDollars]

Awesome! Great job! If you offer to do a run of these, put me on the list! You really nailed it!

Thank you! Sadly I can’t just do a run of these as it’s not my design. I did reach out to the original designer and got the go ahead to make one more for someone else.

I really only do builds for personal enjoyment. These are a pretty fun build and I know everyone doesn’t have the tools/space/materials/time to build one of their own. I’ll reach out to the original designer again and see if I can get his blessing to do a small batch (like max 5) run or at least make one more for you.

 

[BonesAreDollars]

That's a beautiful looking build! Awesome work!

Thank you so much!

 

[tmax]

Nice build. What did you use for the springs?

 

[BonesAreDollars]

Nice build. What did you use for the springs?

I don’t recall the exact size, I think it was a 1/4 spring I found at my local hardware store that I cut to size.

I’ll dig around tomorrow and see if I have one in the package so I can get you the exact measurement/brand.