Okay... so, my first prop. It's a budget version of Ramona Flowers' hammer from Scott Pilgrim vs The World. Total materials were probably under $50 (though I had to buy a dremel and a few other reusables).
Now, PICS!
1) This is a big dowel that my Home Depot only sells in a 3 foot size.
2) So, I had to buy 3 feet even though I only needed a few of these:
3) To which I did this (rather inexpertly):
4) So now they fit onto the primary dowel used for the handle (I went with a 1 7/16 thick pine):
5)The next step was to plan out the hammer plans. I eyeballed most of it from two reference photos, though an iPhone app helped me determined the proper angle to use for the hammer ends, since it flares out a bit. Once I worked it out how I liked, I scaled it up and drew it out onto some Thermo Ply (I got one 8' x 4' sheet for $9.50 at Home Depot and it was WAY more than enough for this project). This is the side (x2) with fold-over tabs for gluing to the other pieces:
6) This is the bottom section of the hammer, with fold-over tabs:
7) Sides, bottom and ends glued together (starting to see a hammer there) with an access hole in one end so that the inside can be accessed once the top is on (The hole will be covered by the beveled endcap later):
8) Again, focused on the bottom (with hole cut out for the handle):
9) And from the side:
10) The plan for the beveled endcap:
11) With the first endcap in place:
12) The same, standing on end:
13) A view through the access hole. Note the wood ring glued to the inside of the top section, to give a little extra support to the handle once it's running through:
14) Starting to spackle. I have never spackled anything in my life, by the way. I found this stuff that goes on pink and dries to white when it's ready. Good stuff.
15) Jump ahead past the rest of the spackling and the sanding and we get to the finished hammer, painted and everything:
16) A closeup of the texture. I got hammered metal textured spray paint in silver and black. My intention was to have a base-coat of silver, with a light layer of black over top of that with some silver showing through, but it just didn't look convincing that way, so I put more silver over the black so that it just barely peeks through:
17) One more view.
I ran out of time before Halloween to do the carved-in grips (not that I figured out how to do so without finding someone with a lathe) and antiquing the handle. I may get around to those some day.
Anyway, that's my first build. Any comments/criticisms are more than welcome!
Now, PICS!
1) This is a big dowel that my Home Depot only sells in a 3 foot size.
2) So, I had to buy 3 feet even though I only needed a few of these:
3) To which I did this (rather inexpertly):
4) So now they fit onto the primary dowel used for the handle (I went with a 1 7/16 thick pine):
5)The next step was to plan out the hammer plans. I eyeballed most of it from two reference photos, though an iPhone app helped me determined the proper angle to use for the hammer ends, since it flares out a bit. Once I worked it out how I liked, I scaled it up and drew it out onto some Thermo Ply (I got one 8' x 4' sheet for $9.50 at Home Depot and it was WAY more than enough for this project). This is the side (x2) with fold-over tabs for gluing to the other pieces:
6) This is the bottom section of the hammer, with fold-over tabs:
7) Sides, bottom and ends glued together (starting to see a hammer there) with an access hole in one end so that the inside can be accessed once the top is on (The hole will be covered by the beveled endcap later):
8) Again, focused on the bottom (with hole cut out for the handle):
9) And from the side:
10) The plan for the beveled endcap:
11) With the first endcap in place:
12) The same, standing on end:
13) A view through the access hole. Note the wood ring glued to the inside of the top section, to give a little extra support to the handle once it's running through:
14) Starting to spackle. I have never spackled anything in my life, by the way. I found this stuff that goes on pink and dries to white when it's ready. Good stuff.
15) Jump ahead past the rest of the spackling and the sanding and we get to the finished hammer, painted and everything:
16) A closeup of the texture. I got hammered metal textured spray paint in silver and black. My intention was to have a base-coat of silver, with a light layer of black over top of that with some silver showing through, but it just didn't look convincing that way, so I put more silver over the black so that it just barely peeks through:
17) One more view.
I ran out of time before Halloween to do the carved-in grips (not that I figured out how to do so without finding someone with a lathe) and antiquing the handle. I may get around to those some day.
Anyway, that's my first build. Any comments/criticisms are more than welcome!
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