Re: Screen-grab request! Iron Man 2: Spoiler
OK:
This is a necro-bump, but I'm turning this into a progress thread for my Mjolnir project.
My initial idea was to try and re-create the 2011 film Mjolnir for my father whom in his youth was an avid Thor and Avengers reader.
He likes to tout that I got my costuming bug from him, always telling me the story about how when he was little he made his own costumes. His favorite being THOR! His mother made him a cape and he had fashioned his THOR shirt by gluing felt circles onto a shirt. The hammer he made by duct taping drinking cups together with a paper-towel tube for the handle. He even made the helmet, taking an old football helmet and gluing wings to it.
He loved that costume, and he was right... his genes are in my blood and so this Christmas I thought it would be nice to honor that.
My father has been there for me more than ever this past year in the wake of my depression, and I really wanted to do something for him this Christmas. My costuming up to this point has been about me and MY hobby, but as a symbol of gratitude I'm making this for him... and I want to get used to making things for other people on a regular basis
Anyway:
Dad is not thrilled about the new movie. He's a traditionalist, and THIS
...Is the THOR that he knew and loved. So that is what I am going to re-create:
Of course, it begins with materials research:
I happened to find a very nice PVC Rod (pre-cut, 19 inches) at a industrial surplus store in FL. (SkyCraft) Good weight: 1 dollar: really durable.
Searching the forums, I came across GodOfThunder's build, I liked the idea of constructing a shell, then using expanding foam to create the density, however I wanted to expand on two things.
1. It needed to be BIG and it needs to feel hefty... (My father is 6'2 and VERY strong)
2. Shape wise: My father identifies with the early 60's through 70's iterations of the hammer... which had a tendency to be drawn longer than most other member's in a lot of the comics that I remember him having. Hence the lengthened shape.
2. I wanted it to have something I could sand into that would hold up better than cardboard... so I'm using Bass wood.
So here was my cardboard prototype before alterations:
It's pretty big, especially for me as you can see.
The Dimensions:
Head roughly 4 x 4.5 x 9 (including the beveled ends)
Handle 14 in. + 4 into the head (18 overall)
Peen 3.25 in. diameter
Here is the solution I came up with in order to add weight, as well as be able to swing the hammer around without worry of the head coming off:
One 6" bolt goes through the pipe, held secure by hex nuts, and additional weight is added by iron anchoring washers. (3in) All of those elements are additionally secured by Industrial-Grade Hot-glue.
I haven't gotten to weigh it yet, but the head structure and handle alone feel about like 10 lbs.
Here is the hollow bass-wood head. Un-finished.
To secure the head to the handle, I glued the top of the PVC handle to the center of the interior of the head.... and then filled the head with the expanding foam... where I now wait until the morning to carve, add the bottom plate, and sand it smooth...etc etc.
As far as the inscription on the side... I was thinking that I would exacto out the lettering from a piece of illustration board, then create a *stamp* which I could imprint the letters into the side of the hammer while my sculpting medium was wet. (Likely bondo/ plumbing putty, etc)
Thoughts on this?
