Thor's Hammer Mjolnir

[upandatom]

I've got a question for you cats that've finished your hammers. I've got mine at the 'bondo' stage according to the awesome tutorial on BlindSquirrel's blog (thanks bro.) and I put some bondo on a test piece of MDF to see how my choice of paint would look before I tried it on the hammer itself. Here's my conundrum.

I only bondo-ed half of my test piece, but wound up painting the whole thing. The half with the bondo seems much more susceptible to chipping than the side that's just painted straight on the MDF. Would I be running into trouble if I just painted the hammer without bondo-ing it? The paint I'm using is 'hammered metal' (kinda seemed appropriate ) and says it doesn't require primer as it's an uneven finish and will mask any problems without primer.

Help me out boys.

-kyle

 

[BlindSquirrel]

I used the Bondo to fill major holes (most was sanded off) and a Krylon automotive primer surfacer to give me a smooth finish before painting.

I'm a big fan of the hammered paint. That should look cool...please post pix when you're done.

 

[brin]

Yes please, I love the hammers.
Or did I already say that? :lol
-Brin

 

[brin]

Any updates on da hammers?
Did I mention I love the hammers? :lol
-Brin

 

[BlindSquirrel]

I am well into the build of Beta Ray Thor's Stormbreaker. I expect in a few weeks I will be posting pics in a new thread.

 

[brin]

Fantastic. :thumbsup

 

[upandatom]

Squirrel, hopefully you'll have another great tutorial on your blog for Stormbreaker, too. I'm at the painting stage of my Mjolnir, I'll definitely post pics when it's ready, it's a little different than yours...

 

[brin]

Not to be impatient but... :lol

 

[Spheric Thor]

Here is Thor's Hammer that I got from Rylo. I added the leather wrapping and the inscription on the side.

 

[upandatom]

Cool. What'd you use for the leather? That's the stage I'm at with my Thor project. Which I wouldn't have HAD to do if Rylo would have shipped one of those babies to Canada. Dagnabbit.

 

[Spheric Thor]

I used a leather wrap made for tennis racquets.

 

[rocketeer25]

Very nice. How did you do the inscription?

Are you for hire? :love

 

[Spheric Thor]

I did the inscription on my computer and printed it out on decal paper. I post the artwork for the inscription if you want.

 

[rocketeer25]

Originally posted by Spheric Thor@Apr 9 2006, 12:55 PM
I did the inscription on my computer and printed it out on decal paper. I post the artwork for the inscription if you want.

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That would be great.

 

[Spheric Thor]

Here is a link to the TIF file, right click and select save target as to download it:


Thor's inscription

 

[Jet Beetle]

i have the same inscription on my condoms

 

[upandatom]

To each their own, I guess, but my condoms say "...if SHE be worthy..." :lol

Originally posted by Jet Beetle@Apr 9 2006, 10:28 PM
i have the same inscription on my condoms

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[upandatom]

I finally finished my hammer. I made a few extra cuts than blindsquirrel, just my personal preference to have the 'hammer' portions a touch smaller than the main body. I couldn't be happier with the choice of paint. Here're some pics...

Yea verily, yon Mug Root Mead tis truly the nectar of the gods.

 

[Docking Bay 93]

I'm just curious: what was Mjolnir supposed to be made of?

Great hammers, guys.

-E

 

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I'm just curious: what was Mjolnir supposed to be made of?
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"Uru" metal.