BobSmith42
New Member
New to the forum and wanted to share my current project I am working on:
While on the look out for new things to make a few months ago, I was playing the CCG Hearthstone. One weapon card available is a weapon called Gorehowl, a rather large orc axe and the card image and text got me curious (this is the second WOW prop I have made). I started looking for reference images and had gathered a few before I found this version by Kamui Cosplay.This and reading Bill Doran’s new Foamsmith book was pretty much my inspiration for making it from foam, plus I have only made one foam prop before. It also used worbla which I hadn’t used before and wanted to give it a go. A blueprint was then made using some of the reference images and then scaled and printed.
I plan on adding and changing something to make it my own such as more swirls cut into the axe head and angular spikes rather than horns/teeth. The paint scheme will also be different.
Axe head made by gluing several floor mats together, then roughly cut out on a bandsaw and tidied on a scroll saw.
Beveled sections made using a disc sander
The bevels on the axe head were done on a belt sander or with a sharpened utility knife. Must admit I made a mess of the ones done with a knife and had to do some filling.
The body of the axe is pretty much done and just needs a bit more filling and then a heat seal. I'll then cut some spirals into the head before adding worbla details. With the horns on the skull it will be around 1m 30 or about 51 inches
While on the look out for new things to make a few months ago, I was playing the CCG Hearthstone. One weapon card available is a weapon called Gorehowl, a rather large orc axe and the card image and text got me curious (this is the second WOW prop I have made). I started looking for reference images and had gathered a few before I found this version by Kamui Cosplay.This and reading Bill Doran’s new Foamsmith book was pretty much my inspiration for making it from foam, plus I have only made one foam prop before. It also used worbla which I hadn’t used before and wanted to give it a go. A blueprint was then made using some of the reference images and then scaled and printed.
I plan on adding and changing something to make it my own such as more swirls cut into the axe head and angular spikes rather than horns/teeth. The paint scheme will also be different.
Axe head made by gluing several floor mats together, then roughly cut out on a bandsaw and tidied on a scroll saw.
Beveled sections made using a disc sander
The bevels on the axe head were done on a belt sander or with a sharpened utility knife. Must admit I made a mess of the ones done with a knife and had to do some filling.
The body of the axe is pretty much done and just needs a bit more filling and then a heat seal. I'll then cut some spirals into the head before adding worbla details. With the horns on the skull it will be around 1m 30 or about 51 inches
