World of Warcraft: Doomhammer

So, I've had a couple projects going on at the same time in preparation for having a booth at Anime Conji so I haven't been able to upload any finished projects..... until now!

Here is finally a finished piece that'll I'll be wearing along with a (hopefully finished) original "blacksmith" character. I'll be helping out Trinket Slot with there booth and spicing it up with some of my weapons.

This is the Doomhammer. I didn't get to play much of Warcraft, but its a pretty iconic piece in Warcraft lore. Its always fun to make big weapons and trying to figure out the what to use. I'm proud to say this hammer probably weights no more than 5-6 lbs.

A box of packing peanuts.... what a way to start a weapon.

packing peanuts + expanding foam= eruption of foaminess!

Had to contain the eruption... I honestly thought the box would eplode

It looks like ice cream

adding hammer heads

Cut to install the handle

oh man... this thing was such a pain to sand

umm... winter is coming? wait... wrong thing

Adding resin coating

base coat of paint

Base coat for those shiny bits

TA DAAAA! The 2 dyes of leather look really nice.

Final Fantasy X: Jecht's Sword

I was commissioned to do Jecht's sword from Final Fantasy X. I love many of the Final Fantasy games, so this was pretty fun... and like most FF weapons, I have no idea how these characters are able to wield these huge weapons... Like this one is essentially a huge paddle... Regardless, still fun to make.

Draft and the foam block that I'll use to carve from

With much carving, glueing, cutting and more gluing, the block became this

I always have a internal structure inside my weapons so that they can take some beating. I usually do this by cutting the while weapon in half and installing it. A big worry that I had with this large sword was structural integrity. The holes at the bottom made it pretty weak and as the part that was probably going to hit the ground most, I used steal frame to keep it all together.

More braces for those troublesome holes

2 halves glued together and beveled.

I attached the rings by weaving some thermo-pastic around the ring and through a slit in the foam.... not the most stable, but after the resin coat, it stayed put.

Everything put together, with the design.

Usually, I like to hand paint my weapons with acrylic, but something this size, needed spray paint.

TADA