- by Jay Daniells
- Case Study, Kids Toys, Movie Props, Past Projects - Completed
I made Thor’s Stormbreaker Axe for a friend’s 9-year-old son last year. It was made from EVA Foam. Basically, it is a movie prop.
The handle is PVC Pipe, covered with foam, then carved with a Dremel tool and then painted.
The project took around 30 hours, plus research time:
- Finding reference images
- Looking at reference movie footage
- Figuring out the best way to make it
It is not to scale. I deliberately made it smaller and also made the handle shorter, and not as thick.
There are also nowhere near as many vines connecting the handle to the axe head, vs the real ‘Stormbreaker’ from the movies.
I had very limited time for this project so had to rush it.
It was the first time I had used EVA Foam to make a movie prop. I watched a bunch of tutorial videos on YouTube to learn the best ways to:
- Cut it
- Carve it
- Glue it
- Seal it (so it can be painted)
- etc
Below are some photos of the finished project. I’ll create a short video soon showing the project step by step.
Shout-out to Oden Makes and everyone else who has made a Stormbreaker Axe and posted a video about it to YouTube. Your videos helped me heaps!