Thor II

Johnny wanted to be Thor (again) for Halloween this year. Since the God of Thunder got a shiny new weapon recently (Stormbreaker), this slightly smaller version of Thor needed one, too.

The head of Stormbreaker is all wood, painted by Thor, um, Johnny himself. The handle (at least the part that you can see) is made from some bittersweet vines that Johnny and I harvested from my back yard. We stained it Groot Brown together. Minwax doesn't actually call this color "Groot Brown", but what do they know?

The only blacksmithing on this is meant to stay hidden. I didn't really want to trust dead bittersweet to hold onto that head, so I took some metal pipe and forged "vein-y" dents into it, painted it Groot Brown (again, not what Rust-Oleum calls it), and stuck it into the head.

This was easily the most complex project I've worked on. Lots of parts with many angles and shapes. Just forming the vines took some trial and error. But it was definitely fun, and I really enjoy projects that make me think, with plenty of problem solving. The brain needs exercise, too. And a satisfied customer is, well, satisfying for both of us.