KyleSchmelz
Fighter
I'm working on a hammer rep and I'm having some trouble. I made a really basic hammer a few months back with the head composed entirely of open cell foam and just anchored on the bottom half with duct tape - the "thrust tip" was the top two inches of the hammer head. I brought it to a fight practice and the head popped off within a couple hours of fighting. I'm currently thinking about making something kinda like this modified for Alliance rules, although I really like the hammer in this picture from the last Ashbury event. (There's some great costuming in those pictures, major props to the Dryads especially.)
So I have a few questions:
The rulebook states you have to use open cell foam for any padded weapon head. Does that mean I can only use open cell foam? I'm picturing a design where a large portion of the head is made of blue camp foam, but with at least 2" of open cell foam on the striking surface.
What is the best way to anchor the hammer head to the weapon shaft? I feel like it would be easier to connect it if the head terminated at roughly the same point as the pipe foam with a separate crush tip on top of that, but I also think that would look kinda lame.
I've seen plenty of people successfully use hammers and I'm generally pretty good at making boffers, but I don't have a lot of experience with making blunt weapons yet. Any advice is definitely appreciated.
So I have a few questions:
The rulebook states you have to use open cell foam for any padded weapon head. Does that mean I can only use open cell foam? I'm picturing a design where a large portion of the head is made of blue camp foam, but with at least 2" of open cell foam on the striking surface.
What is the best way to anchor the hammer head to the weapon shaft? I feel like it would be easier to connect it if the head terminated at roughly the same point as the pipe foam with a separate crush tip on top of that, but I also think that would look kinda lame.
I've seen plenty of people successfully use hammers and I'm generally pretty good at making boffers, but I don't have a lot of experience with making blunt weapons yet. Any advice is definitely appreciated.