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Sword of Heimdall
Swordsmiths: David DelaGardelle of Cedarlore Forge & Andy Davis of Mad Dwarf Workshop
In November of 2009, swordsmith David DelaGardelle and metal artisan Andy Davis of the Mad Dwarf Workshop were contacted by the production team working on bringing Marvel Comic’s legendary comic book ‘Thor’ to the big screen. David then began to refine the design back forth with the team in Photoshop to make it as functional and realistic as possible.
In refining the design, they tried their best within the parameters to throw in some slightly historical touches seen on some ancient Germanic swords, such as the swords fuller and knot work patterns. The sword itself however is obviously at its core meant to be majestic and quite literally “out of this world”.
The sword’s ornate guard and pommel were the most challenging aspect of the entire sword, due to their unique shape and function. Heimdall’s sword is not simply a mere war sword, instead it is an ancient and key that controls Heimdall’s technologically advanced observatory on the Bifrost bridge of Asgard.
It opens and closes portals to other worlds and dimensions in which the hero’s fight in the film. Being both a sword and a key, the guard serves the double purpose of obviously protecting its wielder, and also serving as extending handle bars to turn the key once its placed into its keyhole.
The guard and pommel were cast out of hollowed polished bronze for the hero steel swords, and colored lightweight aluminum for the stunt versions. Norse knotwork was carved into the fittings and into the figured Mahogany grips by hand on each copy of the sword. The knotwork is a reflective nod back to the original Norse mythology and cultural-history the comics were based off of.
The knotwork is also reflective of the patterns seen inside the walls of Heimdall’s observatory and in the architecture and décor of the city of Asgard itself. In total, the sword stood at 5 ½ feet long from tip to pommel, and the hero steel and bronze versions weighed close to 10 pounds each.
Source: Copyright © 2016 Thor, the Movie, MVL Film Finance LLC; TM & © 2011 Marvel Entertainment, LLC and its subsidiaries
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Sword of Heimdall
Swordsmiths: David DelaGardelle of Cedarlore Forge & Andy Davis of Mad Dwarf Workshop
In November of 2009, swordsmith David DelaGardelle and metal artisan Andy Davis of the Mad Dwarf Workshop were contacted by the production team working on bringing Marvel Comic’s legendary comic book ‘Thor’ to the big screen. David then began to refine the design back forth with the team in Photoshop to make it as functional and realistic as possible.
In refining the design, they tried their best within the parameters to throw in some slightly historical touches seen on some ancient Germanic swords, such as the swords fuller and knot work patterns. The sword itself however is obviously at its core meant to be majestic and quite literally “out of this world”.
The sword’s ornate guard and pommel were the most challenging aspect of the entire sword, due to their unique shape and function. Heimdall’s sword is not simply a mere war sword, instead it is an ancient and key that controls Heimdall’s technologically advanced observatory on the Bifrost bridge of Asgard.
It opens and closes portals to other worlds and dimensions in which the hero’s fight in the film. Being both a sword and a key, the guard serves the double purpose of obviously protecting its wielder, and also serving as extending handle bars to turn the key once its placed into its keyhole.
The guard and pommel were cast out of hollowed polished bronze for the hero steel swords, and colored lightweight aluminum for the stunt versions. Norse knotwork was carved into the fittings and into the figured Mahogany grips by hand on each copy of the sword. The knotwork is a reflective nod back to the original Norse mythology and cultural-history the comics were based off of.
The knotwork is also reflective of the patterns seen inside the walls of Heimdall’s observatory and in the architecture and décor of the city of Asgard itself. In total, the sword stood at 5 ½ feet long from tip to pommel, and the hero steel and bronze versions weighed close to 10 pounds each.
Source: Copyright © 2016 Thor, the Movie, MVL Film Finance LLC; TM & © 2011 Marvel Entertainment, LLC and its subsidiaries
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