Ma’Tok Staff Weapon

Get Into Gate- October 2019

 

Each large piece started as a giant chunk of foam, they were carved down with a stanley knife, sand paper and a belt sander.

This T-Joint was permanently glued into place so that the base would be strong enough to hold the weight of the whole staff.

Grooves were cut out to fit the bent PVC into place. (PVC was filled with sand and heated up so they would bend easily around a template)

I predrew the indented lines on the main blaster to be as accurate as possible to the reference material.

Full scale length of the whole staff before adding the base foam. I since shortened the length of the top part as it was well over 2.2m long at this stage.

I cut in half the parts with the PVC pipe that ran through to carve out space for it as ‘drilling’ out a hole was too difficult and dangerous with this material. Reglued together with contact glue and gaps filled with a gap filler.

Close up of the mechanical parts before painting. These were just made up of random bits and pieces found around the place.

Jaffa, Kree!