I made Harley Quinn's mallet

I got the opportunity to make Harley Quinn's Mallet, or hammer, and I jumped at it because I knew it would be a fun build. One day to more or less sculpt it, and another day to paint it. It took longer than that, no shocker there.

I started with the 3D printer, but that part could be made by hand too. (I find I use my 3D printer more for simple stuff like this, and goofy things like lego light sabers than all of the creative things I had in mind when I got it. But I'm using it and it's not collecting dust, so I will take that as a win.) But you could use things like a oatmeal tube, shipping tube, old cardboard, etc. Just add enough supports to make it a little stronger. And that will all be hidden, so overdo it on the hot glue, no one will ever see it.

Then I used a 1/2" PVC pipe for the hand. Glued it in with CA glue.

I used 6mm EVA foam wrapped around the head of mallet. And used a cut off of the PVC pipe mark then cut a notch to go around the pipe.

I tried measuring the head of the mallet and cutting the foam. But messed that up twice, so went with just wrapping the foam around the head, marking that, and cutting there. Worked much better.

I used contact cement to attach the foam to the head. Contact cement is the weirdest stuff. You put it on both sides that you want to adhere. Then you wait for it to dry??? But the stuff works great, but not a lot of wiggle room. Once the two sides touch, they don't want to let go. And be sure to use a respirator. Those fumes are NOT healthy.

Used the new mallet head to mark and then cut circles out of the same EVA foam for the ends of the mallet. The thicker the foam the better, because I am going to carve into it to get the wooden texture and the thicker it is, the more dramatic the texture can me.

Next, I cut a small piece of foam measured to wrap around the PVC pipe to form the handle.

Then contact cement that sucker in there.

A little piece of scrap foam to wrap around the base of the mallet head.

And another little piece to go onto the end of the handle.

Lots and lots of sanding. And DEFINITELY wear something to protect your lungs! Lots of little particles that you do NOT want to breath in. Really bad for you.

For the chunks and gashes on the head of the mallet, I found a steak knife worked better than anything.

I used an Xacto knife to cut the more delicate groves of the wood texture.

Sprayed a primer over the entire mallet.

Time for the fun part. I really love the painting part. That's when all of the hard work starts to show the rewards.

I printed out the diamond pattern on my ink jet and decoupaged it onto the head of the mallet. The colors ran from the glue and lines from the ink running out on the printer. But I knew I was going to paint over all of the paper, so I wasn't concerned. It more more of a glorified template.

The smily face I eyeballed.

Painted the handle blue

Painted the handle black

Added more detail where I thought it needed it.

Used paint pens to write the script on the side. I definitely did not trust myself with the paintbrush to make that look good. It says (according to Google) "You're killing me. Or am I killing you? Haha Wanna Play?" And google never gets it wrong, right?

My daughter LOVED it! I asked for it back for a minute after Halloween so I could get a better picture of it. She gave me side eye! Like I was gonna scratch it!! Kids are a pain, but I love 'em.