Brothers Day - Prop making

One of the most curious props we have in the film is a coffee mug that gets smashed over Loki's head by Ryan during the very heated fight sequence, prop master Javier Gimenez reminds us how he approached this task below.

"I was asked to create a breakable cup for the fight scene, which was supposed to be "soft" enough to be used on the actor's face. I made a clay mould and then cast the cup out of melted wax, using a rice cooker to melt the wax. Using a two part (modelling clay) mould, with my own soapy PVA mix as splitting agent, cast the fake cup out of one of the original prop cups of the scene, shaved misshapes and fill on bubbles, carved a few crack pattern lines on the wax copy then painted over to resemble the original. I made three in total, one for testing (off camera on volunteers face...) and then another one for retake. Cleaned up the mess and Voilà! "

The stills below show a sneak peak of the cup in action!

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