Loki’s Scepter


This LEGO® Marvel MOC is a replica of Loki’s Scepter, from the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Avengers.

BUILDING INSTRUCTIONS

Quick Facts

  • Building time: Two months
  • Parts count: 1061
  • Versions made: Three
  • Dimensions: 115cm / 45.2″
  • Weight: 1.4kg / 2.9lb

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The Design Process

Loki’s Scepter was my first complex prop replica. It is an extremely challenging design in a lot of ways, including the curved handle, the curved blade, the size, the colour scheme and the connection between the blade and the handle. Most importantly, it needed to be a 1:1 scale replica.

I am fortunate enough to have a prop replica of the Scepter which I could copy so I started with the blade by laying the elements on top of the prop to get the shape right. Then I moved onto the handle. The handle is notably gold, which is a difficult colour in LEGO® bricks. The selection of elements available is limited and they are difficult to source. I decided to use the ‘pearl gold’ colour combined with ‘dark tan’ and ‘light tan’ – a colour choice I have since noticed in official LEGO® sets!

The handle was fairly straightforward, apart from the limited parts selection once I built an internal structure. I used a lot of “SNOT” (Studs not on top) to get the shape right by using tiles and slopes on the sides. One of the big changes from the earlier version to the newest versions is the use of inverted tiles and slopes on the base to remove more exposed studs.

The biggest challenge was connecting the blade to the handle. At first, I used plates for the blade, with the rest of the gold handle attached to the plates. This allowed me to get a good shape, but it meant the design was very unstable and one-sided. In the next version, I decided to shift from plates to a brick-built blade in two sections (the top and bottom of the blade are completely separate). This allowed me to make a far stronger design that can be held and is playable, as well as giving more flexibility with the angles.

Compared to the rest, the infinity stone was simple! Again, it was a complete “SNOT” design that stands alone from the blade. It uses as many “SNOT” bricks as it does ‘trans blue’ coloured bricks!

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