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[Niabi]

Hi Vode

Iv been playing with the Idea of scratch building a blaster carbine type thing.

here is a mock up i made from some cardboard:


mock up blaster idear by Niabi Vok'Chi, on Flickr

What do you think of it? Im in two minds really, sometimes i love it others i hate it. I just not sure if it fit’s in to the SW Universe.
Advice and Critiques welcomed.

[Remo Jadd]

kind of reminds me of a p90 bullpup design. just build it and see how it takes shape. 

[Niabi]

Yeah it was a Bullpup look i was going for not a Carbine (looks like the epoxy fumes are melting my brain lol)

[Kel T Skirata]

Aye bud , too much star Gate , no enough Wars ! 

[Lasruin Toth Lan]

that has possibilities , if you keep it 70's tech looking , the basicshape is cool , theres a pic some where in the visual dictionary of a rougue Jedi with something like that shape

[Niabi]

Aye bud , too much star Gate , no enough Wars ! 

Yep that’s what i was worried about.

that has possibilities , if you keep it 70's tech looking , the basicshape is cool , theres a pic some where in the visual dictionary of a rougue Jedi with something like that shape

Interesting.. I shall go forth and look for a SW universe weapon that looks like it and see where i can go from there more to come watch this space....

[Lasruin Toth Lan]

here it is right here in the hands of Dass Jennir

[Zebra38]

here it is right here in the hands of Dass Jennir

that looks almost identical to a P90 makes me think that an airsoft P90 may be a good base for this hrmmmmm

[Lasruin Toth Lan]

its close but the dimensions look a LOT different

[Zebra38]

true but it seems as if you could almost just add some width and corrugated tubing and bam done

[Niabi]

here it is right here in the hands of Dass Jennir

thanks mate that is an awesome find i think i can work with that, although i might deP90 it a bit (well it has to be custom lol)

I think it looks a little smaller than the P90 and the stock looks like it tapers as opposed to straight on the P90.

yep i think with a little tweek here and there i can make a go of this.

Right quick question time to you experienced scratch builders out there.

1. what wood do you recommend to use?

2. how do you seal the wood for painting so you don’t see the grain?

[Zohar Nef]

thanks mate that is an awesome find i think i can work with that, although i might deP90 it a bit (well it has to be custom lol)

I think it looks a little smaller than the P90 and the stock looks like it tapers as opposed to straight on the P90.

yep i think with a little tweek here and there i can make a go of this.

Right quick question time to you experienced scratch builders out there.

1. what wood do you recommend to use?

2. how do you seal the wood for painting so you don’t see the grain?

#2 put a thin coat of fiberglass resin directly on the wood possibly 2 coats, but that should sel it and hide the grain completely.  Did it on a knife I was working on and it worked great.

[Cando Pax]

My take on weapons is this...all star wars blasters are based on real world weapons, they are just modified to look more "Spacey". I think using a P90 and holding on to this picture as reference for canon is a good way to make this gun.

[Lasruin Toth Lan]

#2 put a thin coat of fiberglass resin directly on the wood possibly 2 coats, but that should sel it and hide the grain completely.  Did it on a knife I was working on and it worked great.

you can do it this way , but personaly i'd skin it with P38 ( basically Bondo here in the UK )and sand

[Ijaat Meerel]

also you could use a plastic resin and coat it a few times and that would take away the grainyness also its way easyer to apply that fiberglass resin just make sure it doesnt run