Han Solo Blaster

Hello I spent quite a bit of time adding more apoxy resin and sanding. I also added a couple of layers of primer then proceeded with a layer of matte protective finish. Next I will add a layer of flat black paint and sand various areas to give the appearance of wear / weathering on the blaster. I'm still waiting on receiving 2 knurled check nuts. I need to re glue the small knurled check nut located near the front end of the blaster. Hope fully the 2 knurled check nuts I ordered arrive soon.

Cheers,
Ryan.

so cool, great work!

Excellent looking job so far.
Not bad for a hasbro build up.
Who'd you buy the resin scope from? Just out of curiosity.

I bought the resin scope from Fakebritishaccent whom bought it from Corellian Exports. The most difficult detail in my search was the larger knurled check nuts.

Ryan.

Cool, thanks.
Keep up the good work, I can't wait to see how this turns out.

Hello, my knurled check nuts finally arrived in the mail. I've glued them to the scope mount. I've also painted flat black over the whole surface of the blaster and a dark brown for the broom handle grip. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas how I could weather this blaster? One idea i was going to try was sanding a bit of the black down on various raised areas to the grey paint layer.

Thanks Ryan.

I would dry-brush some silver paint on all the "rub points".

i believe you'll also wanna paint black stripe in middle of brown handle as the entire grip is not brown, only wood parts -- middle is metal from gun frame.

forgot to mention - VERY sweet project -- I also painted this toy -- did not do all the surgery on it like you did, but even painting it up improves it a ton -- your mods are excellent.

Hello I painted the screws and the end of the scope (and black washes for weathering appearance). I used silver dry brushing for the weathering effects on worn areas of the blaster. I'm quite pleased with how this project turned out. I'm hoping to make a leather holster for the blaster later on (my wife is going to help me out with this part).

Now I'm waiting for my inner / outer styrene domes for my 1:1 R2D2 project (hard to wait, all I can do now is planning).

Anyways thanks for looking,
Ryan.

Lookin' GREAT! I love builds that begin with a challenge! You are certainly rising to it!

Enjoying this build. The Greedo Killer is one of my fantacy props. I hope to build my own one day. Thanks for letting us watch.

B