Hey all,
I recently finished working on converting one of these cheap, chinese Blade Runner toys into a display piece. I know some other folks are also working on these, so I thought sharing might help. It has a steel barrel and steel parts inside to give it better weight. On this first attempt, I deiced to forego electronics.
Yes, it's still fairly inaccurate, but it was a lot of fun. It's a cool conversation piece to have next to my Tomenosuke. I'm working on a snub nose version, and a black grip version in the near future.
So, here is the progress from start to finish:
BEFORE AND AFTER:
I recently finished working on converting one of these cheap, chinese Blade Runner toys into a display piece. I know some other folks are also working on these, so I thought sharing might help. It has a steel barrel and steel parts inside to give it better weight. On this first attempt, I deiced to forego electronics.
Yes, it's still fairly inaccurate, but it was a lot of fun. It's a cool conversation piece to have next to my Tomenosuke. I'm working on a snub nose version, and a black grip version in the near future.
So, here is the progress from start to finish:
BEFORE AND AFTER: