Warhammer 40K Bolt Pistol - On a Budget

DD28

Well-Known Member

• Aug 30, 2012

• #1

I am currently in the process of putting together a Space Marine costume (which is currently not in any state to post about :unsure), however currently funds are not forthcoming, so I decided to have a go at building a Bolt Pistol on a Budget (actually it ended up being made of scraps I had lying around). After looking around for some blueprints for said pistol (and not finding any) I came across Steamtech's post about his 40k Bolt Pistol
http://www.therpf.com/f9/warhammer-40k-bolt-pistol-129533/
And taking the excellent pictures of his pistol, I produced a set of plans myself.

Bolt Pistol Plans.pdf - 4shared.com - document sharing - download - Peter H

So what to make the pistol from....

The main problem I faced was the hand grip (I didn't fancy trying to scratch build one), I looked around my sons toy box, found a Nerf Maverick, perfect, except he wouldn't part with it :unsure, but he did have another gun (he has lots...) that the barrel had broken off (he does keep a lot of crap, luckily :lol)

So now armed with a broken toy shotgun and a box of junk, I set to work.....

 

DD28

Well-Known Member

• Aug 30, 2012

• #2

To construct the Bolt Pistol I decided to use :-

• Broken toy shotgun
• Corrugated cardboard (I have a lot of boxes),
• Card (Cereal Boxes)
• Foam (some low density camping mat which was originally for my other sons Iron Man Costume but is way too soft)
• Foam Core (from another long dead project)
• Plastic Plumbing Parts
• and anything else I could find to work.....

I started by cutting out the main body shape from cardboard then tracing out 7 foam versions, this made a sandwich the correct thickness.

On the middle 3 foam layers I traced around the shotgun (after I had trimmed the remaining part of the barrel) to fit. Then I glued it all together (with my trusty glue gun)

Then using Cereal box card I encased the foam edges

Using more cereal box card, and some 5mm thick foam core, I added the side details and raised top sections

After considering and rejecting making the barrel out of card, or even foam, I found some plastic plumbing parts left over from when we had our kitchen fitted (it's not just my son that keeps crap :$). After cutting them to size and drilling a side hole they were fitted.

Next....Detailing

 

DD28

Well-Known Member

• Aug 30, 2012

• #3

Detailing the Bolt Pistol...

Rather than cut out circles from foam core (I'm not very good at curves) I decided to try and find something to use for the rear circle details, and came across some cheap plastic poker chips

These lock together due to the serrated pattern on top, and 2 together were the perfect thickness and coincidentally exactly the right diameter :cool

Next I traced out the side plate rim on foam core for both sides

This part came off the donor plastic shotgun

Which after a bit of trimming made the clip ejector switch

More foam core and card was added at the bottom

While hunting out parts I came across 2 packs of these

Zinc Plated M5 Cap Nuts

For the life of me I can't remember why I even bought them, or when :confused .... I expect I'll remember eventually, but for now :love

The next part I struggled to find something to work, until I came across these in the kitchen draw....

And as I do the cooking, and can't ever remember needing 2.5ml of anything measured out, my Bolt pistol got a new selector switch :lol

Next...The Ammo Clip

 

Last edited: Aug 30, 2012

DD28

Well-Known Member

• Aug 30, 2012

• #4

The Ammo Clip

Using the same foam and Cardboard construction I marked out and assembled the clip

Encased it with card

Added Foam Core details

Added more details to the sides and yet more Foam core to the base, then glued the complete assembly to the main body

The final part to make was the site, I made this from foam core and card

Finally after about 6 hours work .....

All that I need to do now is clean up some of the edges, fill the corrugated card edges, prime and eventually paint once I have decided on the colour scheme for the armour.

Until next time....

Peter

 

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Akka

New Member

• Aug 31, 2012

• #5

Talented mate love budget builds getting the right results from stuff just lying around is
awesome

 

DD28

Well-Known Member

• Aug 31, 2012

• #6

Thanks, was out and about today and spotted something that looked like a sword handle sticking out of a recycling bin. Next up I think i'll have a go at a budget chain sword :lol, BTW it ended up being part of an old mop....

 

Mole

Well-Known Member

• Aug 31, 2012

• #7

Cool! And the plans are really nice as well.

Comes in very handy since I've just started my own Bolt Pistol build. Thanks!

 

darkestknight

Member

• Aug 31, 2012

• #8

Impressive work, especially for a budget build. It's clearly a bolt pistol, and instant recognition is the best part of making any prop :cool

 

Zorlord

Member

• Aug 31, 2012

• #9

dont you love when stuff just comes together like this? Nice job on the pistol, looks great!

 

evilchiken469

Member

• Aug 31, 2012

• #10

wow that came out amazing sometimes hoarding a bunch of garbage just pays off great work

 

Badsprout

Active Member

• Aug 31, 2012

• #11

That's some really nice work - can't wait to see it painted.

 

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priestrorschach

Active Member

• Sep 1, 2012

• #12

wow. out of stuff around the house. amazing

 

Nerfenstein

Well-Known Member

• Dec 9, 2013

• #13

Thought I'd add my latest build here as I used Peter's amazing pdf.
This wasn't a budget build as such, but the pdf was invaluable to me in its making, so credit where it's due (thank you Peter! xx)

It was tweaked a little as to the wishes of the person who asked me to make it.

 

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MetroJosh86

New Member

• Aug 25, 2015

• #14

Hiya I realise this p[ost is a bit old, but do you still have the plans of this build that you could send me?