GunnerBill
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UPDATE: It's time for Glasgows 2014 comicon so the rifle has to be finished... it's DONE!
Flip to the end to see the final picture.
A couple of months ago I went to a comic-con in Glasgow UK and to my infinite regret never went in "cosplay". Resolving to go next year fully kitted up I decided that as I've played Fallout 3 for over 300 hrs (yes really!) I'd go as the famous "Lone Wanderer" which meant I'd obviously need a plasma rifle as to me this is the most symbolic item in the game.
Thanks are due to L05T V1K1N6 and his inspirational thread: http://www.therpf.com/f9/fallout-3-a3-21s-plasma-rifle-replica-156277/ for showing that it can be done so here is my attempt...
To plan my build I started with a scaled up printout of the plasma rifle, to get the right scale/size on the printout I took some of the base measurement from L05T V1K1N6's thread and also used the dimensions of my actual rifle stock to confirm these would be realistic (they were!).
Note: I've tried wherever possible to minimise any specialist building and just use everyday objects with a bit of modification for the build.
L05T V1K1N6 meticulously engineered his stock out of individual components. I don't have the tools or the skills to take this approach so opted for something simpler. I was also concerned that this component approach to the stock wouldn't be strong enough to survive a comic-con.
By electing to mock up the general outline of the stock in 6mm plywood and carve it out I was fully expecting it to NOT work and that I'd have to start over.
I basically glued all the shapes together to make a block form to carve out the detail stock from.
I started to shape the stock with some pretty brutal tools!
And actually it worked out OK. I stretched the length of the stock because it was too short for me. Here it is essentially finished:
* The stock is really strong and in close-up looks quite pretty being laminated. Shame to paint!
Flip to the end to see the final picture.
A couple of months ago I went to a comic-con in Glasgow UK and to my infinite regret never went in "cosplay". Resolving to go next year fully kitted up I decided that as I've played Fallout 3 for over 300 hrs (yes really!) I'd go as the famous "Lone Wanderer" which meant I'd obviously need a plasma rifle as to me this is the most symbolic item in the game.
Thanks are due to L05T V1K1N6 and his inspirational thread: http://www.therpf.com/f9/fallout-3-a3-21s-plasma-rifle-replica-156277/ for showing that it can be done so here is my attempt...
To plan my build I started with a scaled up printout of the plasma rifle, to get the right scale/size on the printout I took some of the base measurement from L05T V1K1N6's thread and also used the dimensions of my actual rifle stock to confirm these would be realistic (they were!).
Note: I've tried wherever possible to minimise any specialist building and just use everyday objects with a bit of modification for the build.
L05T V1K1N6 meticulously engineered his stock out of individual components. I don't have the tools or the skills to take this approach so opted for something simpler. I was also concerned that this component approach to the stock wouldn't be strong enough to survive a comic-con.
By electing to mock up the general outline of the stock in 6mm plywood and carve it out I was fully expecting it to NOT work and that I'd have to start over.
I basically glued all the shapes together to make a block form to carve out the detail stock from.
I started to shape the stock with some pretty brutal tools!
And actually it worked out OK. I stretched the length of the stock because it was too short for me. Here it is essentially finished:
* The stock is really strong and in close-up looks quite pretty being laminated. Shame to paint!
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