chrisdevine
New Member
First off, I've been lurking around here, and I have to say the "hive mind" here at the RPF is amazing. The collection of information, ideas and concepts are amazing. I'm almost afraid to throw this up on the board.
My first foray into ANY home made replica props finally happened. I did the DL 44 Blaster, starting with a $9 rubies blaster.
YES, i know it's not real accurate, and I've seen a couple of people here do some SERIOUS mods to make it more accurate, Kudos! It was pretty amazing, but a bit overwhelming. I did his just as a test run to see if I could do this, and be somewhat pleased with the results. I found a few good you tube videos where the rubies was a basis, and following some of their techniques, I have to say overall I was pleased. I give it a solid "B" in execution. I rushed it a bit, and a few sins committed during the process were covered up easily, and a few came through.
Im thinking of picking up one of the disney parks one, and doing the same thing to it.
I know nothing beats doing one of the real MGC kits, but I'm starting off slow here, and the overall Idea for me is to have a small collection of DL-44 blasters. Its a collection that can be somewhat tamed, and not over the top (meaning the wife won't give me grief) . Right now I'm thinking, the Rubies one, Disney parks, The nerf version, and then one of the Metal kit versions would be a nice achieveable collection overall.
Any pros or cons with the disney parks blaster? I welcome all comments and suggestions!
My first foray into ANY home made replica props finally happened. I did the DL 44 Blaster, starting with a $9 rubies blaster.
YES, i know it's not real accurate, and I've seen a couple of people here do some SERIOUS mods to make it more accurate, Kudos! It was pretty amazing, but a bit overwhelming. I did his just as a test run to see if I could do this, and be somewhat pleased with the results. I found a few good you tube videos where the rubies was a basis, and following some of their techniques, I have to say overall I was pleased. I give it a solid "B" in execution. I rushed it a bit, and a few sins committed during the process were covered up easily, and a few came through.
Im thinking of picking up one of the disney parks one, and doing the same thing to it.
I know nothing beats doing one of the real MGC kits, but I'm starting off slow here, and the overall Idea for me is to have a small collection of DL-44 blasters. Its a collection that can be somewhat tamed, and not over the top (meaning the wife won't give me grief) . Right now I'm thinking, the Rubies one, Disney parks, The nerf version, and then one of the Metal kit versions would be a nice achieveable collection overall.
Any pros or cons with the disney parks blaster? I welcome all comments and suggestions!
