BigEvil
New Member
I thought I'd take a crack at a huntorial of my own. I've learned a lot just reading and trying things from here and this is some of what I've come up with.
The beauty of the Predators is that they are all a little different, there are some basic common threads but really the armor is as individual as the hunter. I would love to get a screen accurate cast cannon, but it just isn't in the budget. So in the interest of cheap can be made to work too, here's how I made some cannons on the uber cheap. I'm building 2 sets of armor in tandem which is why you're seeing double.
1. Buy some cheap 1 dollar squirt guns from wal mart. These were in the seasonal summer section.
2. I used a scroll saw but a dremel should work fine, Cut the handle/trigger assembly off of the gun and fill the gap with some flat plastic (I used some from a thin plastic license plate)
3. Get a cap from a spray paint can, make a blank from some thin plastic to cover up the open end and trace then cut the back of the water pistol.
4. Glue it all together, I used a high heat hot glue gun and filled in all the spaces at the same time.
5. Paint it, I couldn't handle the glow in the dark neon color so I hit it with some flat black to assist in the final stages.
This took about an hour to do 2 cannons to this point. I will be embellishing with foam accents and some other bits (covering up mold lines and the "splash" logo) before final painting and assembly.
Total cost per Cannon right now is about 3 bucks. Hope this is useful to someone
K
The beauty of the Predators is that they are all a little different, there are some basic common threads but really the armor is as individual as the hunter. I would love to get a screen accurate cast cannon, but it just isn't in the budget. So in the interest of cheap can be made to work too, here's how I made some cannons on the uber cheap. I'm building 2 sets of armor in tandem which is why you're seeing double.
1. Buy some cheap 1 dollar squirt guns from wal mart. These were in the seasonal summer section.
2. I used a scroll saw but a dremel should work fine, Cut the handle/trigger assembly off of the gun and fill the gap with some flat plastic (I used some from a thin plastic license plate)
3. Get a cap from a spray paint can, make a blank from some thin plastic to cover up the open end and trace then cut the back of the water pistol.
4. Glue it all together, I used a high heat hot glue gun and filled in all the spaces at the same time.
5. Paint it, I couldn't handle the glow in the dark neon color so I hit it with some flat black to assist in the final stages.
This took about an hour to do 2 cannons to this point. I will be embellishing with foam accents and some other bits (covering up mold lines and the "splash" logo) before final painting and assembly.
Total cost per Cannon right now is about 3 bucks. Hope this is useful to someone
K
