Hey guys. So I'm a huge Weta fan and love the D9 guns. I got halfway through @wondersquids Arc Gen resin kit when we decided to pack up and head overseas for a while.
For a long time I've wanted the Assault Rifle and to this day kick myself sideways for not buying the last one Weta sold at Armagedon (NZ's lame version of Comicon) 8 or so years ago for $800 NZD. Which is like $35 USD! Lol. All that to say, the Assault Rifle has been a grail for me for a long time.
Currently in Canada, I have some down-time, so I managed to pick up this 3D printed kit of the Assault Rifle. Arrived today.
The print looks pretty good and definitely the most accurate 3D print of this gun I've seen.
Will need some minor mods, including some small detail greeblies just above and back from the trigger.
There are 2 or 3 flaws in the design, but pretty easy fixes. Here you can see half a divot printed in the wrong place (easily filled) and where the bottom tube is mounted to the gun is meant to be flat.
Front upper tube is a little fatter than it's suppose to be, so might replace that.
The best part of this thing is the size, almost 100% full scale.
So before I begin, I have some decisions and I'd love your input...
1 - Adding moving trigger and electronics. This is an obvious mod and I seriously considered it. Things like a sound board that made the right sound and maybe LEDs on the tips of the 24 pointy thingies (yes, that IS the technical term), or at least a LED in the barrel that lights up when fired. However, watching the scenes with the rifle over a few times, there really isn't any part of the gun that lights up. Just the electricity that generates then bursts out. A little hard to replicate outside the CG world. Which is probably why Weta produced a static prop as the screen used prop was most likely static too.
2 - Adding weight. Bit of a catch 22 here. I LOVE the weight of a solid resin prop, as the Weta replica is. So I'm inclined to add weight to this thing. But then, try wield a full-size Weta D9 Rifle around for a while and see if your arms don't fall off! It's great to hold for a couple minutes, but would suck to walk around with at a convention. This being much lighter is perfect for cosplay, but as I'm not really into cosplay, it will spend most of it's time hanging on the wall. So I could go either way on this.
Feel free to share to your thoughts and opinions on both these topics, or anything else you wanna mention.
Cheers,
T.
For a long time I've wanted the Assault Rifle and to this day kick myself sideways for not buying the last one Weta sold at Armagedon (NZ's lame version of Comicon) 8 or so years ago for $800 NZD. Which is like $35 USD! Lol. All that to say, the Assault Rifle has been a grail for me for a long time.
Currently in Canada, I have some down-time, so I managed to pick up this 3D printed kit of the Assault Rifle. Arrived today.
The print looks pretty good and definitely the most accurate 3D print of this gun I've seen.
Will need some minor mods, including some small detail greeblies just above and back from the trigger.
There are 2 or 3 flaws in the design, but pretty easy fixes. Here you can see half a divot printed in the wrong place (easily filled) and where the bottom tube is mounted to the gun is meant to be flat.
Front upper tube is a little fatter than it's suppose to be, so might replace that.
The best part of this thing is the size, almost 100% full scale.
So before I begin, I have some decisions and I'd love your input...
1 - Adding moving trigger and electronics. This is an obvious mod and I seriously considered it. Things like a sound board that made the right sound and maybe LEDs on the tips of the 24 pointy thingies (yes, that IS the technical term), or at least a LED in the barrel that lights up when fired. However, watching the scenes with the rifle over a few times, there really isn't any part of the gun that lights up. Just the electricity that generates then bursts out. A little hard to replicate outside the CG world. Which is probably why Weta produced a static prop as the screen used prop was most likely static too.
2 - Adding weight. Bit of a catch 22 here. I LOVE the weight of a solid resin prop, as the Weta replica is. So I'm inclined to add weight to this thing. But then, try wield a full-size Weta D9 Rifle around for a while and see if your arms don't fall off! It's great to hold for a couple minutes, but would suck to walk around with at a convention. This being much lighter is perfect for cosplay, but as I'm not really into cosplay, it will spend most of it's time hanging on the wall. So I could go either way on this.
Feel free to share to your thoughts and opinions on both these topics, or anything else you wanna mention.
Cheers,
T.
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