That paint job is great. How did you get that finish on the gray parts?
got my John Crichton costume sorted:
and here's my Creation Ent Pulse Rifle that I got from matt Munson:
Are you guys scratch building the pistols or getting kits?
got my John Crichton costume sorted:
and here's my Creation Ent Pulse Rifle that I got from matt Munson:
There were some folks that used to scratch build them years, ago, but for the better part of a decade there have been some really nice kits out there. (and some bad ones.) When you can get a wilco for less then $20. or one (said to be) cast off an original for less then $100. (it may have gone up, I haven't looked in a wile) it's not really worth the trouble of building your own.
I have lots of experience, and knowledge, but very little skill, and I have managed to hollow out and drill out the barrel on 3 Wilcos, so that they can take lights, and sounds, and have a working slide switch on the left side. (that's with an LED in the barrel, the scope, and 4 in the back. ) I think I paid like $18. plus shipping for them a few years ago.
resin is soft enough, you may not have to use a dremel to fix yoru lines. I mean, almost every one here will tell you to use a dremel, and I do for a lot of stuff, but something like that I personally wouldn't. I would get an exacto knife, or pick up on of those cheep would carving sets, with basically a heavier version of an exacto knife. Use a sturdy piece of metal, with a straight edge, and run the knife along that, until, I got the depth, and width I wanted.
I have learned over the years that very, best part about resin kits, is that there is no mistake you can't fix, and if you mess up, it's no trouble at all, you just take a little bondo, mix it with a little of it's cream hardener, will in the mistake, no mater how big it is, and by the next day, it's ready to be sanded smooth, and your all set to give it another try. And you can do that as many times as you need. (and trust me there are times I have had to do it over again, many, many times, until I was happy with a kit) Oh, and the bondo will say it's ready to be worked with in a half an hour, and it may be, but if you want to really have something strong to work with, and sand, I would wait a day or so, depending on how large a space your filling with it. I get the big cans when they go on sale at the store, for like $16. and they go a long way. (The last can I bout, I not only have filled spots on tons of projects, I even had enough to cast some parts for some of my own home made projects. )
What holster did you end up going with? I still have not found one I'm happy with. Or well, any, other then the thin leather over fraft foam one, that keeps getting posted on ebay.
Jackdoud, where did you get that DRD? How accurate is it?