Grordbort-Style Retro Raygun

[Mr. Nagata]

Since the Weta raygun contest is still a month or two away and I was feeling anxious to build something, I decided to make this Grordbort-style raygun. I'll probably incorporate some of the design elements into my official submission.

A couple more with flatter lighting:

 

[cloudborn]

Very cool...nice design and weathering!

 

[G17RDY]

Stunning, i love it!!

Some of the parts in this are really intriguing, the glass ball with the red liquid is genius!

 

[Majonaise]

Excellent work. Very, very clean build; in a weathered, potentially unstable sense of the word "clean" of course.

 

[Mr. Nagata]

Thank you very much. The little glass ball is actually the liquid filled bulb from a Galileo thermometer. I was at an artisan fair where some guy was selling them as pendants for jewelry. I bought a couple to use in my rayguns.

 

[Zombie Killer]

That looks really good. There is going to be good competition for the Bison contest. I like your use of the fin too. Nice nod to the Bison.

 

[TheSt.LouisKid]

Looks good.

What's better is you made it yourself.

Dr. G would be pleased.

 

[Brucelee42]

Yes, very sweet! Excelent model! (the rest of us are doomed!)

 

[Contec]

How did you do the letters on the raygun?

 

[Mr. Nagata]

The letters are styrene letters made by Plastruct

 

[thevictim]

nice, i really dig these retro ray guns. very good job!

 

[Predatormv]

Where did you find those glass things on the back and front?

 

[Mr. Nagata]

The glass domes on the front and back are miniature glass domes I ordered online. Just google miniature glass dome and you'll get a bunch of websites for this kind of stuff.

 

[valdi]

This is absolutely fantastic! I like the crystal very much Did you make it from scratch or is it made from... 'stuff'?

 

[Boba Debt]

That's so pretty I almost want to buy it from you