ThePropBox
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Re: HALF - LIFE 2 - Gravity Gun Replica - 20.07. - Rusting and painting! Ton o'Pics!
How's everybody doing?
Just passing by, leaving progress here...
Finally I manged to get started working on the rear and main handle of the gun. I wasn't sure which material to use first but then I remembered I had this layered and glued piece of wood lying around somewhere. I quickly measured out all the dimensions and it was PERFECT!
This piece constists of 46 layers of ash-tree wood which were glued together and used as somekind of base for an industrial hydraulic pump.
Finally I found good use for it!
Haven't really done some progress pictures while carving...
The half round milling has been done by mounting the plain wood vertically first and drilling with a forstner bit from top to bottom.
I wasn't really quite sure about the shape of it so I tried to improve it by creating some kind of molds for your fingers to rest in.
Unfortunately this didn't turn out quite well in my opinion so I had to redo it again...
For those of you who wonder: the reddish bondo kinda looking stuff is wood filler to cover and fill all the areas I grinded too hollow. Urgh...
I've been frustrated quite a bit as the handle didn't turn out quite as good as I expected it to be so I've began working on the little metal shaft which gets inserted in the milled part.
Since I do not own a lathe I had to figure out a way how to create this little groove in the upper part of it. Finally it was much simpler as I thought it would be
I cut two shafts from a 25mm aluminium rod and connected them by inserting a washer between and with a little help of Loctite 638; this stuff is AMAZING!
Et voila! Lathing grooves poor people style!
While I was working on the new handle my friend Michael passed by and handed me some pretty neat aluminum parts of pure amazingness! Thank you buddy, so frickin' much!!
This shots has been done later on so don't mind all the scratches
I was also searching for some rubber motorcycle handles for the side attachment. To find the perfect one (in terms of look and size) it took me nearly two days until I found a girl in Lithuania via e*ay who sold one of them of her old BMW motorcylce
In the meantime I tried the caps on the side barrels and yeah... I was in love. It's taking shape!
The only thing which is missing is the little round part between the end cap and the rubber handle. I will hopefully receive that by this or next week!
I did stop working on the handle for a few days, then went back onto it and I got it right! Finally!
This thime I chose to get rid of the molds for the fingers and make it plain and a little bit curved. I covered some areas with wood filler again since there were some indents here and there from hitting the floor when it slipped out of my hand while grinding
As I'm uploading this images I see that the profile of the handle isn't nearly as perfect as I imagined it to be. Guess I have to redo some of the areas
And now for some overall shots what the Gravity Gun looks like now.
CROWBAR TIME!
Cheer and thanks a lot for spending your time reading and looking through my built! Take care all of you!
Updates should follow next week!
How's everybody doing?
Just passing by, leaving progress here...
Finally I manged to get started working on the rear and main handle of the gun. I wasn't sure which material to use first but then I remembered I had this layered and glued piece of wood lying around somewhere. I quickly measured out all the dimensions and it was PERFECT!
This piece constists of 46 layers of ash-tree wood which were glued together and used as somekind of base for an industrial hydraulic pump.
Finally I found good use for it!
Haven't really done some progress pictures while carving...
The half round milling has been done by mounting the plain wood vertically first and drilling with a forstner bit from top to bottom.
I wasn't really quite sure about the shape of it so I tried to improve it by creating some kind of molds for your fingers to rest in.
Unfortunately this didn't turn out quite well in my opinion so I had to redo it again...
For those of you who wonder: the reddish bondo kinda looking stuff is wood filler to cover and fill all the areas I grinded too hollow. Urgh...
I've been frustrated quite a bit as the handle didn't turn out quite as good as I expected it to be so I've began working on the little metal shaft which gets inserted in the milled part.
Since I do not own a lathe I had to figure out a way how to create this little groove in the upper part of it. Finally it was much simpler as I thought it would be
I cut two shafts from a 25mm aluminium rod and connected them by inserting a washer between and with a little help of Loctite 638; this stuff is AMAZING!
Et voila! Lathing grooves poor people style!
While I was working on the new handle my friend Michael passed by and handed me some pretty neat aluminum parts of pure amazingness! Thank you buddy, so frickin' much!!
This shots has been done later on so don't mind all the scratches
I was also searching for some rubber motorcycle handles for the side attachment. To find the perfect one (in terms of look and size) it took me nearly two days until I found a girl in Lithuania via e*ay who sold one of them of her old BMW motorcylce
In the meantime I tried the caps on the side barrels and yeah... I was in love. It's taking shape!
The only thing which is missing is the little round part between the end cap and the rubber handle. I will hopefully receive that by this or next week!
I did stop working on the handle for a few days, then went back onto it and I got it right! Finally!
This thime I chose to get rid of the molds for the fingers and make it plain and a little bit curved. I covered some areas with wood filler again since there were some indents here and there from hitting the floor when it slipped out of my hand while grinding
As I'm uploading this images I see that the profile of the handle isn't nearly as perfect as I imagined it to be. Guess I have to redo some of the areas
And now for some overall shots what the Gravity Gun looks like now.
CROWBAR TIME!
Cheer and thanks a lot for spending your time reading and looking through my built! Take care all of you!
Updates should follow next week!