mass effect + m8 avenger assault rifle + N7 armor

[joshslayton]

if you dont like reading, you can watch the video i made about this build

ive always loved the mass effect trilogy and i thought that i make a rifle from the franchise so i picked the M8 rifle. soo having some idea to make it i rushed into it and well i didn't end well.

So with more research i now have an idea what i am doing so heres my progress

I started with volpins blueprints and traced in on some MDF

Heres a rough cut of all the pieces

I ended up recutting some pieces to fit perfectly especially with these pieces

Now that all the pieces are cut out i decided to make all the pieces removable to make it easier to work on. This is will be the main chassis

Let the glueing begin

It took me forever to get these pieces right and perfect

More progress tomorrow

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[Daemon]

Re: mass effect m8 avenger assault rifle

Have any pictures of the build/finished prop?

 

[joshslayton]

Re: mass effect m8 avenger assault rifle

Have any pictures of the build/finished prop?

i uploaded some pics just now

 

[Daemon]

Re: mass effect m8 avenger assault rifle

It looks pretty good to me so far. Only weird part is the size of the hole in the stock. Is that based off the blueprint?

At any rate, looking forward to seeing how it looks finished. I made an Avenger out of EVA a few months back. Came out pretty good, but I'm looking forward to the day where I have the tools to work with wood (or rather, MDF). You get a lot more control when it comes to sanding.

 

[Archive&Future]

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Looking good man; subscribed.

 

[curlyhairedboy]

Re: mass effect m8 avenger assault rifle

ah, i always love mass effect props! this is coming together nicely...

 

[joshslayton]

mass effect m8 avenger assault rifle

Back with an update heres what i did today

I sculpted the barrel with my table sander

Then i sanded all the pieces to to fit perfectly

A sanded down the point on the side peices to give it a better look to it

I glued some 1/4 mdf to the stock and the grip

Then i started to make the little box behind the grip

 

[Strode]

Re: mass effect m8 avenger assault rifle

that is some stellar work. i love seeing stuff like this come together. good work man

 

[joshslayton]

mass effect m8 avenger assault rifle

Thanks everybody for the compliments

So i did some work all day today but did so little plus i had family over so heres what i did

I starting doing some detail work here

I also sanded the grip to make it more comfortable

I also sanded the little box to fit nicely

Heres the scope ive worked on its a rough shape

As crappy as it looks i plan cut into 2 and vacuum form it

So i nearly have all the pieces built for this all i need is some styrene with will come in very soon

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[Sean]

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That's going to look awesome. reminds me. I've got some sanding to do myself.... eerrggGG sanding

 

[joshslayton]

mass effect m8 avenger assault rifle

I stated to do some of the detail on the barrel
It probably took an hour to get every detail line right and semantical

Its kinda hard to see but i did some carving

The vents were the hardest detail on the gun to carve. After a failed attempt to carve with my dremel i filled in with some filler

i was stumped so i woked on the the little box instead

Then i worked on the stock

So have time to think i had a plan on how to carve the vents using a router but i need to practice a little

Not so bad i also wrote my name

So time to man up and start carving.

You have no idea how nerve wrecking that was!


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[Sean]

Re: mass effect m8 avenger assault rifle

Looks good. did you use A router attachment for a dremel?. or a regular router. and I bet it was tough going around that curved edge...
Going great can't wait too see more.

 

[curlyhairedboy]

Re: mass effect m8 avenger assault rifle

way to go, keep up the good work!

 

[joshslayton]

Re: mass effect m8 avenger assault rifle

Looks good. did you use A router attachment for a dremel?. or a regular router. and I bet it was tough going around that curved edge...
Going great can't wait too see more.

I just used a regular router and let me tell ya it was very nerve wrecking! Especially going around those curves

 

[joshslayton]

Re: mass effect m8 avenger assault rifle

Did a little work as there was little to do so i carved some details on the side panels

And did some detail work on the stock

So after that i decided to screw in every piece but be able to take them off

These are just temporary screws there a little too big from the ones in the game. Also the the piece at the front was just taped in because my drill ran out of battery. The barrel still needs a little work but that will be later.

Might even consider molding this gun what do you guys think?

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[Sean]

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Looking sweet! going too have you a nice looking weapon there..

 

[Strode]

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noice!

 

[joshslayton]

mass effect m8 avenger assault rifle

Back with a small update i primed the gun so smooth it out

So priming mdf make it fuzz so to fix i got some 250 grit sandpaper and it smooth it out

So i did this for about 4 passes to 3 parts as i ran out of primer

Looks alot smoother

And a little spot putty

Heres a assembly of the gun looking pretty awesome if you ask me

 

[Vampiel]

Re: mass effect m8 avenger assault rifle

This is coming along very nicely, can't wait to see the finished product.

 

[nick007]

Re: mass effect m8 avenger assault rifle

Looks great, was shaping the top hard?