My Builds: The growing of an eclectic collection

JamesM242 · Jan 1, 2025

Thanks! Great job!

Mara Jade's Father · Jan 28, 2025

A simple free print but I was happy with my paint job.

Mara Jade's Father · Feb 3, 2025

This is a quick and dirty paint job of a Rubies stormtrooper blaster for my Home Depot Trooper to hold.

Nothing major. The biggest mod was the addition of cylinders added to the magazine area. It was printed using a free 3D file from Thingiverse. I dressed it up with some black twist ties I found in a drawer. I made a minor attempt to cover screw holes and gaps in seams with household spackle. The rest is just a black spray paint job with some accent painting.

Mara Jade's Father · Feb 4, 2025

I was hoping this would be an easy build, but nothing seemed to go right. In the end, I just wanted to be done with it.

This was a free file online. I think the body had some issues so some clean up was required . More than I wanted to deal with in this project. The size of many holes for snap in place were too small. Assembly became problematic. I had problems with paint application and drying. Maybe someday I will try again or find something better but for now it’s done.

teecrooz · Feb 5, 2025

I think it turned out pretty good. If you ever feel like tackling it again, thd9791 sells a resin casting of the Gillette body and some other parts in his Etsy shop. https://www.etsy.com/shop/Intergala...-name&listing_id=1349721920&from_page=listing

Mara Jade's Father · Feb 11, 2025

Mara Jade's Father said:
I am in the process of modifying a Nerf Scout Trooper Blaster.

This began here: Nerf Scout Trouper Blaster Repaint

Thanks to AnubisGuard for his designs to get me this far.

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Finally complete the Nerf scout blaster with the Done / Completed - NERF SCOUT TROOPER BLASTER Conversion Kit by Astyanax & AnubisGuard.

Mara Jade's Father · Feb 19, 2025

I printed myself a boomerang phaser. I was going to paint it but I really like the colors of the filaments I used and the prints came out really good. The only paint is the black in the recessed area of the power indicator. The rest of the parts are lightly wet sanded and polished.

Mara Jade's Father · Feb 19, 2025

Here is my attempt at making lemonade after the 3D printer gave me lemons.

I had a failed phaser body. The very end underneath failed to print. The holster failed at the bottom on the back. So along with a bad print of the panel and some test print buttons, I decided to throw them together as a a stunt holster. I made it so the phaser can’t be removed and something I don’t have to worry about if I ever decide to use it for cosplay. I just had to do a quick print of the grip and I had enough of what shows for a stunt phaser/holster. I plan to add some self sticking felt to the underside of the holster to hide the hole and the rough spots.

Mara Jade's Father · Feb 26, 2025

Printed and built a Shin Hati hilt

Mara Jade's Father · Feb 27, 2025

Made my daughter an Ahsoka kyber crystal and container.

Mara Jade's Father · Mar 1, 2025

Mara Jade's Father said:
I was hoping this would be an easy build, but nothing seemed to go right. In the end, I just wanted to be done with it.

This was a free file online. I think the body had some issues so some clean up was required . More than I wanted to deal with in this project. The size of many holes for snap in place were too small. Assembly became problematic. I had problems with paint application and drying. Maybe someday I will try again or find something better but for now it’s done.

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I decided to give this one another go. I took the original body file and filled in the divot where the double brass screw plate goes. I removed it since it does not seem to be on this version of the original prop. I also remembered I had some of the real parts for the brass antennas.

Mara Jade's Father · Mar 4, 2025

Mara Jade's Father said:
my wife got me this great Andor Bryar Blaster for Christmas. I hope to star my build soon.

This is well over a year in the making. I finally pulled this kit out of a drawer and built it.

As has been the standard lately, it was a troublesome build. The paint took forever to dry, the paint was supposed to be a lot darker and there is a spring that lets the barrels spin that broke away that caused me to have to rip it apart. Superglue gel was not holding certain parts so I had to switch to a slower drying two part epoxy. Also there were metal rods that were missing from the kit but since the Etsy seller is no longer in business, I had to procure my own.

I may go back and redo the paint job in the future but for now… DONE!