Christheeagle
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First post. Veteran lurker. I've always loved the mauser blasters. My favorite constantly switching from the Merr Sonn Power 5 to BlasTech DL44. The P5 always seemed like the 'dark side' blaster for Han so that always intrigued me. In addition, I always thought the P5 was 'too cool' of a blaster to have been manufactured for the Empire. So, as a symbol of my love for both pistols, I decided to craft my own from an airsoft C96 and see what confusing small gadgets that I can qualify as greeblies.
I was also confronted with the question, does anyone else have any 'inspired by' SW blasters that I'm unaware of? I tried to research before my build endeavor and found nothing. I even studied the Episode 1 Tatooine Blaster for inspiration, which is actually an awesome blaster despite the ever so slightly small handle. I'd love to find a subculture of space swine making their own blasters just to see what's out there. Anyway, let me know what you think!
The beginning. The actual pistol I picked up at a comic book store that sells old toys and army guns, as well as vintage figures, etc. At first I wanted to build my own 'dollar store' version of Han's ESB DL44, but that failed miserably. So I decided to make my own.
Due to time constraints and work, I dont have any mid-work pics, just the end result.
The 'lighting' section of Lowe's is probably the best place to look for greeblies.
Used spray paint primer and gloss black.
Glued some parts with E6000, but mostly everything is screwed together.
I tried to make most things connect and look purposeful instead of pulling pieces off of a model car or something (i.e. the notorious half pistons)
The flash hider is totally a light bulb socket adapter and the wires to ground it.
The two tubes on top are wire protectors, a huge pack at the hardware store for $2.50.
I never ended up doing anything with the light switches as seen in the original picture.
It's a very sloppy version but I like that quality of it. Kind of like a 'beater' version of a guitar. More soul.
Still can't decide on whether I should make a holster or buy one made for the Power 5.
I was also confronted with the question, does anyone else have any 'inspired by' SW blasters that I'm unaware of? I tried to research before my build endeavor and found nothing. I even studied the Episode 1 Tatooine Blaster for inspiration, which is actually an awesome blaster despite the ever so slightly small handle. I'd love to find a subculture of space swine making their own blasters just to see what's out there. Anyway, let me know what you think!
The beginning. The actual pistol I picked up at a comic book store that sells old toys and army guns, as well as vintage figures, etc. At first I wanted to build my own 'dollar store' version of Han's ESB DL44, but that failed miserably. So I decided to make my own.
Due to time constraints and work, I dont have any mid-work pics, just the end result.
The 'lighting' section of Lowe's is probably the best place to look for greeblies.
Used spray paint primer and gloss black.
Glued some parts with E6000, but mostly everything is screwed together.
I tried to make most things connect and look purposeful instead of pulling pieces off of a model car or something (i.e. the notorious half pistons)
The flash hider is totally a light bulb socket adapter and the wires to ground it.
The two tubes on top are wire protectors, a huge pack at the hardware store for $2.50.
I never ended up doing anything with the light switches as seen in the original picture.
It's a very sloppy version but I like that quality of it. Kind of like a 'beater' version of a guitar. More soul.
Still can't decide on whether I should make a holster or buy one made for the Power 5.
My own bowcaster, a half-dozen or so blasters, and my lightsaber. So I hear ya on that. 
