I’m content for now with a handful of metal parts—the binding post, slotted screw, sight rod, Bulldog mainspring, and the cylinder swing arm and switch. The latter being necessary in metal for rigidity/strength of the moving parts.
The dummy rounds I’m using also add nice weight to the piece.
Someday, it would be fun to get a Tomenosuke, but, if this build ends up being my final/only statement on the prop, then at least I can be happy with it. I’ve loved BLADE RUNNER for many years, but I’m not super-obsessed with the props and whatnot like so many others are. The past few months’ worth of crash-course on the blaster have been great fun.
I’ve had great success over the past few years checking off builds of iconic sci-fi weapons—multiple lightsabers, Han Solo’s blaster, TOS phasers, Green Lantern rings, etc. Even before I ever actually saw BLADE RUNNER, I saw photos of Harrison Ford holding that gun, and knew that it was truly awesome. A thing of beauty. A gold-standard for sci-fi weapons.