Thanks! It's pretty long and hard to photograph, but there's a lot of little details:
I was thinking, after having the thunderstrike apart here:
That it could be a very workable, light, and cool looking cosplay vera base.
Here is a slapdash paste up of what I was thinking in terms of building:
Obviously the add-ons would have to be custom, but i think its quite possible.
With the way the magazines come apart, you could even construct a magazine with shells inside it.
I think it would be a nice light cosplay vera. I don't costume, but I have some friends who do, and I know they always want light options for the weapons they will be carrying around for hours.
Just a thought.
Mine is nowhere near as pretty as the many posted in this thread, but I figure I'll post it up anyways. It's kind of a rush job as I try to get it done before I move. I plan on using it for my college's humans vs zombies games this Fall. I still need to do some internal tweaking as well as fixing the paintjob a bit, but I think it looks alright for something made with some spreay paint and a little hand brushing.
Thanks! It's pretty long and hard to photograph, but there's a lot of little details:
If you don't mind saying, can you provide some detail on how you accomplished the flame-effect?Bolter with flame thrower. It's for a Canoness costume for D*con... This is what the flame effect looks like..
One way (which looks awesome) is to use leds as a light source, and then make the "flame" out of polyfill. You can color it with an airbrush, or acdippng in in thinned waterbased paint, and then spray it with a clear coat so it holds its shape. We did something like that on our ghostbuster traps to make it look like green smoke was coming out.
Here's a pic of that:
