DARTH SABER
Master Member
Well, I've decided to get back on the horse and take on my first prop project (not including paper props) in over 2 years.
I liked Dr. Grordborts retro rayguns so much that I decided to try my hand on creating a similar style raygun. I actually wanted to see how cheap I could create a similar type gun.
I figured I'd write a little WIP diary on the RPF during the progress.
So last week I went to a local junkshop in town . The place is huge and looks like a giant barn...Make sure you have your tetanus shot before you walk in, there's rusty stuff everywhere.
I looked around for things which matched the style I needed and looked at every section of every piece of junk to see if it would come close to what I was hoping for.
I ended up picking up an old brass chimney andiron and a brass candle holder. (Andiron - $10, Candle holder - $5 )
The andiron looked very similar to this -
I then took home the two parts I picked up and began sketching out different raygun designs using the elements from the items I bought.
Here's the final design I ended up with -
I then took a trip to the hardware store (ACE) and looked through the lamp parts section. I picked up several different kind of spacers, some finials, brass nobs, and a couple of lamp threaded rods (luckily these threaded rods are compatable with nearly every screw on lamp part, which makes my job a bit easier.), and got some screws and washers and a small piece of PVC pipe. (15.00)
I then went to the hobby shot and picked up brass rods, brass tubing, and a sheet of brass metal. ($11.00)
I then needed to pick up some decent thickness guage wire so I stopped by Micheals a got some. ($8.00)
Next stop was to get a CO2 Cratridge. I figured it would be easy enough to get a CO2 cartridge from Walmart (paintball gun section) , but as luck would have it , I needed an 8 gram cartridge and all that was sold at Walmart were 12gram cartidges.
I then stopped by Bed Bath and Beyond to see if maybe they sold CO2 cartridges for whip cream makers or soda chargers...No such luck. I finally asked my wife where I might be able to find these cartridges. She said William Sonoma should carry them...Sure enough, the had them -
I then went in search of test tubes...Harder to find than I thought. I didn't want to go with glass (which was all I could find) because it's a bit too fragile..I finally found a website that sells different assortments of test tubes for cheap -
http://www.testtubesonline.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=207-0029W&CartID=0
Im all set to go!
More updates later.
DS
I liked Dr. Grordborts retro rayguns so much that I decided to try my hand on creating a similar style raygun. I actually wanted to see how cheap I could create a similar type gun.
I figured I'd write a little WIP diary on the RPF during the progress.
So last week I went to a local junkshop in town . The place is huge and looks like a giant barn...Make sure you have your tetanus shot before you walk in, there's rusty stuff everywhere.
I looked around for things which matched the style I needed and looked at every section of every piece of junk to see if it would come close to what I was hoping for.
I ended up picking up an old brass chimney andiron and a brass candle holder. (Andiron - $10, Candle holder - $5 )
The andiron looked very similar to this -
I then took home the two parts I picked up and began sketching out different raygun designs using the elements from the items I bought.
Here's the final design I ended up with -
I then took a trip to the hardware store (ACE) and looked through the lamp parts section. I picked up several different kind of spacers, some finials, brass nobs, and a couple of lamp threaded rods (luckily these threaded rods are compatable with nearly every screw on lamp part, which makes my job a bit easier.), and got some screws and washers and a small piece of PVC pipe. (15.00)
I then went to the hobby shot and picked up brass rods, brass tubing, and a sheet of brass metal. ($11.00)
I then needed to pick up some decent thickness guage wire so I stopped by Micheals a got some. ($8.00)
Next stop was to get a CO2 Cratridge. I figured it would be easy enough to get a CO2 cartridge from Walmart (paintball gun section) , but as luck would have it , I needed an 8 gram cartridge and all that was sold at Walmart were 12gram cartidges.
I then stopped by Bed Bath and Beyond to see if maybe they sold CO2 cartridges for whip cream makers or soda chargers...No such luck. I finally asked my wife where I might be able to find these cartridges. She said William Sonoma should carry them...Sure enough, the had them -
I then went in search of test tubes...Harder to find than I thought. I didn't want to go with glass (which was all I could find) because it's a bit too fragile..I finally found a website that sells different assortments of test tubes for cheap -
http://www.testtubesonline.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=207-0029W&CartID=0
Im all set to go!
More updates later.
DS
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