The show your custom BLASTER thread!

[SethS]

Thanks!

thd9791 one of the greeblies you gave me made it on to this... can you spot it?

 

[BipeFlyer]

That thing looks awesome! Adding to a real gun, like they did in the OT, makes it feel like it could be part of the Star Wars universe.

It looks like you started with an AR-15. It's so good that I can't tell if you used somthing like a metal airsoft or just did a really good weathering job on a plastic gun.

 

[SethS]

Thanks!

It was a plastic airsoft gun-- not based on any real world gun that I know of. It was dirt cheap:

The stock, barrel, scope, and greebles were all additions.

 

[Shingouki28]

A few more that I cobbled together. The first one is based on...er...I have NO idea what the gun is...I'm going to assume it was a pneumatic tool of some sorts and has a helluva lot of heft to it. I didnt want it to ve over cluttered with detail so just stuck some small metal details on.

The second pair are the trusty late 70s TV light guns with some spare left over resin greeblies.

 

[BipeFlyer]

Very cool. The pair look DL-18 and DH-17 inspired. The air tool has a very 60s vibe.

 

[SethS]

Those are fantastic!

That Binatone/Famicon zapper is perfect. There's a few in this thread, mine included. It always looks great.

 

[thd9791]

That air tool has a scuba gun feel to it. Actually, you'd fool me if you suggested it was a backround prop on ESB. I absolutely love it!

 

[xl97]

Such awesome blasters posted here!

Go the extra mile! (add blinkies and audio!!)

 

[SethS]

Having a much better idea of what I'm doing, not to mention tools, I decided to re-work the Luger-based blaster I posted on page one.

It used to be this:

Now it's this:

 

[BipeFlyer]

Another great looking blaster!

 

[The 48th Ronin]

Now it's this:

BEEFY! Very nice. It was good before, but I think this *is* a bit better.

 

[OdiWan72]

That´s the only custom blaster I finished and still own.
Others I built in the past were sold, new ones are not ready to post any pic of :/

...designed to fit into the R1 prop-universe...

 

[Tan Djarka]

With the dollar store water gun it's based on. Flash hider from laser tag Solo blaster, scope from Hasbro Rebel Trooper blaster, and pistol grip from some gaming gun controller.

 

[thd9791]

Thanks!

thd9791 one of the greeblies you gave me made it on to this... can you spot it?

Totally missed this post. I can't spot it! What did you use?

 

[SethS]

Totally missed this post. I can't spot it! What did you use?

The blocky chunk of metal under the scope.

 

[thd9791]

The blocky chunk of metal under the scope.

That's a bushing from a stand-up hole punch machine! There was literally a foot lever and it stood up like a desk. My old work was throwing it out and it sat in my office waiting for a dumpster. It accidentally fell apart when no one was looking

 

[SethS]

Yeah, stuff with cool parts accidentally falls apart around me too!

 

[Dann]

Loving all these new customs, guys!! Keep em coming!

You know, for awhile I thought one of those old Binatone light guns was the base for Mace's blaster in the first Ewok movie "Caravan of Courage", but I discovered it's actually something else. Stay tuned while I find a pic.

Here you go, one of the great toy guns of my childhood and all time!

I'm sure everyone knows about the Edison Giocatolli? (It's a tough one for me to spell) toy guns. They're all so beautiful. But yeah, this was the base for Mace's blaster in the Ewoks movies!

I actually had one as a kid, and still have parts of it to this day! The longer barrel broke off long ago, and I turned the "pistol" into a custom blaster of sorts back in the 90s. I'll dig it out and take some pics!

 

[SethS]

That's super cool to know!

I just snagged another binatone. They are perfect.

 

[Dann]

I need to get me one of them, too! They're just perfect for this sort of thing.