WETA: District 9 Guns
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franz bolo
Sr Member
Here's an interior design idea. :lol
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rkpetersen
Sr Member
I really envy people with Photoshop skillz.:unsure
Sidewinder
Sr Member
Here's my AG, it's been subtly modified for ease of costuming - can you spot what i've done? (clue: its not paint related).
SAS
SAS
can i spot what you have done?
hell im just lucky to have made out the gun amongst the clutter
heres some help if you cant spot it..........
Sidewinder
Sr Member
Eeeh some people are so picky 
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franz bolo
Sr Member
Eeeh some people are so picky
SAS
Something looks like it was done to the screws in the white area in front of the trigger.
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Sidewinder
Sr Member
Here's the answer.
Why did I do this? Well transporting such a huge item about the country to cons was gonna be a nightmare, so I decided I would make it more compact.
The barrel was relatively easy to hide a cut, plus there is a plastic tube cast inside making it easy to insert a smaller diameter tube for reassembly purposes.
The lower was more tricky as there is no seam running all the way across the body. I therefore choose the area forward of the trigger guard as it required only a short cut across an unfeatured 'flat' area.
The area around this cut was to be filled with resin, the lower with an aluminium rod embedded in it. The upper had a block of aluminium glued in place first to take the securing screws.
I then clamped the upper body upside down and filled the area where the rod would be with resin. A small plastic tube was placed on the ally rod and the lower body was positioned back on the upper body so that the liquid resin would solidify around the plastic tube. This gave a good solid join between the two parts, two screws were then used in place of the fake fixings to bolt through the sides of the lower body in to the aluminium block on the upper.
I suspect doing this may have voided my warranty :lol
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Why did I do this? Well transporting such a huge item about the country to cons was gonna be a nightmare, so I decided I would make it more compact.
The barrel was relatively easy to hide a cut, plus there is a plastic tube cast inside making it easy to insert a smaller diameter tube for reassembly purposes.
The lower was more tricky as there is no seam running all the way across the body. I therefore choose the area forward of the trigger guard as it required only a short cut across an unfeatured 'flat' area.
The area around this cut was to be filled with resin, the lower with an aluminium rod embedded in it. The upper had a block of aluminium glued in place first to take the securing screws.
I then clamped the upper body upside down and filled the area where the rod would be with resin. A small plastic tube was placed on the ally rod and the lower body was positioned back on the upper body so that the liquid resin would solidify around the plastic tube. This gave a good solid join between the two parts, two screws were then used in place of the fake fixings to bolt through the sides of the lower body in to the aluminium block on the upper.
I suspect doing this may have voided my warranty :lol
SAS
Garthok
Sr Member
I actually really like that. I think you need to paint the plastic tube to match, or a metallic colour so it still looks real even when in pieces. Are you getting the Assault rifle too? I would like to see that cut down, and put in a Pelican case like an Alien sniper kit. Nice job!
MooMooEgg
Sr Member
I think with Weta's work schedule for the Hobbitt, we aren't going to see anything any time soon.
broken pixel
New Member
D9 Pulse Rifle forming cracks hanging around on the wall display mounts. Has anyone else experienced this? There is no heat source or direct sunlight exposure, very strange? The pulse rifle replica rarely got handled and was never dropped. I contacted Weta about the issue and there response was heat or sunlight caused this to happen. Since they have all been sold there compensation is only 100 Weta dollars added to my account for bad luck.
Getoninja
Sr Member
that is awful. I just looked over mine, still in perfect shape since the day I got it.
My Assault Rifle has been hanging in my room since may 2011 away from any direct sunlight, heat and maybe handled twice and just today after seeing your pics.
Since its so heavy Im afraid to move the gun to avoid damaging it by accident and reason its so dusty. I just wish these guns were made of plastic to be light and durable.
But maybe those cracks could be filled in. Maybe you got a bad cast and hopefully doesn't get worst
My Assault Rifle has been hanging in my room since may 2011 away from any direct sunlight, heat and maybe handled twice and just today after seeing your pics.
Since its so heavy Im afraid to move the gun to avoid damaging it by accident and reason its so dusty. I just wish these guns were made of plastic to be light and durable.
But maybe those cracks could be filled in. Maybe you got a bad cast and hopefully doesn't get worst
