Weta - Dr Grordbort's Custom Raygun Contest! - SHOW OFF YOUR CONCEPTS AND DESIGNS!

[Mr. Nagata]

Re: Weta - Dr Grordbort's Custom Raygun Contest! - SHOW OFF YOUR CONCEPTS AND DESIGNS

Got mine today! Having the three dimensional piece in hand really opens up the creative doors for me. Already have some new ideas that divert from my initial designs.

 

[Gordon Gekko]

Re: Weta - Dr Grordbort's Custom Raygun Contest! - SHOW OFF YOUR CONCEPTS AND DESIGNS

Game on!!!

 

[Tack]

Re: Weta - Dr Grordbort's Custom Raygun Contest! - SHOW OFF YOUR CONCEPTS AND DESIGNS

The Buffaloafer has arrived. It's on!

 

[Weta]

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Woohoo !!!

Great to hear all the creative excitement !

Tim

 

[Indy Magnoli]

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I live two-and-a-half hours from Weta headquarters... I don't have a Bison yet. That just seems wrong. :cry

 

[Knightjar]

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I've had email confirmation that they'll hit the UK warehouse on the 13th and then ship out to us. Hope you guys who've already received them are making the most of your head start...

Hopefully there will be plenty of time for everyone to complete theirs. I don't think we've had a closing date announced yet? I'm counting on a couple of months so that it doesn't have to take up every single second of my spare time!

 

[Indy Magnoli]

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Hopefully a US-based RPFer will win so I can blame those extra few days head start on my loss. :rolleyes

 

[Predatormv]

Re: Weta - Dr Grordbort's Custom Raygun Contest! - SHOW OFF YOUR CONCEPTS AND DESIGNS

Got mine today as well! Now can anyone tell me how on earth to get it apart? I can only seem to get the front and back pieces to spin, they don't want to come off. The rest doesn't want to come off at all. I attempted to use a heat gun but it started to bubble the plastic in one spot and I am afraid to ruin the whole thing.

 

[MasterAnubis]

Re: Weta - Dr Grordbort's Custom Raygun Contest! - SHOW OFF YOUR CONCEPTS AND DESIGNS

Got mine today as well! Now can anyone tell me how on earth to get it apart? I can only seem to get the front and back pieces to spin, they don't want to come off. The rest doesn't want to come off at all. I attempted to use a heat gun but it started to bubble the plastic in one spot and I am afraid to ruin the whole thing.

I took some video over the weekend of my dismantling. :cool
I have to edit it up and I'll post it tonight. I took say too much footage to just post it.

Basically the body halves are beyond a pain to take apart. The fin, pistol grip and both end pieces are locked into the body halves.

 

[thejumbo]

Re: Weta - Dr Grordbort's Custom Raygun Contest! - SHOW OFF YOUR CONCEPTS AND DESIGNS

Got mine today! The boxes look like they were crushed and stomped by a power loader, but the Bison seems to be in good shape.

I'm at work, so I don't want to completely unpackage the Righteous-ness, so I'll check its full condition later.

In the immortal words of Martin Lawrence - S**T just got real, yo.

 

[Wes R]

Re: Weta - Dr Grordbort's Custom Raygun Contest! - SHOW OFF YOUR CONCEPTS AND DESIGNS

My buddy got confirmation of his shipping but it hasn't arrived yet.

 

[Pete SSS]

Re: Weta - Dr Grordbort's Custom Raygun Contest! - SHOW OFF YOUR CONCEPTS AND DESIGNS

The next installment of the diary of Phineus Grordbort...

Note:
I'm also compiling these pages on a new blog page, so if you've missed an entry amongst all the other wonderful creativity being displayed in this thread, you can just check the blog page to catch up.

Phineus' Convoluted Account - The entire journy so far...

I've also uploaded to the blog some higher res files of the two Grordbort inspired "photos" I've put together.

Carry on!

 

[Gordon Gekko]

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A few pics to show the breakdown for those wondering what's inside these suckers:

The biggest obstacle to disassembly are the eleven pins. Just by carefully flexing the gun, I was able to crack most of the glue apart. Once I had the front end, grip and fin out, I was able to use a long bit in the dremel to cut the pins apart. I wasn't able to reach the pins in the rear and ended up breaking it apart with some damage to the outer shell. Luckily, the plastic glues up real nice with Weld-on 3.

Hopefully this is a help!

-GG

 

[franz bolo]

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Thanks for the pics!! I got mine today!!

How does the trigger area work?? A spring??

FB

 

[Sigma-LS]

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Okay, I know that folks are kind of guarding their WIP's for a bit but I figure why not share some goofball stuff? I had a couple of hours waiting for a few things on the Wooly Wisent to dry so I went and gave my heatgun an upgrade with unused and spare parts from my build.

A couple of these are recast parts that I needed more than one of for my build like the rear cone and the fin. Yes that is kosher in this case, as that got asked about and okayed earlier in the thread.

I left all the heat absorbing stuff intact and she's still fully functional. I get a stupidly large amount of fun using it now.:lol

EDIT: @ franz bolo. Yes, the trigger uses a simple spring to work. I forget the name but it's the same type as what's in a mouse trap.

 

[okiwan]

Re: Weta - Dr Grordbort's Custom Raygun Contest! - SHOW OFF YOUR CONCEPTS AND DESIGNS

yes please do post a video of disassembly.
got mine today. its so nice in person i almost feel bad hacking it up. the box it came in is real nice too on a side note.

 

[tripoli]

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Got mine today and the creative ideas are flowing as I type. :cool
Bad and good timing with the move going on to a new home. I am lacking some time to work on things BUT will be able to cannibalize some household items my wife would otherwise miss.

 

[Gordon Gekko]

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How does the trigger area work?? A spring??

FB

Yeah - I pried mine apart and took a looksee. Just a spring. I'm leaving it intact for now.:ninja

Sigma - Best Heat Gun Evah!!!

 

[SapGoblin]

Re: Weta - Dr Grordbort's Custom Raygun Contest! - SHOW OFF YOUR CONCEPTS AND DESIGNS

Got mine!!! Woo-Hoo!!! :love

 

[youngpaddy1]

Re: Weta - Dr Grordbort's Custom Raygun Contest! - SHOW OFF YOUR CONCEPTS AND DESIGNS

waiting, waiting, waiting and the anticipation is bloody ridiculous, I'm actually bouncing up and down slightly as I type, god only knows what I'm gonna be like with it in my hand, probably running around going jow jow pyew pyew.