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So if some of you who don't want to go the resin mix and BB fill/glue route and are not planing on halving the blaster then I think this solution is the essayist and all you have to do and make two cuts on the gun.
First remove the butt plate of the handle where the bottom top of the plate meets the grips, use a thin cutting saw. Then you need to cut out the half round receiver front piece above the barrel of the gun. If your going to add the pointy round finial thingy don't add it till the end before painting.
OK, with those two parts open you want to fill it, this method will give some weight but not enough to mach the real prop gun. More on that later *.
Go to Michaels, AC Moore, Dickblicks, hobbyloby, etc and pick up some Paperclay. They come in 16oz and 8oz, the 16oz should do but and extra 8oz just in case
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Look out for those 50% off coupons and you can get one pack for 1/2off.
Start filling the blaster with the clay. The more tightly you pack the clay the more you can get in there which should add more weight. Use chopsticks or something push inside. You can fill in small sections and let it dry but it will take a day or two for each section BUT don't bother, just fill it, it won't matter if it's not dry since it will stay packed inside and won't shift or move around and once you have it fully packed then you can let both ends dry and then figure out how to glue the butt plate back on (that's on you). And for the front part receiver, if you bought that part by avagoyamug from shapeways you can glue and add that in and paint up your blaster.
*If you want to add more weight to it to mach the OG prop then as you fill in both ends add some heavy bolts or fishing weights that are small enough for the opening and pack the clay around those. Keep adding as much until the balance and weight feels right to you.
Just my 2cents on this. That's what i'm planning on doing on my two blasters. I don't care if I add weights or not, as long as it weighs more than the plastic gun I will be happy.
First remove the butt plate of the handle where the bottom top of the plate meets the grips, use a thin cutting saw. Then you need to cut out the half round receiver front piece above the barrel of the gun. If your going to add the pointy round finial thingy don't add it till the end before painting.
OK, with those two parts open you want to fill it, this method will give some weight but not enough to mach the real prop gun. More on that later *.
Go to Michaels, AC Moore, Dickblicks, hobbyloby, etc and pick up some Paperclay. They come in 16oz and 8oz, the 16oz should do but and extra 8oz just in case
Look out for those 50% off coupons and you can get one pack for 1/2off.
Start filling the blaster with the clay. The more tightly you pack the clay the more you can get in there which should add more weight. Use chopsticks or something push inside. You can fill in small sections and let it dry but it will take a day or two for each section BUT don't bother, just fill it, it won't matter if it's not dry since it will stay packed inside and won't shift or move around and once you have it fully packed then you can let both ends dry and then figure out how to glue the butt plate back on (that's on you). And for the front part receiver, if you bought that part by avagoyamug from shapeways you can glue and add that in and paint up your blaster.
*If you want to add more weight to it to mach the OG prop then as you fill in both ends add some heavy bolts or fishing weights that are small enough for the opening and pack the clay around those. Keep adding as much until the balance and weight feels right to you.
Just my 2cents on this. That's what i'm planning on doing on my two blasters. I don't care if I add weights or not, as long as it weighs more than the plastic gun I will be happy.
