I put a great deal of time and effort to try and get this as close to the original prop as possible. I guess you could call it an idealized version, since the real blaster was a
cobbled-together mess. I haven't added any of the greeblies yet. I wanted to get the base blaster done first. The scope is the one that was on the Nerf. I ground off the plastic "scope rings" and had to lengthen the tube a little. The cone is just an Armor-All cap and a piece of translucent red rod. I'll eventually get a correct cone.
I think the only part that hasn't been modified in some way is the texture on the grip. I was very careful not to damage it.
So I started with this:
I filled the existing trigger guard with resin and then cut to the correct shape.
I made resin castings of real Sterling parts.
I had to add this piece because the Nerf had the screw head on the wrong side. And also I wanted the lettering in there. It came out better than I expected.
You can really see the detail with just gray primer
Had to make this port a little smaller
This was still early on, but at least it's one piece again. This was before I shortened the
ribs on the muzzle and the cone section
And the scope.
cobbled-together mess. I haven't added any of the greeblies yet. I wanted to get the base blaster done first. The scope is the one that was on the Nerf. I ground off the plastic "scope rings" and had to lengthen the tube a little. The cone is just an Armor-All cap and a piece of translucent red rod. I'll eventually get a correct cone.
I think the only part that hasn't been modified in some way is the texture on the grip. I was very careful not to damage it.
So I started with this:
I filled the existing trigger guard with resin and then cut to the correct shape.
I made resin castings of real Sterling parts.
I had to add this piece because the Nerf had the screw head on the wrong side. And also I wanted the lettering in there. It came out better than I expected.
You can really see the detail with just gray primer
Had to make this port a little smaller
This was still early on, but at least it's one piece again. This was before I shortened the
ribs on the muzzle and the cone section
And the scope.
