I saw this plasma pistol prop on thingiverse a while ago and its been in the back of my mind as a possible build for a while. As I wanted something to distract me that wasn’t too mentally challenging during the COVID lockdown, I broke out a roll of filament and started printing.
Many blessings to the machine god ensured it ran smoothly
This is a really nicely designed project. It’s broken into logical pieces and the sub-assemblies all go together really well. After many days of the printer running constantly, I had the parts run off and ready for priming… and sanding… and priming… and…
It needed lots and lots of sanding to get smooth. Followed by priming with spray putty. I got through nearly a whole can of the stuff as well as grey primer. It was really hard to find some of the bit that needed redoing sometimes and it wasn’t until I thought I’d finished a pieces, i’d find another one that needed to be reworked a bit.
The plasma coil/core/hot bit was painted seperatly and hit with loads of lacquer to ensure it was nice and glossy. I’m not great with an airbrush but it came out well.
Painty painty.
Once I was happy with the basic paint job, it was time to start sticking together and filling bits that needed to be filled.
Plenty of oil paint on the dangerous end. Blues, browns and blacks to get a proper grimy look.
And then one final attempt to look ‘ard.
Its a weighty beast, coming in at over 700g.
It has a new owner already and will be joining him once the lockdown is a little less lockydowny.
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