ImperialFighter said:
Rogue Leader - the gun props are looking very good, especially once the orange tip is blackened. If it turns out you can't get a 'shotgun' part (or want to keep costs down), perhaps a little piece of round black plastic plumbing 'piping' can be cut to an approximate length and attached to the gun instead? It would give an approximate look, and the ends could just be smoothed off with 'filler' of some sort. Just a thought. Nice work so far.
Mmm... you know, I didn't even consider fabricating that piece by any other means other than getting four airsoft shotguns and utterly destroying them. lol =D See... I've never made props before but I have an eye for fabrication of details and being randomly creative while keeping functionality of certain things. For example, they aren't turn on the picture, but the Blastech prop I modded has a working laser sight and blue light attachment. Why? Because it's awesome! =D I also cut the mag shorter and still kept it's functionality (but it can only fire 2 shots now... 1 more than I need for snipping though. =P)
My newest X-wing helmet also have some novel additions:
There's padding on the chin strap (which you can't see and I've never seen it on any one else helmet) along with modded padding so it's custom to my head. =D The visor is removable and the logo is a custom design I created. The logo is based off another design I saw from a friend's X-wing helmet but hers was Orange and in a hexagon but I wanted to make it a CorSec (Corellian Security Force) X-wing helmet with some other detailing. (No I don't own a Dejarik holo-game table, that image is photoshopped for a more dramatic reveal. =D ). Ady requested an extra Hoth X-wing pilot for a particullar Hoth shot so I rushed the creation of this baby. ;)
Anyway! Hmmm... yeah will have to think about how to make that shotgun piece with out getting shotguns. Will ponder this one... Thanks for the insight ImpFighter! Oh as for the orange tip, it's technically illegal to black them out by Federal law in the states and Ady said he'd take care of it in post. Therefore, I left them intact to avoid Imperial entanglements... Ironic that Imperial Fighter would point that out... XD
Oh Welcome Dave, didn't see you there, great 1st post! =)