Post by jerrico on Jul 15, 2011 7:50:54 GMT -5
like many of us on a low budget I went and got the toy versions of the star wars blasters for my costumes as i couldnt fork out the hundreds of ££'s needed for actual replicas, so I got the clone trooper blaster rifle that breaks down into different designs, and han's DL-44 from the 1990's, and painted them up to look like props as that is a new cult following these days
I think they look pretty damn good, and not many people know about my painting skills with models and props etc, ive even had people ask me about where i got them because they presumed you can buy them like this as opposed to bright orange and white and blue clone wars toy rifles
I scrubbed them down with mild sand paper and gave them several undercoats of black before adding different shades of silver, mixing silver and black to get nice shades of gun metal, and weathering on the edges and dry brushing on top of that, and i didnt mess up the electronics so they still make cool sounds when you shoot them at the stormtroopers at events ( and their replicas dont even make noises! giving me the upper hand with imperial entanglements )
I think they look pretty damn good, and not many people know about my painting skills with models and props etc, ive even had people ask me about where i got them because they presumed you can buy them like this as opposed to bright orange and white and blue clone wars toy rifles
I scrubbed them down with mild sand paper and gave them several undercoats of black before adding different shades of silver, mixing silver and black to get nice shades of gun metal, and weathering on the edges and dry brushing on top of that, and i didnt mess up the electronics so they still make cool sounds when you shoot them at the stormtroopers at events ( and their replicas dont even make noises! giving me the upper hand with imperial entanglements )
