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3D printed revolver sized for Frame Arms mech kits.
Sculpted in ZBrush, printed on a Peopoly Moai, painted by hand.
All that’s left is sealing and weathering
Working on another Warhammer 40k pistol sculpt
Finished 40k plasma pistol prop!
Sisters of Battle-themed side plates for my 40k Plasma Pistol
3D printing files for the side plates available here - https://www.artstation.com/a/5659842
3D printing files for the pistol itself available here - https://www.artstation.com/a/2241490
Working on a prop laspistol for 3D printing
Tried out a polymer reciever look, and experimenting with an optional sight rail
I think the sight rail mounting needs work - might end up with a rail all the way along the top?
A dovetailled mount on the side seems sturdier
Or I could just block the iron sights I guess?
Tried out a polymer reciever look, and experimenting with an optional sight rail
I think the sight rail mounting needs work - might end up with a rail all the way along the top?
Perhaps there's something to be said for simplicity...
Tried out a polymer reciever look, and experimenting with an optional sight rail
I think the sight rail mounting needs work - might end up with a rail all the way along the top?
Starting assembly on the test print of this Laspistol Sculpt - Step 1, remove supports and clean up any particularly rough edges with 240 grit sandpaper
Next, glue the main body and the power cell together using superglue
Then, add the smaller detail pieces, again with superglue - any big gaps get filled with body filler and sanded flat-ish
The assembled body, power cell & barrel are ready for the next step
Time to magnetise the power cell into the mag well
The magnets are 6mm x 3mm cylindrical neodynium magnets, held in place with superglue.
Step 1 is to glue the magnets into the power cell
Then, use the magnets on the power cell to position the magnets in the main gun
Test assembly to see what it looks like in one piece
Next step - spray with filler-primer to fill in most of the layer lines from the printing process
Then came another load of sanding with 240grit, followed by a coat of black primer
Once the primer had dried, more sanding with both 240 & 400 grit sandpaper. The deepest groves also got filled with body filler
Finally, the barrel was superglued to the rest of the pistol
Everything gets a coat of grey primer (greybecause it makes it easy to see when I've covered the previous black primer coat)
First lesson from this test print - the D & M in the Departmento Munitorum need to be tweaked to print better
Gave the body of the pistol a coat of green, followed by drybrushing with a lighter green
The body got masked off, then the metallic parts got a coat of gloss black primer followed by gunmetal.
The handle got a coat of matte black primer, then the trigger, trigger guard & lanyard ring got a paint of gunmetal with a regular paintbrush.
The best bit of masking is the big reveal at the end when you peel the masking off
All the details get a coat of gloss black paint by hand
Then gunmetal/gold/black metal as appropriate, followed by drybrush highlights.
Weathering was done with a mixture of blue & black water-thinnable oil paints
Once the weathering was done, the muzzle lens & ammo indicators were painted by hand
Finally, everything got a couple of coats of satin varnish with an airbrush, followed by some gloss varnish by hand on the ammo indicators and muzzle lens - All that's left now are the beauty photos!
All finished! More photos & lessons learned below the break
Good news - Everything fits together
Changes needed:
1) The "19 MEGATHULE" text is too shallow and some of the strokes are too thin to survive the filler primer & sanding - Switched to a different font & slightly deeper engraving
2) The knurling on the laser sight is a bit too fine - it survived the filler primer but fewer, deeper cuts would be better
3) The Departmento Munitorum stamp on the charging handle is a little small - made bigger
If you want to make your own version, .STL files are available for sale HERE
thing got camera shy
my sister had made this for me when the show cane out for my 14 th birthday becuse i was hyperfiaxted on the show, my sister is the best:)
