Discussion on Official Scratch Built Blasters Thread within the Boba Fett Costume forum, part of the Star Wars Original Trilogy Bounty Hunters category; Just thinking about making my own Fett Rifle.. and I
Just thinking about making my own Fett Rifle.. and I have seen some real nice ones out there that people have made. Now I was wondering if there is any 'How To' Fett Rifle Instructions.... that I could use to make one as close to the real thing.... If so.. let me know.. thanks all...
mykull, I just spent a couple of months working on mine so I will see what I can come up with as far as a tutorial. It is definetly a project that can be accomplished but be prepaired to put in a lot of hours to make it look like the real thing. You will also need a variety of tools. I used a lathe, drill press, belt sander, hand sander, hand saw, router and a ton of elbow greese.
Here are some pics:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/lafonj/Gun_3_5.jpg
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/lafonj/Gun_4_5.jpg
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/lafonj/Gun_5_5.jpg
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/lafonj/JB&JL.jpg
what is good base to make th e gun out of, i was thinking a pellet gun and modifying the barrel but im not sure yet
There is an older model of the Crossman 357 pellet gun that works well. I have seen others use this and it turns out good. The new versions of the Crossman 357 don't have the right kind of grip.
I'm going to try and make mine from a crossman 357 pellet gun! it's an older on, about 10 years old! I'm sure you could find an older one on ebay or yahoo auctions
yea i was planningon using the crosman
Has any body used a wood base for there rifle instead of the crossman. I was thinking of doing that and then getting some pistol grips for a 357 mag and putting on the base. I saw this on a storm trooper rifle made out of pvc.
I used a real wooden rifle stock for my rifle. I attached it to a toy pistol, pvc pipe, real scope, etc...
My stock is made out of wood. I used two 1" thick pieces of pine (couldn't find a piece of 1 1/2" thick wood shorter than 12 feet at my hardware store). I cut out the two pieces, screwed them together, and sanded down the seam evenly.
-Dave
I used a wood base system for mine. I used a Webley schematic for the shape and used Webley grips. PM me for info on some resin grips! I am also having some 1/4" Aluminum Stock Connector brackets that match the webley pistol grip cut at a machine shop if anyone is interested.
I used a combo of the last two techniques mentioned above...
Spidy--not a criticsm, but a suggestion towards the best rifle possible:
If you are going to have the grips cut professionally from metal, take a close look at how wide yours is (up and down--not thick)... In the pic above, yours looks a little wide... Could be my eye, or the pic, though...
RifleMaker, These are the exact grips used on the Webely Mark 1 No 1 flare gun. Maybe the angle makes them look wide but they are exact same grips that were used for the movie version. You might be talking about the stock connector and if you are then yes you are right, they are a little thick but it is because of the resin, I needed a little more strength so I made them thicker, the aluminum one's won't be so thick.
I updated the above pic to show the Webley grip.
Spidey, that is cool! I am new here and haven't posted much but have been looking around for a couple of months. You gun looks great. You have a PM.
Spidey, Im a moron! I meant the bracket!
That's a solid reason to make it wider like that (pun intended) too. Mine is also cast resin, and is a weak link in the gun with that heavy wood stock. I've actually thought about burying some metal in the resin...
Hey all, long-time lurker, third-time poster =)
Just got some pictures of the base for what I hope will turn into a mould. Any comments?
Edit: Forgot to mention, the barrel actually hinges like the real webley... and the trigger is usable.
That looks pretty good. Did you make that from wood? What are you planning to cast it in?
The barrel looks a little long, but other than that its good. I'd say add some more small details either before making the mold or as separate pieces after the final casting.
Not a bad bit of wood working there. ON the whole a very believable likeness to the Webley. It looks like at this stage there are few things you can alter. What do you plan on casting it in?
We plan on casting it in aluminum once we get moulds, which'll be a long way down the road...
Fine details will be added. Thanks for the tip on the barrel length!
Wow! Aluminum would be really cool! Very good job on the wood carving and welcome to TDH.
WOw, ur great with the wood working. Thats incredible. U should get urself a revolver grip to put on the handle of the gun. THat looks awesome.
Well, soon I will try and make a Boba style blaster out of sheets of sintra. I have already made the templates I am just waiting on the sintra. What I am going to do is use layers to give it details. It will have about 11 layers of .120 thick pieces on the pistol and 13 to 15 layers on the stock. I will post my progress as I go along. Hopefully it will come out decent.
Here is one of the layer's templat so you can see what i am working with.
click here
Any idea on how many layers it will take you for each section? Seems like it would be quite a few.. Look forward to see your progress.
Erik
Edit: Hey 100th post..
Hey that's pretty cool man. I hope you don't mind but I printed that out and used that template to make my stock. It is a very good template. I was wondering how you make all your templates because you seem to make them for alot of your suit.
hmm I may use this template to make a cheap wood stock for my blaster
You are more than welcome to use my templates. But the template that is up now is to long. But I have now fixed it and it will be posted. To make this template I took a picture of a webly and traced it with photo software. Then sized it
There is about one layers for each section on each side. two on one section. Here is some pics so you can see my plans.
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/weblyplans.jpg
And here is the new stock template.
Stock with hand grip
stock only
I found some old pipe at my sisters house that I think will work for the barrel and a scope. Here are some pics with the template for the grip and stock with the pipe. I also have another real scope that looks pretty good on it.
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/riflescope2.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/riflescope3.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/riflescope1.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/riflescope4.jpg
I attached a stripe of sintra on the barrel to give it some detail.
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/riflescope5.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/riflescope6.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/riflescope7.jpg
Looking great man. Keep the pics coming.
A friend of mine did the laminated Sintra version as well. It turned out very nice! He used a Nintendo gun as the base and built up around it. The entire rifle is extremely lightweight and sturdy.
He used small M&M canisters to make the scope.
I have made an emitter for the barrel. Still have yet to get the sintra so i am waiting impatiently to make the main body.
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blas...leemitter6.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blas...leemitter2.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blas...leemitter3.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blas...leemitter4.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blas...leemitter5.jpg
Great work so far man.
That looks great so far...
More progress pics...
JK3
Thanks guys
I would love to post more progress but I ran in to a problem. My computer is on the fritz. I tried to load a stupid game and when I restarted it tells me that it cannot update the configuration files to 1% from 2%. That's all it does is keep repeating it self and never loads windows
. so now I am stuck with the templates I have already printed. All my other work is trapped in that evil machine. It is a good thing I already printed the main body templates. I still need to do the rest of the detail but cant do that until I make the main body so I get the size right. Now I can't do that when I get the body done until I get my computer back to normal and the only person that can do that is my sister who is unfortunately recovering from back surgery that she had two days ago. And she wont be back on her feet for about 1 to 1 1/2 weeks. I would really like to take a heavy blaster to that piece of junk they call a computer. Oh well I suppose I will get it back sooner or later. Hopefully with all my work in tact.
Hey phantom, If you cannot get it back, May I suggest buying a new hard drive and loading windows onto that then you can slave the old one and salvage your templates and any other files you want.
That is a good idea. That is most likely what would happen if I cant get it back. I think I will though. My sister went to school for this type of thing so she knows tricks to get bad computers on line again. Heck she just got my brothers dead com back to life. And it was messed up. A lot more than mine. I think. I Hope. Hopefully i will be back in business in a week or so
Well, I have yet another delaying problem. I got the sintra today witch at first I thought was great because I can finely get to work on the main body. I went to get it out of the box and when I did I noticed that it was a bit thin. Us plastics sent me the wrong thickness
Finally some good news. I now have my computer back. It is working for now, still needs some major work but basic functions work fine. And I got the right thickness of sintra and have started on the main body today
I have cut out six layers so far. It looks like it is going to come out great.
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blas...ifleparts1.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/fettrifle1.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/fettrifle2.jpg
Awesome work. Looking good so far. Keep us informed on how it is going.
Hey All...
After about 50 or 60 hours I have my blaster completed..
Thanks for all your help
Duh!
http://members.cox.net/debnwar/blaster1.jpg
http://members.cox.net/debnwar/blaster2.jpg
http://members.cox.net/debnwar/blaster3.jpg
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Wow 20 views already and not a single comment. Either I have shocked you all and you are speechless at my craftmanship or it sucks badly and you dont want to hurt my feelings
hehe
Duh!
looks great to me. you did a great job
from one "scratch built blaster builder" to another, I think it looks fan-bloody-tastic.
What did you use as the basis of it??
ditto that, an excellent looking blaster
Good to see another ESB among us
Phil
I used multiple odds and ends. The main tube is PVC. THe rings that hold the scope on are actually PVC connectors that I cut to size. The "MPP" is a sink drain pipe that I cut and filed.
Towards the back of the gun, I guess the flared section, is from Sintra (and let me tell you, it was a pain to form). The gun itself is a crosman Air Pellet Gun. Interestngly enough, when my wife bought it for me, it came with combat grips. I found some website (the name eludes me at the moment) and they had older style crosman grips. It came in black and I simply painted it bronze. As for the stock, cut and carved by Moi and stained. Finally, the connector is made of wood, very finely sanded, then painted with Aluminum and black. TADA!!!
See ya
Duh!
Sorry, I read your post when I was too sleepy to respond.
Saweet looking blaster. The ESB looks strange after seeing so many ROTJ blasters.
That is definately a Great ESB blaster.
Hope our scratch built blaster looks as good when we are finished.
Keep up the Great work.
If anyone needs help with the ESB blaster, as they are building it, just send me a PM.
Duh!
Very impressive!
It looks great! Very nice work!!
Darren
Duh - Very nice indeed! I actually put a few hours into mine this weekend. I figured an easy way to make a hardware split plug to use on it...I'm going to post some diagrams.
http://tdh.prop-planet.com/viewtopic...c=8544&forum=5
What did you use for the blocks on either side of the scope?
I found them on a post some where on this site.
Ill have a look around for where I got them...
Below is the thread regarding the blaster blocks
http://tdh.prop-planet.com/viewtopic...c=4249&forum=5
Thanks,
Duh!
From that thread...
Doh!
steveday72 wrote:
All of the sets of blocks have now been sold.
I don't plan on getting any more in, unless there's a large order (at least 20x sets).
Thanks to everyone who bought them, I hope to see lots of ESB BlasTech rifles on the board!
Steve
I've seen a few on Tyco's site that are pretty close though.
I smell hardware blocks...
Great looking blaster Duh.
TK0907/Chris
Almost finished with the pistole/stock. Just have to put a few more layers on the stock and then clean it up and try to round it off a bit.
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/General/sbr3.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbr4.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbr5.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbr7.jpg
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http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbr9.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbr2.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbr1.jpg
I can't believe how cool this is coming out! Great job!
Cool! Man, I love it! It is really turning out cool looking and I bet the weight is pretty light too, huh? Just right for trooping.
Thanks guys
It is really light. Just right for trooping. The heaviest thing is the barrel and that's not even a pound. I forgot to mention what I used to glue the pieces together. I used super glue. Works great. I thought at first that it would dry to fast and I mite get them positioned wrong. But it turned out that it was pretty easy to get the layers lined up without fault. But I did get super glue all over my hands. But it wares of in a day plus I use sand paper to get it off my fingers witch takes it off pretty well.
WOW amazing work so far..Looks great. Keep us posted , I would love to see the rest of the details..
awesome work!!!!!! (as usual)
that's awesome, now all we need is a bucket blaster
WOW!
That looks great so far phantom. Can't wait to see the finished piece.
Keep us updated.
Thanks guys. I have now finished the stock layers and have cleaned and rounded off most of the pistol. I found out that I made a pretty big mistake. For some stupid reason I did not make the stock layers on the right side long enough. They were supposed to go all the way to the inner edge off the D connector but I made it to go on the outer edge instead. It is not that big of a problem all I have to do is fill that in with some bondo and problem fixed. I mite just leave it like that since it is a custom rifle. I don't know. Other than that it is coming along vary nicely. All I have to do now is clean up and round off the stock and I will be finished with the pistol/stock and ready to attach the barrel and other details.
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbr11.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbr10.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbroops.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbr12.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbr13.jpg
Looking good.
How sturdy is it? Is it very flexible?
Vary sturdy. Not flexibal at all.
**** man! you are getting GOOD! I'd say that, with your creativity and these projects, our other "mcguyver", MLC, has some cpmpetition!!!!!
nice work
now how can I get one? LOL
sean
Wow, That's a great complement. Thanks. I could start making them for people but I would have to think about it for a while this thing was dang hard to make. My fingers are still hurting from cutting the layers.I think it is time for me to get a jig saw. I think that's the one, i always get the saw names mixed up
I am now finished with the stock and have smoothed out the grooves and nicks with bondo glazing putty. Now all that has to be done is cleaning up the trigger.
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbr14.jpg
Holy cow Phantom this is turning out fantastically! I cannot wait to see the end result. How are you gonna attach the grip and stock to the barrel?
Phantom, your project is unbelievable!! I am very impressed. Keep up the good work.
Hear! Hear! Excellent job so far!
Jaster Blaster wrote:
Phantom, your project is unbelievable!! I am very impressed. Keep up the good work.
Thanks guys
I plan on trying to make it ware i can interchange barrels gluing a piece of pipe on the stock/pistole and then just slip the barrel on and off for storage and i may want to make another barrel someday.
That's a good decision. No sense in wasting this much time and effort on 1 blaster when you can basically have 2! An ESB barrel will be easier to make that the ROTJ one.
phantom viper wrote:
Thanks guys
I plan on trying to make it ware i can interchange barrels gluing a piece of pipe on the stock/pistole and then just slip the barrel on and off for storage and i may want to make another barrel someday.
I am almost finished. I just have to figure out what I am going to do about the pistol details. I am having a problem with the clamp piece ware the barrel meets the pistol. The original plan was to try and recreate a whole clamp piece and fit it over the barrel just like the real thing well, I made the clamp and formed it to the barrel but since I made it so the barrel can be detached it is not going to work out. So what I am doing now is putting the lower detail of the clamp on the pistol and leaving the barrel as is for a quick and smooth fit. The thing is I think it looks a bit odd. Not to bad but I wanted to get some opinions from you guys before I glued them on permanently. What do you guys think?
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbr15.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbr16.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbr18.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbr20.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbr17.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbr19.jpg
I do believe that I solved the problem. I cut down one of the clamp pieces that i made and glued it to the barrel it self. Now when I attach the barrel it looks like it is part of the other details. What do you guys think? Still needs a lot of clean up done to the details to make it look all right but it is coming along nicely i think.
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbr21.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbr22.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbr23.jpg
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http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbr25.jpg
I can't express how beside myself I am!!
I am SO impressed with what has come out of your project so far. When you first posted what you were thinking of doing I was so skeptical I didn't even post, go ahead, check, lol. BUT MAN you took this idea and RAN with it something fierce!! KUDOS!!! Looks great.
Yeap, I'm still impressed too. Keep up the good work...and post more progress pics
Thanks guys
I had doubts my self at first but it is coming out pretty nicely. The details on the pistol did not come out like I had planed but I am happy with the results. I am almost ready to paint. Just finished rounding and smoothing the details out. Just need to think about some gribleys for it and the pistol/stock will be done. I still need to get the grip for the barrel after all that it will be ready for paint.
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbr26.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbr27.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbr28.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbr29.jpg
This is a great project. For those of you building a budget friendly Fett, this is a great way to get a good looking blaseter without breaking the bank. Keep up the great work.
Man, that blaster is coming out great. You're doing one hell of a job on it. Can't wait to see it painted..
Cheers
Erik
Thanks guys
I am finally finished with the pistol/stock. It is ready to be painted. Now all I have to do is get the grip for the barrel and I can paint the barrel and I will be done with the whole thing. I am so glad that I don't have to cut another piece of sintra. My index finger is still hurting from pressing down on the xacto knife. What can i say, it was a labor of love and was well worth the pain
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbr30.jpg
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http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbr32.jpg
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http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbr34.jpg
Thats really looking sweet![img]images/smiles//Albino.gif[/img]
Thanks
Ok guys I need your help. I need the grip for the barrel. Does any body now ware I can get about 7 feet for less than $5 a foot? That's the only reason I don't have any it is expensive. I hate to pay almost $40 for the grip alone. Thanks guys
Dude! The greeblies look awesome on it.
Have you tried making the grip from two pieces of thin styrene or sintra glued together in a T shape? You can use a thicker piece on the bottom and then round out the portion that will be setting on the barrel.
I think there once was a post on the ASAP board on haw to build it.
I think that is going to be your cheapest route.
Thanks.
I thought about making the grip myself but my finger is numb from cutting the other pieces so I am going to give it a break. Plus I think the real grip will probably look better. I went ahead and ordered it today. So soon I will be able to complete the barrel and then off to paint. I have already painted the pistole/stock today with primer. I found a few flaws scratches and other little things like that so before i paint for the last time i am going to fill those in with glazing putty.
Where did you order your grip from?
Doesn't yodashouse still sell it by the foot, or is it blastech?
Sure does. That's where I ordered it from.
I now have the stock/pistol painted with primer and ready for black paint. I think i got most of the scratches and other miner imperfections smoothed out.
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbrprim1.jpg
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbrprim2.jpg
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http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/Blaster/sbrprim7.jpg
I have the official title:
You are the MLC of Sintra my friend. Can't wait to see it completed.
**** you're good. Keep posting those pics. I'm about to start on my custom blaster. Been buying bits and pieces that feel right for what I want.
WOW, it's amazing the way this project is coming out! How did I missed this??? Keep the good work. I can't wait to see the final result. This is what this board is all about...to try to "do-it-yourself" make a Fett.
Robert
Great work
Man, you have awesome scratchbuilding talent and more importantly a heckofalot of patience
Keep up the good work!
Ely
Wow! Its looking great!
I just noticed something...you don't have a hammer on it. Is that because of personal preference?
Thanks guys
I did not like the hammer because it is a laser rifle and there really is no need for it. So I just made it more smoothed out. I always thought it was out of place. I also used ESB type gribleys on the barrel to give it more detail.
[EDIT]pics now up on my site. Click here
I have painted the pistol/stock flat black and attached the T-grip to the barrel. Any body have any weathering suggestions? I will post pics as soon as secol_fett's server is back up
Looks great so far. Keep up the great work. This just proves that anyone can get into this hobby and make it fun even if you don't want to shell out the big bucks.
Wow! Paint makes it look even better! Dude, you've got some skill there - no lie!
Thanks
The barrel is now black and I have put some battle damage on. I may have over done it a bit on the stock and pistol. What do you guys think? It is not done yet so I can touch up as I go. I still want to put some rust and gray colors on for aging.
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