Jango Blasters

me and a friend of mine have wanted to do a jango for a while. I got a lid from Asok(awesome parts by the way). and started looking at the blasters. I wanted to cast a set but didnt want to recast something of anyone elses, and I just dont have the money to go and buy a set(or two) so I started the research on them.
After reading for a while, and a lack of cash flow like I said earlier. I decided to make a set of jango blasters. these are from the WOF templates so I hope they meet your approval. here are the pics.



I took a look at the drawings and came up with this. the gun frame is 1 inch wide. I used acrylic to make the masters I will cast from. the outer pieces will be 3/8 acrylic and the center part will be 1/4 which will give me a 1 inch wide frame.



after routing the edges.



The center part of the frame.



after gluing and a whole buttload of sanding









then I took a 3/4 acrylic rod and started to buld the flash supressor on the end. still lots of work to do on it, but I feel like I finally made a little progress.

Looking good so far... But as you say there is still alot of work to do on it!

Very nice work! If anybody needs a set of skins for their R2, I love the one's I got from him.

ooh, ooh, ooh!!! I DO!!! are they free???

the skins are free but the box they are in is expensive

You mean shipping??? Do you have a p.d.f of them???

no they arent free. it was a joke, "the skins are free but the box they are in is expensive" yea there is apdf over at the astromech group on yahoo.

Originally Posted by Fractal-Fett

You mean shipping??? Do you have a p.d.f of them???

Oh, O.K. Thanks for clearing that up... I was thinking "this is too good to be true..."

Sorry Dude, I didn't realize there was any confusion.

man those are some sweet blasters

Thanks, I am working on the power adjustment knob and power regulator

Originally Posted by Maron Sol

man those are some sweet blasters

just a tad of progress.

I am watching this with interest...
Muahaha!

Originally Posted by ClearCaseMan

Sorry Dude, I didn't realize there was any confusion.

Nah, I was just pulling your leg.

Anyway, are you cutting them out of acrylic??? And how are you doing so???

the guns are acrylic and I have a laser st work to do the really hard part. the skins are styrene and are laser cut too

Dude, that is Rad-iculous!!!

Sorry, but what do you guys mean by skins? You've lost me in my ignorance...

Originally Posted by Tracyn Ordo

Sorry, but what do you guys mean by skins? You've lost me in my ignorance...

skins for an r2 unit

Yeah, this thread is lookin good. I would imagine these would be much lighter in weight. I'd love to have a set of MRs but several people have now told me they're a bite to troop with.

I have a few fabrication hurdles to jump over and while I work them out I figured I would post pictures of what I do during the day.

Awesome clear tower you got going there

Here is a link to the skins I got from Bill on my droid. http://187thlegion.com/gallery2/main...d=36&g2_page=3

Looks great!!!
Now I understand your username.

Originally Posted by Fractal-Fett

Looks great!!!
Now I understand your username.

funny you should mention that. the way I got my name is much like the old indian joke where the little boy ask daddy how do we pick names for people.
and the father says "after you are born son we go outside and the first thing we see is your name" the child ask I don't get it daddy. the father explains "well if we go out side and see an eagle diving from the sky , the child is called "diving eagle" or if we see the beautiful stream we call them "running brook", then the father ask, why do you ask "2 horses humping". well it is actually a true story... well about how I got my name anyway.


also AWESOME work there Bill, your droid is looking awesome. I'll bet mine has yours out weighed by almost three times when done. "for those of you who do not know THAT IS BAD FOR ME.

Originally Posted by Funkman

wow, the blasters are looking great! wish i worked somewhere i could just whip something out rather quickly like that. i'm working with minimal tools! forgive my ignorance, but what exactly is that case thing you're making? keep it up, can't wait to see your progress(this might inspire me to try & make these things)

Thanks, i am happy with the look so far. but I have a loooonnnngggggg way to go. I am at a stop point right now working on how to have the next stage still look good. also there wasnt anything quick about these except the actual cutting part. it took a good bit of time to draw them,route them, and almost 5 hrs in just sanding them to get them to look like one piece the way they are. right now I am making a acrylic light saber while I work the other issues out in making the blasters.

pretty sue that the case in the picks is a computer tower. no? any way amazing job on the blasters you should do a ee-3 next

yes, that is a full tower computer case. if you point me to the drawings for those I would be glad to give it a shot.




CCM

i will try to find them. if anyone else knows where they are off hand that would help. im new here and still finding my way around. also thermal detonators seem to be a difficult find i saw one guy say he wasnt going to do them any more.

Any updates?

there is but not all that much in pictures. I have a second project running along this one, but need some help with it and no one has stepped up on it, so I am stalled a little at the moment.