Gone with the Rubies blasters myself too.
If you put some time into them (removing all the wrong details, like the holdingpin and -screw, the cap, the LFL signs, reshaping the nosecone, painting them screen-accuratly etc.), you can get some really nice looking blasters, which look except for the shorter barrel and the slightly thicker nose section not so much apart from the screenaccurate Versions.
PS: the pic beneath shows mine in an unfinished state as I had to rework the golden parts still.
BTW: cool painint in the background of pic #2 lilburndiablo.