I made the power cell that fits into the bottom out of a few pieces of PVC pipe: I still believe I managed to capture the appropriate bulk and heft of the design:īefore filling in the seams and sharpening up the edges of the vents, I gave it a quick coat of paint to fill in the porous surface of the foam: Since I'm scaling up from a ridiculously small miniature piece, I took a little bit of license with the exact proportions and contours. Finer details such as the vents and seams were cut out with a Dremel and a jigsaw blade: At the very least, it would look like it was developed by the same engineers.įor the main body, I started with a scrap of tooling foam and basically carved out the rough shape using a hacksaw and the belt sander. That way, the finished piece might look like it was made by the same manufacturer. I love the aesthetic of the final pieces, so when it came time to make the plasma pistol, I wanted to make sure that it had many of the same design elements. I turned to my good friend Matsuo to get a handful of his absolutely gorgeous lasgun props: To see how I went about making it, read on.īack when I made my Imperial Guard costumes, I needed weapons to arm them. That sounds cool and all, but I was really just excited to make a pistol filled with blinky lights that chase around inside of it when I pull the trigger and say 'pew pew pew.' Among the forces of the Imperium, these weapons are highly coveted and usually end up in the hands of very high ranking officers and heroes of the Imperial Guard. Each one is like a miniature little sun launched out of the barrel.

In the game mythology, plasma pistols fire energy 'bolts' of bright glowing plasma.

For my next build, I decided to make a plasma pistol. While I've made a chainsword and the various versions of boltguns, I wanted something a bit more challenging. I still haven't been able to get it out of my system, so I find myself building more prop replicas from Warhammer 40,000.

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