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Grande Simone, orgoglio italiano! Grazie per i complimenti in lingua originale, molto apprezzati

Thanks to everybody for the kind words, it's a great pleasure to hear them and to share with you my satisfaction for all the work I've put in this blaster! You make it worth it :) And Smitty, please don't say so I made this only for myself, while you're doing a great job in building multiple great blasters for other troopers!

I'm uploading it now

The metal socket Hengstler counter mod.890, with energy bargraph and single/full auto switch: The cylinders and wires: Leds on the barrel for the ray propagation effect: Wooden grip with main trigger and auxiliary button: A recap pic with all the features: And here's a little video of my blaster in action! It's been a lot of hours of work, a trip to the hospital to take a metal chip out of my left eye, a lot of sleep hours lost forever, but it was worth it! And for those of you who are wondering, I'm not going to mass produce these to sell them ; ) Thanks to Stomper (Tony) for the nice T-Tracks, to TK_MD (Joey) for the great counter, to Erv' for the Blaster Core board and to all of you for the inspiration and especially Dark Side Sith Lord for the great tutorial! Hope you enjoyed, ciao ciao!

And now for some details! The functional folding stock: The scope: Magazine and cylinders: Removable magazine with lithium batteries inside: Front nozzle: Endcap, also removable to gain access to the electronic board, SD card and main power switch:

And now for the finished Blaster pictures:

And now the recent ones, with the installation of the electronics. 6 leds for the ray propagation effect and rumbling motor taken from a joypad for the force-feedback effect: Bargraph, single/full auto switch and secondary speaker mounted inside the counter (a real metal socket one): Primary speaker with its resonant chamber: RGB Luxeon LED inside the barrel: The "Blaster Core" board wired up:

Hi troopers! After four months of work I proudly present to you my scratchbuilt E-11 Stormtrooper Blaster equipped with "Blaster Core", a lights and soundfx electronic module for blasters made by Irvin Plecter at Plecter Labs (www.plecterlabs.com) I followed the PVC Blaster Builders Club tutorial and blueprints and followed step by step the great tutorial by Dark Side Sith Lord that you can find here: http://www.darksidesithlord.com/my-costume...reation-01.html Some early WIP pictures:

Uh, the list is VERY long... - stupid people - dogs barking - babies screaming - people who talk and laugh in a cinema during the movie - overcooked pasta - people who don't listen to me, especially my parents - skeptical people when you prove something clearly - water temperature raising and falling when you shower - all flying insects except butterflies - lack of commitment - all other drivers, especially the slow ones, those who cut turns invading my lane anf those using cellphones - quote: old people who stop in the middle of a shop when you're walking right behind them - quote: people who ask the same question about 15 times but in a variety of ways - bad quality in general (craftsmanship, service, assembly, music) - people talking too loud in a restaurant - waiters who don't pay attention to you - when someone gets something you want JUST A SECOND before you, examples: nice table in a restaurant, last piece of cake, last pair of shoes of your number, free parking in front of your destination, etc. - reality shows and talk shows - celebrities and related Mtv shows - people walking like zombies in a mall, looking around for something to buy that they don't need - a ton of other things which don't come to mind now In a word, people Except the ones who are part of my life, which include you guys

DAMN! It's AWESOME..... And I thought I did a nice paintjob... YOUR'S THE BEST E-11 PAINTJOB I'VE EVER SEEN!!!!

I obtained a nice result with a combination very close to yours! - grey metal primer (2 coats) - acrylic matte black (2 coats) - light weathering with silver sprayed on an old cloth - acrylic transparent matte (2 coats) - some more weathering to bring back out the highlights - superfine steel wool to wear out some zones Here's a detail:

Ahah, mitico Wally! La mia ragazza approva e ti saluta! ciao ciao!!

Yes, it's delicious!!! Chocolate and almonds mmmmmmhhh And it's incredible how many references to Portal I find around, it's a game that really changed something in people's mind, mine too

...did this for me today :):) It was a great surprise! And keep in mind that the first time we watched the OT (almost a year ago) she fell asleep just before Vader killed the Emperor! I was so pissed off while backing up the tape to show her what she missed!!! And today she came up with this awesome Imperial Cake... what to say... she's GREAT!!! :):)

TOTALLY AWESOME!!! That's what I wanted to do, but since I spent sooo many hours on the blaster, I decided to buy a real metal socketcounter from TK_MD... Great work there, respect! -Pablo

ANH - ESB - ROTJ, and That's all, folks!

Thanks Wally, that's very kind of you! My Blaster Core (sound/light module) should arrive next week, then I'll wire it up and it'll be finished and ready to be shown! I can't wait!!!!

LOOOLLLLL!!! Awesome!!! As you said it isn't ANH accurate, but it's definitely FUN!

Nice T-track there, is it rubber or plastic?

I consider myself a Star Wars geek and a general geek/nerd, but that means I'm passionate! And since I haven't got my armor yet, I can't wait to increase my geekiness to a new level!

OMG LOOOL if only I had this when I built it!!! Please, someone DO this and post the pics!!!

You're welcome! And thanks to Daetrin for changing the topic's title to an "HOW TO" one, nice to see that

I was born in 1977, just like Star Wars! :)

Would you be so kind to open it up and tell me the speaker's diameter? I would like to know if I can fit two of those in my bucket

I'm size 8! :) But I don't think you're going to sell those Isn't a great feeling when you find something you've been looking for for years? Priceless!!!!!