SorenM

Thanks

Fixed :-)

Being a soldier, I love the clean cut look in general. Symmetrical, in line, uniform appearance really appeals to me. In my memory of seeing the movies I remember the stormtroopers as such, and it is only in recent years that I really noticed all the "flaws"..... Being a "trooper to be" I will go as screen accurate as possible, without the impracticalities of gaffertape etc. I want my TM Armour to look as nice as possible, with natural wear and tear, my blaster is only moderately weathered, my boots are painted and will get the natural scuffing which I will repair as I go....

Allright now. Afternoon gone. The miliput on the magazine did not work for me. Sanded it all down, and then took the punch metal letters ( borrowed from my friend, the Battalion weapons mechanic), and heated them. Then pressed them into the magazine. That outlined the letters, and I then carved the letters out using my old trusty scalpel. BEFORE AFTER The wires Left to do are the lenses and the decal, the magazine thingy ( thanx to Simpixel for the template) (maybe the counter window)

Muahahaha.......Thanks man, it's highly appreciated

Started to make the changes ( left work two hours early to do so..). The wires, had to paint the green one, as I could only get one with a yellow stripe in it ( thanks to vern for the pics of the wires). Put some milliput in the mag end.. I borrowed some punches for the new lettering, but it will not work properly so far, the letters are too small. While I was at it, I milliputted some deep scratches in the folding stock I moved the Hengstler forward, closer to the power cylinders Fixed the screws in the scope, so that they are now "steel" ...( I could not find any M2 or M3 screws in "steel", so I chose to unscrew, paint silver and put them back in....I think they look the part). Now I need to do touch ups, and re-weather certain parts..attach the wires, and fix the scopes...and then that will be the end of this build

thanks...I want brilliant . ooooh those two blasters are beyond my skills (and my wifes patience..like she jestingly said yesterday when I announced it finished.."oh so now you will actualy be part of this world again then?")...love her

Hmm ok..a number of things need to be changed. attachment of wires in the right colour and with the correct number of coils, magazine thingy produced and attached, scope lenses (in the mail), and decal attached, magazine lettering changed to smaller letters, move the Hengstler forward, so it aligns with the "line/circle" on the scope, change the screws on the scope to "silvered" metal ones... curving the plexiglass in the counter window (if I can manage)...pfew..and I thought I was finished with it.....

super classy!!!!!!!!!

naaa, not really , but things do cost quite a lot in this country in general, the tubes of glue are rather large though, and the aluminium bars are normally used for protecting corners of plaster walls, so they had a quite nice finish to them.... thanks , quite happy with the result myself.....

You are right, it does not make much sense...but I take it all as a conpliment

My point exactly.😊😊.you really have made a fantastic weapon!.. I've actually fired a real one on several occasions...( a perk being in the military and deployed on operation), when I was on operations in Bosnia back in the nineties....

Cheers for that Simon..mis-spent....ha ha ha...funny old thing I still paint a miniature once in a while Another funny little thing..at work I go by the name S.I..

Thanks Is that because the letters are too large??...I used the smallest drill I have for my Dremel....I will consider redoing it..any suggestions as to how to do it best?

Inspired by Simpixels build, I ordered a cheap monocular on ebay, and the plan is then to insert those lenses into my scope, along with a decal... Additionally I am contemplating adding wires to the counter, and maybe the magazine thingy.....and then its finished....

, thnx

Thanks so much...we both LOVED that experience... I am in the process of reworking the costume, so that it will become even more accurate....:-)

Awesome build!...ever held the real MG 34 in your hands?...

Grazie mille...

That is a great looking blaster!...👠..I used the start of your thread as a great inspiration. 😊 Funny thing is that our paintjob look very much alike, and I honestly did not look at your paintjob before now.... Funny old thing is that I also paint(ed) Citadel miniatures....it shows😉....

Tusind tack, many thanks!

My son (7 yo) and I went to CE II, he is a SW geek just like me ( I am certain that it isn't the result of me influencing him, beginning when he was 6 months old).. We talked about what it would be like and what to expect. I told him that there would be a costume competition, and he immediately wanted to participate as a Jawa. His mother and I started working on a costume (cheap was paramount...but ended up not that cheap actually). He finished 3rd in the childrens category. This is the blaster I made This is his costume Messing with troopers from the French Garrison ( I think it was) It always ends up badly...

Thnx:-)

This is an estimate of how much it cost me to transform a Doopydoos blaster from this to this. The prices are Danish. Naturally these prices differ across the globe, and maybe the parts could have been found cheaper here as well. Times are estimated. Time used on Research: 12+ hours Time used on rinsing/sanding/grinding etc.: 9 hours Time used on building/glueing: 16 hours Time used on painting, weathering: 5 hours Petrol for going to the hardware store: 21$ Kit incl. Shipping: 80$ Glue: 30$ Aluminium bar for Hengstler bracket: 25$ Aluminium bar for scope rail: 8 Brass screws for Hengstler: 5$ Brass screws for scope, powercylinders and fire selection lever: 5$ M6 screws for muzzle and pistolgrip: 5$ Front sight pin: 3$ Primer: 20$ Paint: 14$ Total amount: 216$ The wood for the bolt, the plexiglass for the counter window, the screws for attaching this and that, the paint for weathering and the coathanger for the spring was something I had lying around.

Thanks:-)