Zarlon

Congrats Tim! Awesome Job!!!

Good luck! There are many awesome people here to give you a hand with any questions.

Thanks Tim! It was a lot of fun.

Thank you...now its on to the helmet.

That's right and we didn't even screw it up

That is the LED in front. I thought about adding the front scope lens and tried to do it with the material I had but it looked strange. I might go back to it later but for now I think I'll leave it as is. Its been fun Andrew. Thanks for all the input!

Well it took me over a month and a half but I can finally say it's finished.Below are some pictures of the completed blaster. Big thanks to everyone who posted here and gave me your input. This really is a great place to hang out!

I finished my final weathering touches last night and will be spraying everything with the seal coat tonight. I'll post pics of the finished (until I modify it again) blaster tomorrow.

Woo hoo! Soon enough you'll be official. Good luck!

I built my Hasbro first just to get the experience. I've never built anything like it before and wanted to make sure I could do it. Now that its finished I have some confidence to help build the rest of my armor. Once I finish my helmet I'll probably build a full resin kit just to give me more practice and also to give me something to work on while I wait for my armor to arrive.

Don't forget the paint and possibly satin clear coat if you plan to apply it once everything is weathered.

Awesome job on this blaster! The detail is incredible!

Well I think I'm just about done. I finished painting last night and most of the weathering is complete. All she needs now is a little more weathering and then a coat of satin sealer.

I was thinking about it until I started handling the blaster a bit yesterday. After that I'm definitely going to do it because the paint chips off pretty easily.

Can't wait to see the final product!

Okay the black paint has been applied. Now I have to assemble the scope end piece and then give it some weathering.

I made more progress last night and have a couple coats of black paint on the blaster but before I post those I wanted to show a change that I made. I was having trouble getting the electrical cord to look right so instead I went to the auto parts store and bought an automotive O-ring. It fit perfectly and looks great. Sorry for the bad picture but trust me when I say it looks great

That looks really good! I love the spring and lever!

Actual paint has actually been applied and holy crap do I have more sanding to do! It's amazing to see all of the areas that I missed. A coat of paint really points out the weak spots so it looks like I have something to do tonight.

My wife is a saint! She even took the picture for me

Thank you sir! I'm hoping to finish it up this weekend so I can begin the helmet build. Stay tuned...

Do it! It's been a lot of fun and an awesome learning experience. I'm really glad I decided to build my own and not buy one.

I was actually just looking for a normal magnifying glass but when I found the sheet instead I thought it might work. So far it looks good but my wife, with her steady hand, actually ended up cutting the circle for me

Well I decided to go with the tape holder scope. I found a black cable to cut up for the outer ring (thanks Fuumantroop!) and I went to Michaels and bought a plastic sheet of magnifying glass. ( I was able to get that overlap on the cord out) I have to say that trying to cut a perfect circle was a pain in the butt! I'm going to try and carefully glue the magnifying glass material into the tape tube once I get it painted.

What a beautiful build! I can't wait to see the end item with the blaster in it. Nice job!