#prop progress

Finally finished and am ready to share the complete 3D printed replica of Ezra’s pistol/thrower/blaster from Prospect. 

It started out like this... and turned into what’s in this post. 

I’ve documented the process of making it over the last month and a half or so, and it turned out much more realistic - and accurate - than I thought it would.

The colors are a little off/differet than the original one, and the detailing on the barrel and on the trigger/trigger guard are slightly different, too - there were 2 models made for the movie props (each of them had a few differences/alterations) and so I did my best to match the one I made to the one that got the most screen time. 

More pictures under the cut!

We are getting there.

Sanded down the first coat of primer, and just took it down into the basement to add another. If all goes well, I’ll be painting this weekend (first coat at least). Have to see how it looks once I’ve sanded the next coat at a higher grit.

It’s still in four separate pieces (grip, barrel, cone and trigger guard/cartridge) but everything is looking good.

Retaping the handle to do one more coat of tan. Getting ready to sand down the barrel one last time and add a THIN coat of rose gold. Ready for silver on the gray part of the trigger guard. That, plus the silver on the grip tomorrow + some detailing on the cone and the cartridge ends... and it’s DONE.

Wanted to be thorough with the primer because I only have one shot to hit it with the actual paint .... but tomorrow’s the day.  Taped everything off tonight so that I can spray paint in sections: starting with the tan on the grip and trigger guard/cartridge mount and silver for the barrel + the cone... thing.  I just superglued my fingers together trying to get the toothpicks in place and hold them for long enough to set them ... but it actually turned out pretty perfect in size and looks roughly accurate. Some of them are definitely not straight, but I can twist it before I secure it in place to make sure that what’s visible looks the best.