Drunken Dreadnought Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Hi there! Shortly before the forums went down I embarked on a project to build a full scale bolt pistol. Seeing how I lack any skill with metal or plastics, I turned to the next best thing: wood. After lots of band-sawing and hand-sanding at my school's expense, I managed to come up with this: http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c48/Corellia1/ND1.jpg It's made of scrap bits of poppler and oak... on hindsight, oak was probably a bad idea, because it's now easy to see the grain of the wood on the finished product. A few pics of that... Side View Front View Rear View For scaling purposes Sighting on my first target... Since the forum's back, I figured I'd show the progress. Notice that I say progress, because I'd appreciate some advice from more experienced craftsmen on that grain issue. :jaw: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luku Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Basic Bolter advice....you need to drill out the barrel! :jaw: :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nurglespawn Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 ...wow... :jaw: looks really good mate well done indeed N.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rat of vengence Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Cool! Well done mate. I like it :jaw: RoV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Fang Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Sweet! Looks great! The "Sighting on my first target..." picture reminds me of first person shooters, and made me laugh. :jaw: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimdarkness Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 For the grain issue oak is bad for the grain raising when finised your best bet would have been to seal it and then lightly sand the grain back down then paint. Overal very neat and looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubal Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 For the grain issue oak is bad for the grain raising when finised your best bet would have been to seal it and then lightly sand the grain back down then paint.Or you could say it's 'mastercrafted' with a custom wood body :oOverall it looks properly proportioned, except maybe for the bottom of the grip which is a bit drawn out. It's awfully small too :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kr00tman Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 I wish I did this in wood shop, lol 2 years to late, what grain of sand paper did you sand up to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyinghippo Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Sweet! Looks great! The "Sighting on my first target..." picture reminds me of first person shooters, and made me laugh. :huh: There much better :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master_Aerethos Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ :huh: :o :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!! Master_Aerethos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pdogg117 Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 It would have been cool to simply leave the wood as it was, all natural. After a few more projects, you could have a collection of wooden marine weapons (bolters and chainswords for example). Or, you could have left everything but the black casing part wood, as if a sergeant wanted his own eliquant and intricate style. In any event, great work! I could never accomplish anything like this with my skills :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Q- Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Awesome dog! =) We have 4 Pugs currently. 3 Generations. oh... and Bolt Pistol. Yes. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penitent Dreadnought Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 He doesn't show up on the radar. Must be a friendly. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron-Daemon Forge Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Hi there! Shortly before the forums went down I embarked on a project to build a full scale bolt pistol. Seeing how I lack any skill with metal or plastics, I turned to the next best thing: wood. After lots of band-sawing and hand-sanding at my school's expense, I managed to come up with this: http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c48/Corellia1/ND1.jpg It's made of scrap bits of poppler and oak... on hindsight, oak was probably a bad idea, because it's now easy to see the grain of the wood on the finished product. A few pics of that... Side View Front View Rear View For scaling purposes Sighting on my first target... Since the forum's back, I figured I'd show the progress. Notice that I say progress, because I'd appreciate some advice from more experienced craftsmen on that grain issue. :P Drunken Dreadnought: The Bolt pistol look very good indeed. One thing, you where talking about plastic... one thing is to use Plasticard, I say 0.5mm thck & get contact glue. That could go over the wood. But that only a tip/idear on the plastic front since I got to use this stuff 3 & a half days per week in my model making course. You can see my life side Iron Warriors helmet somewhere on this site. Again it look cool. IP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunken Dreadnought Posted April 26, 2006 Author Share Posted April 26, 2006 Thanks for the interest, fellas. =) Commander Lucius: But... but... I did drill the barrel! If I had drilled any deeper, I don't think the wood would've been able to handle the stress. Though if you're talking about the exhaust vents on the side, you're probably right - I should've drilled it deeper. Grimdarkness: Thanks man, I'll definitely be remembering that bit of advice for my next project. And yes, there is a next one. I'm currently drawing up plans for a Cadian Laspistol, though I'm not sure if I'd be able to post it up on B&C... who knows, maybe I'll slap on a =][=, then it'd be board legal. Tubal: Yeah, I basically drew up the handle first according to my hand's measurements, then built the rest of the gun around that. That technique would account for the faulty proportions. ;) Kr00tman: Everything, basically. I used 80 grit to shape the handle (belt sander helped a lot, too), and pretty much worked my way up the line until I hit 220 grit. Hippo: Awesome, man! I have a new desktop! Pdogg117: I totally agree, the paint job came out all wrong. I'll be doing just that on my laspistol. Insane Psychopath: Hmm... come to think of it, plasticard really would work well. I'll import some from home and see what I can do! Like I said, more to come. I'll be planing down some wood for the laspistol today. What do do after that, though... not so sure. I'm looking at a Bolter, Storm Bolter, Chainsword, Plasma Pistol, and Lasgun. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luku Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Ideas? Make me another Bolt Pistol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shuriken Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 i think it's a real shame you ruined it with that paintjob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Draziel Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Most Bolt Pistols today have a default colour; Black, grey and gunmetal. Though I agree, it looks very plain - almost too plain, it need some shading. Sure you could paint it all red like Ultramarines do - but that's just too silly... if you want, you could off course "master craft" it, with all kinds of stuff.. (purity seals ect) ps: I also find the scale a bit off - if you're a normal human, your hand should be tiny next to a bolt weapon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimdarkness Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Like I said, more to come. I'll be planing down some wood for the laspistol today. What do do after that, though... not so sure. I'm looking at a Bolter, Storm Bolter, Chainsword, Plasma Pistol, and Lasgun. Any ideas? A heavy bolter with ammo feeds ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Draziel Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Perhaps a plasma gun? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undertow Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Hell, while you're at it, why don't you go ahead and make a terminator armour and pimp your ride into a land raider? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penitent Dreadnought Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 ...and pimp your ride into a land raider? :D Mind the turn signals though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicorex Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Well this is my Full size Chaos Bolter http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/Nicorex/ChaosBolter/1649029-R1-020-8A.jpg It doubles as my carry case for my Wordbearer Army. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/Nicorex/ChaosBolter/1649029-R1-016-6A.jpg :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Draziel Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 That is a very "different" carrying method... ahem... what does you're opponents say when you show up with that?? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyinghippo Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 DRILL PUT YOUR BARRELS ;) I've always wanted to try and make an entire suit of power armour.... *nudge* *nudge* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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