Hausi Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 So after building a heavy metal (almost) all real parts Bapty and my special "Move Along"/SWAT Bapty based on a Doopy kit, it was time for something new, the all metal blaster is slightly too heavy for trooping while the Doopy kit on the other hand is a little too fragile and I wanted something that could also be handed to kids - no worries. So I went for Mark´s rubber bapty and ordered it unpainted as I planned to paint it myself. What I like about it: great details and very sturdy, communicating with Mark was great too, he´s a nice guy - always kept me updated about the progress and sent some pics - and he was even so kind to add some goodies, stickers, a pin and a patch, thanks for that! What I didn´t like so much: the grip was very rough, looked as if it was ground down with a file and the mag with the wood inside didn´t look right as the mag´s walls are way too thick. Here it is as it arrived: So I decided to rework most of this baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hausi Posted October 29, 2019 Author Share Posted October 29, 2019 First I sanded the grip smooth: then I sawed off the rubber mag and dremeled out the mag slot to fit a real cut off sterling mag with a wooden insert. I also tried to enhance the casting line along the sides of the back end which was originally cast of aluminium: The rubber Hengstler counter has some nice and sharp details too but the plugs aren´t there, so I just fitted some plugs that match the original´s: and after painting it looked like this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hausi Posted October 29, 2019 Author Share Posted October 29, 2019 I also took the blaster apart to rework the shape and position where the trigger guard attaches and repainted the whole thing. Mark told me that painting his rubber blaster doesn´t work very well but as I´ve had good results with painting rubber props before, I gave it a try. I thoroughly cleaned it and gave it a first coat with some special primer intended for plastics. I then painted the scope with plastikoat brass and the Hengstler with some grey primer for the back end and plastikoat brass for the front. For the blaster I´ve used some acrylic spraypaints: gunmetal first, a very fine coat (a mere dusting) with chocolate brown to emulate rust, then I applied Revell color stop to all parts using a brush, to emulate paint chips. I then painted them with acrylic black spray paint in a satin finish. I used a white wax crayon for the lettering on the scope (the scope was the only part that received a satin clear coat). After rubbing off the color stop, I gave it some washes with watered down acrylic black and earth. and here come some pics of the finished blaster in different lighting conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hausi Posted October 29, 2019 Author Share Posted October 29, 2019 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthStevius Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 looks so much better. well done mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoCKo Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 I can only echo! Way better! A lot more natural wear and tear... Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchy Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 That is a thing of beauty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CableGuy Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 Yes. Lovely work on that. Great job. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hausi Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 Allright folks, here´s an update: probably because of the extensive paintjob I have given this rubber blaster, the T-tracks - which are part of the mold so it´s all one piece - became tacky and seem to "melt", so for all of you getting one of these bad boys, consider thoroughly if you want to paint it. I decided to cut them off and replace them with some black plastic tracks, so I cut them off using my trusty exacto blade... aaaand cut myself. put a band aid on it and continued: As you can see, I have decided to go for the "Move along"-layout of tracks (above the rubber bapty you can see my SWAT-level DD Bapty with the same tracks-layout) and drilled holes accordingly. I then used some black plastic T-tracks from Super6 Props, cut them to shape and used my heatgun to bend them. Here´s what the original screen-used prop looks like: And here is what my finished blaster looks like (the Sheartech blaster is the one at the bottom, DD at the top) And finally a pic showing it with some other project I´m working on atm. Oh yeah, and I can definitely say that I prefer working on Sandtrooper lids... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwam Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Nice work, Urs! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubledx Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 awesome, cool work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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