A couple of blasters...

**Howard** · 08-03-2012, 03:02 PM

..from very long ago.
These were made out of watch parts, water pistols, and other odds and sods I had laying around at the time.
They were build around five years ago, if memory serves, and were sold to a collector in the U.S.

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**DARKVIEW** · 09-03-2012, 07:50 AM

woarhhh!! brilliant, love the detail and darn it looks fully automated, what the little bell jar on the end from?

**Howard** · 10-03-2012, 05:45 AM

Thanks Darkview.
The bell jar is plastic and from a child's toy.
Thimble display domes are very similar, and cheap on eBay.

DrLight · 25-07-2012, 06:43 PM

How did you get the translucent glowing effect on the "triangular" crystal?

Conrad Turner · 26-07-2012, 12:17 PM

At a guess, I'd say multi-coloured LED behind it in the brass tube.

Wonderfull work, Howard. Looks like a Steampunk Phaser.

**Howard** · 29-07-2012, 08:00 PM

Conrad's right, DrLight (thanks for the kind words, Conrad).
The light source is a multi-coloured led from a pen from a £1 shop.

DrLight · 30-07-2012, 08:13 AM

thanks - I'm thinking of trying to get a similar effect by doing a barrel replacement on a Nerf Maverick.

**DARKVIEW** · 11-09-2012, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by DrLight

thanks - I'm thinking of trying to get a similar effect by doing a barrel replacement on a Nerf Maverick.

Good old Nerf guns

tibbington · 19-10-2012, 09:56 PM

those pistols are great

tibbington · 19-10-2012, 09:56 PM

So futuristic

**Darren Robertson** · 22-10-2012, 06:53 PM

Howard, you are a WONDER! Every time I come across a new thread of yours, it blows me away!

**Howard** · 22-10-2012, 07:54 PM

Thanks so much tibbington and Darren!
I must get around to a new build soon...

**DARKVIEW** · 08-03-2013, 10:47 AM

Did you get round to a new build Howard? Just love you last one.

**Howard** · 08-03-2013, 07:51 PM

Not at the moment, Darkview - I have a bench with a cut away lightsaber on it, a couple of 1999 designs on paper, and a steampunk clock idea (glass dome at the ready) to start.
I've spent the winter writing and rendering new art.
I hope to get working on physical stuff as soon as the daylight improves when spring finally arrives, and will post anything worthwhile...

Cheers!

**DARKVIEW** · 16-03-2013, 08:13 AM

That sounds busy enough to me... I did ticker with the idea of making my flux coolant reactor in the bell jar - a clock at one piont...

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10-03-2012, 05:45 AM	#3
Howard Deputy Commander Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Seaford, East Sussex. Posts: 824	Thanks Darkview. The bell jar is plastic and from a child's toy. Thimble display domes are very similar, and cheap on eBay.

25-07-2012, 06:43 PM	#4
DrLight Alphan Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 4	How did you get the translucent glowing effect on the "triangular" crystal?

26-07-2012, 12:17 PM	#5
Conrad Turner Communications Officer Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Duxford, Cambs Posts: 1,366	At a guess, I'd say multi-coloured LED behind it in the brass tube. Wonderfull work, Howard. Looks like a Steampunk Phaser.

29-07-2012, 08:00 PM	#6
Howard Deputy Commander Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Seaford, East Sussex. Posts: 824	Conrad's right, DrLight (thanks for the kind words, Conrad). The light source is a multi-coloured led from a pen from a £1 shop.

30-07-2012, 08:13 AM	#7
DrLight Alphan Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 4	thanks - I'm thinking of trying to get a similar effect by doing a barrel replacement on a Nerf Maverick.

19-10-2012, 09:56 PM	#9
tibbington Medical Technician Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Wellington New Zealand Posts: 152	those pistols are great

22-10-2012, 06:53 PM	#11
Darren Robertson Astrophysics Technician Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Truro, Cornwall, UK Posts: 314	Howard, you are a WONDER! Every time I come across a new thread of yours, it blows me away!

22-10-2012, 07:54 PM	#12
Howard Deputy Commander Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Seaford, East Sussex. Posts: 824	Thanks so much tibbington and Darren! I must get around to a new build soon...

08-03-2013, 07:51 PM	#14
Howard Deputy Commander Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Seaford, East Sussex. Posts: 824	Not at the moment, Darkview - I have a bench with a cut away lightsaber on it, a couple of 1999 designs on paper, and a steampunk clock idea (glass dome at the ready) to start. I've spent the winter writing and rendering new art. I hope to get working on physical stuff as soon as the daylight improves when spring finally arrives, and will post anything worthwhile... Cheers!