AIRSOFT BOLTER PROJECT

14/9/24 For the record, I don't play Warhammer, I only played the old Space Hulk game once, but like many I do enjoy the lore, the artwork and the awesome figurines ( even if my stumpy fingers couldn't paint them to save my life), and of course, the endless memes and fan films ( FlashGitz, I'm looking at you ). Anyway, I also like the iconic weapon designs ( who'd have guessed.. ), especially the various types of 'Bolters', so seeing as things that go pew are my speciality I will be building a 'functional' Bolter, using an old Nerf SuperSoaker and an Airsoft pistol. To add some functionality there will also be an awesome ammo-counter I picked up from an Etsy seller ( PancakeCustoms3D ), a tracer unit, and for 'infinite' ammo a 350 round drum mag. The hard part of this project will be building a trigger bar to connect the real trigger on the pistol to the... other real trigger that I actually pull to fire the gun- something like a specially shaped metal or plastic bar will be constructed, but first I will be removing unnecessary plastic from inside the supersoaker's shell to make room for the AAP-01 airsoft pistol, that'll be the next update on this specific project. Stay tuned...

20/10/24 Having changed my mind about how I wanted to proceed with the Bolter, I pivoted to doing something.. bigger. I grabbed a dirt cheap Nerf Mastodon from Ebay and will instead be stuffing the AAP-01 and drum magazine inside of that things shell- with a little work and a good paintjob it will for sure look like a heavy bolter. Same deal as before, I will gut the internals, use Milliput to bed the pistol in place, and run a linkage to the trigger to operate it. I will use the tracer unit and ammo counter on this project, no issues there even if I have to get a longer RJ45 cable to go between the display and the muzzle piece.

SPACE MARINE HELMET PROJECT

20/10/24 I blame FlashGitz and their 'Furry Crusade' animations; I'm going to build a Space Marine helmet. More specifically, I purchased a 3D printed helmet which was largely prefinished with the filling and sanding work done, allowing me to focus on the remaining touches of adding red lenses for the visor and replacing the original 3D printed tubes with some real rubber tubes, and of course a final paintjob and weathering.

FUNCTIONAL CHAINSWORD PROJECT

20/10/24 If you know about a Youtuber by the name of 'Integza', then you may have an idea where this is going... :D