HALO M6G Pistol Build: Part Three

If you haven't already seen them, click here for Part One or Part Two of this project. When last I posted about this build I still needed to score the seams on the top of the slide and add a few more details. Here's how it came out:

I also had to build a laser sight to add to the front end. To that end, I had to set up my variable-speed, self-centering, three-jawed, custome lathe and turned down a piece of styrene rod:

Once I had all of the requisite pieces and parts assembled, the next step was to go ahead and spray the whole thing in my trademark prototype color:


Once the paint had cured, the next step was to sand it all smooth, then go ahead and build a mold box and parting line:

Once I'd poured the two halves of the mold, the next step was to let them cure until they were ready for me to pull them off of the prototype:

Then I clamped them back together in my purpose-fashioned clamping jig and set up to pour resin to make copies:

Here's the light red prototype, the bright orange test casting, and the first two casts in black resin:

Here's a close-up shot of the tops of the first two black castings. The details came through pretty well:


Since I had two good pulls out of the mold, the next step was to try them on:


So far I've only finished painting one of them, but I've got two more in the works:


I haven't got any pics of the whole costume with the pistol yet, but I did get a crappy phone picture of me with the first painted one:


At some point in the course of making copies of the pistol, I ran out of resin. That's when I made this one:


It's foam:


The fun part about a foam pistol is throwing it at people when they walk into the workshop.

Next weapon project: sniper rifle.

Stay tuned...