Once I'd built one weapon for each class of hunter, my favorite one to see in real life was the Lightning Gun carried by an Assault-class hunter named Markov Golushko:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3d7jpXmM7o5PfYo05ILybQ2BFm5tTdMAh-5haKzNX8bQZ6KJaZk7bAmLJCEDIcS33Au1x7hEERfA8xLxwtyabjvZpJrINN50adyIHsVCdFtqfMgZh3QQkoLLTEnE63gBsUkx0Yacawcyv/s1600/Markov_Portrait.png)
That thing's pretty nifty.
Here's the Lightning Gun render that I started with:
![Lightning Gun Reference Image](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8574/15319099644_22d50c6abd_o.jpg)
For details about how it was made into a practical prop, read on...