Props halo 4 weapons WIP

rickrtickr · Nov 17, 2012

hello 405th after finaly finishing my spartan armor it is time to move to props and the first of which is going to be the halo 4 railgun.

pictures comming soon photo bucket is hateing me right now

rickrtickr · Nov 20, 2012

ok photobucket finaly started to work again heres my progress.

and here are my referance pictures.

more updates comming soon.

Zagoner · Nov 20, 2012

Looks great so far, You've really captured the correct shape with the foam. Great stuff, Good luck with this

rickrtickr · Aug 16, 2013

hey 405th it has been a while.

after a long period of wondering if i will ever finish this build i decided to pick it back up and work on it.

here are pics.

well that is all for now i am starting my second year of college next week so progress might be small and far between.

untill next time.

TheCuddlyPiranha · Aug 16, 2013

Looks good! Keep it up

ABYISZ · Aug 16, 2013

Subbing this because I'm very interested in the railgun. Love that gun, want it so bad.

rickrtickr · Aug 19, 2013

Ok one more fast update i have finished the front of the railgun and begining work on the stock.

hoping for another update this weekend.

until next time.

rickrtickr · Aug 22, 2013

ok so this s where the railgun stands one full side is nearly completed i just need to cnc a little.

that is all for now, until next time. . .

rickrtickr · Aug 23, 2013

ok one more fast update.

I have now finished all of the basic details of the railgun and have started minor detail work.

in other news i have also improved my gun hanging system for my torso.

i found out that i had 5 OLD hard disc drives so i striped the magnets out of them and created this.

the magnets here still need to be hidden.

as you can see i have already hidden these.

and it works.

until next time...

Carpathia · Aug 23, 2013

Looking slick so far! The rail gun is one of my favorite weapons to use in multiplayer. Most opponents don't see it coming.

Keep it up!

cha0skn1ght · Aug 23, 2013

I've really wanted to do something like this(the magnets) but wondered how easy/hard it would be to place and grab the weapon off my back. Let me know how it turns out

rickrtickr · Aug 23, 2013

for those of you who wanted to see more of the mounting i have made a short video.

cha0skn1ght · Aug 23, 2013

rickrtickr said:
for those of you who wanted to see more of the mounting i have made a short video.

Nice vid. How easy is it to grab in full armor?

rickrtickr · Aug 23, 2013

cha0skn1ght said:
Nice vid. How easy is it to grab in full armor?

For me the Mount is in the same place as my hangers were so I have no difficulty grabbing the prop. It is really just a matter of experimenting on positioning, when you finish your armor take a picture of yourself reaching as far back as you can without breaking the armor and you will know where to put the top of your mount.

cha0skn1ght · Aug 23, 2013

I'm hoping it will be a little easier for me with a foam build. I have also slightly decreased the size of the shoulder armor for more maneuverability. Thanks for the tip about taking the pic reaching behind myself. As simple as it sounds, I may not have even thought of doing that.