Greetings 405th, its been far to long since I've posted anything substantial. As Im always trying to find or do things that I rarely or never see done I figured I would go ahead and start a new build thread of one of the weapons I've long sought to have: the AIE-486 H Machine gun. Most of us know it as the tri-barreled machine gun that was first seen in Halo 3 and then Reach and now Halo 4. This time around I'm going to make a semi functional weapon prop. The gun will feature sliding charging handle, a rotating barrel assembly, and ammo belt that winds up and into the gun at the same time the barrels spin. I'd like to add sound to the mix and get the full package, minus the gun spewing hot lead of course ;P
There are actually an amazing set of reference pics that I found simply by googling Halo Turret so to give an idea of what the end result should look like:
And what the current progress looks like, it aint much, and it aint pretty either, but its a start...
So the general plan I have is to use PVC for the body and barrels of the gun (kinda obvious right?) The majority of the detail, the shields, muzzle brake, etc. will be done with eva and craft foam to save weight. While PVC isnt too bad, the dummy ammo is somewhere around 4 lbs and adding a motor to spin the barrels and and ammo belt add on pounds as well, and as the saying goes pounds = pain
And finally a reference to the guns size as of now compared to my armor which is around 5'6 on its stand. I couldn't find the actual dimensions for the gun, so Im sort of winging it in that regard, but hopefully once the muzzle brake and back end of the gun are installed it should at least look proportional.
Anyways thats it for now, any questions, thoughts, or advice is always welcome and appreciated.
Thanks for looking!
There are actually an amazing set of reference pics that I found simply by googling Halo Turret so to give an idea of what the end result should look like:
And what the current progress looks like, it aint much, and it aint pretty either, but its a start...
So the general plan I have is to use PVC for the body and barrels of the gun (kinda obvious right?) The majority of the detail, the shields, muzzle brake, etc. will be done with eva and craft foam to save weight. While PVC isnt too bad, the dummy ammo is somewhere around 4 lbs and adding a motor to spin the barrels and and ammo belt add on pounds as well, and as the saying goes pounds = pain
And finally a reference to the guns size as of now compared to my armor which is around 5'6 on its stand. I couldn't find the actual dimensions for the gun, so Im sort of winging it in that regard, but hopefully once the muzzle brake and back end of the gun are installed it should at least look proportional.
Anyways thats it for now, any questions, thoughts, or advice is always welcome and appreciated.
Thanks for looking!