Back at it again with a MA5K Avenger

[Negativecacti]

It's been a minute since I've done a weapon build guide, so what better time to do one than right now. As the title says I'll be doing the ma5k avenger from Infinite specifically. The MA5K is said to be smaller than the MA40 and the lore scale is 26in w/ 15in barrel which seems a bit small to me so I've scaled it up just a tad bigger to fell right in the hand but it's still smaller than my MA40 build.

This will be similar to my ma40 build but there's a few things that I wanna do different, notably a removeable magazine and along with new thickness guide for the build. Once this is finished up I will post a new and updated image of the prop.
You'll need 3/8 & 3/4 dowel, eva foam (10mm, 5mm, 3mm) adhesive of your choosing (ca glue or barge contact cement) hobby knife, dremel, cutting matt.

To print this correctly from Paint, go to Print Preview > Page setup > Adjust to 100% normal size, you'll need 5/6 of the pages for this build.

Not much progress has been made been made so far but once a good amount has been made there will be an update.

 

[Negativecacti]

So I figured that I'd start off with the magazines. I had to sketch out the basic look of the magazine first to get it look and shape then the process of tracing and cutting them all out. It did take me a minuet on how to get them exactly how I had pictures them.

I had wanted to do them 30mm in total to sit flush with the skeleton of the prop, but then it wouldn't me get some of the detail that I had wanted to get. So I had me them with 20mm and 3mm on either side of it then to use 2mm to make the grooves on the mag which would make it 30mm in total to be flush and sit properly.

With the 2mm groves on I added 3/2mm detail foam to the mag to make it a bit wider so there was something more to grab on to when removing the magazine.

Now with the magazine done it was friction it at first and it held rather well but I wanted some extra holding power. So I added some small bar magnets in the mag well and on top of the magazine and added 2mm foam on top so it was still hold with enough force but still easily removeable.