Props Blacrose's Sniper Rifle W.i.p.

[BlacRoseImmortal]

Lol yeah there were alot of pieces with no tabs that should have HAD tabs. I made my own.... I'm handy like that I guess... depending on the piece that needed it I used:

cardstock for the little pieces

cardboard for the medium gaps

and for the uber big pieces I used a mix of cardstock and aluminum (my collection of Diet Coke cans came in handy )

Hope that help anyone whos also doin RvB's H2 pep build

 

[P40 Warhawk]

I just tried that today, glad to see that you did the same thing. I glued the stock to the bottom tabless piece so I can finish my lower, thankfully I noticed that a piece had dried off-kilter so I could fix it first or it would have been a week down the drain.

 

[redragon74]

lookin nice this rain is killin me =.=

 

[BlacRoseImmortal]

I knew it, I just effin knew I would screw up badly......

So I managed to instal all 8 screws and they looked magnificent.... while I was checkin them out I held the rifle, butt first, up to my face and saw that the screws on each side wernt alignd with each other, I thought that was impossible because I spent 5 hours just making sure the measurements were correct. I then took a closer look at each side and found that SOMEHOW I effed up the rubber part.... They are equally matched on each side, but one side was higher than the other.... How I did that is still unknown to me....

So now I'm depressed, Ive gone to far into it that I cant back out and redo what Ive done.. So as far as perfection goes... I just threw it out the window ....




Though I messed up horribly, I will "keep truckin" to get everythign else done.... maybe one mistake isnt so bad....actually (sorry, im thinking while I type), I might be able to mask my mistake with alot more rubber......hmm, TO THE DRAWING BOARDS!....

 

[redragon74]

as my elementary school art teacher would say..If You Mess it up Dress it up ^^

 

[spawn]

Ok.. let me get this straight.. you made that out of paper?.. .... Fricking paper.. That rocks BlacRoseImmortal .
The stuff you all make here.. just blows my mind..... You go girl.. it looks great. And just remember, No matter how good something turns out when you are done with it.. you will always find flaws with it.

 

[wolf]

im sure your being a little overhard on yourself BRI. show us some pics so we can show some love!

 

[UNSC Leatherneck]

That sounds like my working methods. *Measure twice, cut, realize something's wrong, check your measurements, realize you screwed up on a reference point, reach for board lengthener...

Good luck on the project.

 

[just me]

Daz iz zoo perfekt ZNIPA SHOOTA!!!!!(wh40k ork)
...Keep it up!!!

And Leatherneck, sounds like me too....
Sorry to hear you screwed....

 

[SPARTAN II]

Hey hey!

I finally have a little time to jump in here and check things out, lol. I really like where this is at so far, BRI. That bondo job you've done looks pretty good. Just a little smoothing needed, apply some surface details and you're good to go, imho.

Oh, and I can't recall what page of this thread that was on, but remember what I said about priming/painting

 

[BlacRoseImmortal]

Ah, it's nice to have you back SPARTAN II :]

I have just done the first coat of primer on the body and I'll start making the detailed body templates once I have the rubber parts done (looks liek I might finish the rubber sometime today ) I'm currently working on the handle/grip part and I'm so impressed with whats done so far done that I'm almost over my "little mistake".

My To Do List for the next 3 days:
*Finish Rubber
*Start Rondoing Scope
*Play alot of Halo
*Get all of the templates cut and perfected
*Get a early birthday present for myself .....aka, a tattoo
*Rondo the rest of the body, including the legs and the ....round part that I never got aroudn to...lol
*If I get ^ done, I want to also primer the whole body so it's one solid color lol

I hope I can get all of that done.... wishful thinking :]

 

[Macattack64]

sounds like a plan...

 

[BlacRoseImmortal]

Oh I forgot, for a little bit of a verbal teaser...

The Sniper Rifle looks NOTHING like it did in the last "up-to-date" picture as of right this second. I bet about half of you guys will tell me that it's not the same rifle when I get pictures up on Monday

I promise that by monday night i'll be showing off the only other SR in existence (for now lol) besides WETAs that is practically in-game acurate.



......I just thought to myself "wow, I need to get out more..." heh.

 

[BlacRoseImmortal]

Again, I'm sorry for the double post but I couldn't help myself... Here is a teaser picture:

And this is just the beginning of my long weekend. Please, Oh Please tell me what you think.

Note that this picture was just taken after a quick spray of primer... I have NOT evened out the the rubber just yet, I'll do that tomarrow. If you want to check the accuracy, Pull up a picture of a SR in H3 and compare it to my picture. I am SOOO freakin giddy right now

 

[tlither]

So you have one small error in your fantastic SR. You're doing a helluva job on it so keep it up! Make sure you get some pics up Monday - I want to see the progress! Maybe I'll catch you on live this weekend.

 

[Macattack64]

That's rubber? and how did you get it in that shape? on the rifle?

 

[BlacRoseImmortal]

lol, with a F**kload of painters tape and patience hahaha

 

[Macattack64]

Where did you get the stuff from? looks like it would be interesting... plus I have an idea to use it for something...

 

[BlacRoseImmortal]

I used Plasti-dip and Plasti- spray on. First I used the plati dip and poured it on....heavly and smoothed it out with a plastic spreader, after that cured and i had the right hight to it I used the plasti-spray to make a thin layer on top and added the detail that needed to be there. After everythign has been finallized I used an xacto blade to cut away the excess and a mouse sander to make it smooth (and look sort of battle damaged). It has taken me 2 full days just to do this.. the plasti dip had to be done in layers to build up the rubber.

you can find these rubber things at Home Depot. I think the plasti-dip cost me $14 and the spray was $16.

 

[Macattack64]

So it is actual rubber?