Hey All,
Here goes my first post on the 405th, but I'm no stranger to building or customizing props. I have successfully completed a Mk.VII Helmet (H4 Master Chief), Sean Bradley ODST "Dutch" Helmet, Ur-Didact Helmet and a Reach EOD Helmet along with various weapons and Armour.
So, we've all seen Boom Co.'s take on the M6H PDWS from Halo 5 and to be honest, the detail is spot on, unlike the rest of their Halo line. Dat Covenant Carbine, for shame!
I went out and bought one today with the intent to strip it, sand, spot putty, sand, prime, paint and detail by the evening. And here it is. Unfortunately, I don't have photos of the process just the final product.
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The process of striping the pistol was a little bit tedious. For some reason, they used threaded steel guide rods in the slide which were near impossible to loosen, therefore, sacrifices had to be made and I cut the rods and replaced them with a simple non-threaded version. You can see in photo 3 there is a hole just right of the safety selector, this is where I'll need to machine a more specific rod with a flat screw type head.
The pistol features three Misriah Armory logos, one engraved on each side of the barrel underneath the slide and one printed on the right side of the grip. I liked how the one on the grip came through after paining and is only just visible. I originally didn't intend to keep this and was just going to sand it back, but the grips have a textured finish which I wasn't going to try to replicate. I also removed / sanded back the Boom Co. logo on the left side of the pistol above the trigger guard, the Halo logo on the right side above the trigger guard and the usual copyright disclaimer on the right slide.
I did have a long hard think about keeping it looking fresh out of the Armory or giving it some battle damaged character. In the end, I gave it character with some Acrylic paints. The color scheme I went for was referenced from the 343 Render on the M6H Personal Defense Weapon System Wiki Page. I can't say I used any name colors. I just got my pots of white and black and started mixing up greys. As this was a quick job, this was done with brushes.
Possible future edits could be cutting out a notch on the rear black cocking rod (not shown) so that the slide can be locked 'open' when pulled back and perhaps a thigh holster.
I hope you've enjoyed this post, I would love to hear any feedback and suggestions.
Here goes my first post on the 405th, but I'm no stranger to building or customizing props. I have successfully completed a Mk.VII Helmet (H4 Master Chief), Sean Bradley ODST "Dutch" Helmet, Ur-Didact Helmet and a Reach EOD Helmet along with various weapons and Armour.
So, we've all seen Boom Co.'s take on the M6H PDWS from Halo 5 and to be honest, the detail is spot on, unlike the rest of their Halo line. Dat Covenant Carbine, for shame!
I went out and bought one today with the intent to strip it, sand, spot putty, sand, prime, paint and detail by the evening. And here it is. Unfortunately, I don't have photos of the process just the final product.
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The process of striping the pistol was a little bit tedious. For some reason, they used threaded steel guide rods in the slide which were near impossible to loosen, therefore, sacrifices had to be made and I cut the rods and replaced them with a simple non-threaded version. You can see in photo 3 there is a hole just right of the safety selector, this is where I'll need to machine a more specific rod with a flat screw type head.
The pistol features three Misriah Armory logos, one engraved on each side of the barrel underneath the slide and one printed on the right side of the grip. I liked how the one on the grip came through after paining and is only just visible. I originally didn't intend to keep this and was just going to sand it back, but the grips have a textured finish which I wasn't going to try to replicate. I also removed / sanded back the Boom Co. logo on the left side of the pistol above the trigger guard, the Halo logo on the right side above the trigger guard and the usual copyright disclaimer on the right slide.
I did have a long hard think about keeping it looking fresh out of the Armory or giving it some battle damaged character. In the end, I gave it character with some Acrylic paints. The color scheme I went for was referenced from the 343 Render on the M6H Personal Defense Weapon System Wiki Page. I can't say I used any name colors. I just got my pots of white and black and started mixing up greys. As this was a quick job, this was done with brushes.
Possible future edits could be cutting out a notch on the rear black cocking rod (not shown) so that the slide can be locked 'open' when pulled back and perhaps a thigh holster.
I hope you've enjoyed this post, I would love to hear any feedback and suggestions.