Ol' Dan's DL-44 blaster
Ol' Dan's DL-44 blaster
Don't worry, it's not cardboard this time
Seeing all the troopers with blasters got the Imperial Officer in me itching to get my own blaster too, Hehe. Managed to find a Star Wars Lazer Tag Rebel Blaster (modelled after the DL-44) on eBay:
You can view a commercial of the blaster at YouTube. Starts at 00:15:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WURop-E_gFE
I know Imperial Officers carry the Merrson blaster but what the heck, hehe. It's my 'just for fun' blaster.
The blaster is slightly bigger than the standard Kenner/Hasbro Han Solo blaster and looks closer to the movie prop. The electronics (sound and light) are completely busted so I got rid of those components and the blaster became a lot lighter.
Next came the paint job. I looked up YouTube for painting tips:
'Applying a wash'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY-1ikkJoQU
'Dry Brushing'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcIYkCz-Dco
Those videos were really helpful. I didn't document my process but here're some pix of my painted blaster and hope the folks here like what they see:
Seeing all the troopers with blasters got the Imperial Officer in me itching to get my own blaster too, Hehe. Managed to find a Star Wars Lazer Tag Rebel Blaster (modelled after the DL-44) on eBay:
You can view a commercial of the blaster at YouTube. Starts at 00:15:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WURop-E_gFE
I know Imperial Officers carry the Merrson blaster but what the heck, hehe. It's my 'just for fun' blaster.
The blaster is slightly bigger than the standard Kenner/Hasbro Han Solo blaster and looks closer to the movie prop. The electronics (sound and light) are completely busted so I got rid of those components and the blaster became a lot lighter.
Next came the paint job. I looked up YouTube for painting tips:
'Applying a wash'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY-1ikkJoQU
'Dry Brushing'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcIYkCz-Dco
Those videos were really helpful. I didn't document my process but here're some pix of my painted blaster and hope the folks here like what they see:
Re: Ol' Dan's DL-44 blaster
For the newer members who might not have caught what that meant... check out renzaijh's impressive creation in the earlier thread hererenzaijh wrote:Don't worry, it's not cardboard this time
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