Props cyne's Plasma Rifle build

[CYNE 739]

As fate would have it, I logged onto Facebook Marketplace today and was greeted with this listing in my city; two fully 3D printed plasma rifles. For free.

The owner was gifted them by his brother, but he hasn't found the time to finish them and they're just taking up space. I told him I will be more than happy to take them off his hands and give them a welcoming home. I will pick them up on Friday next week, and this thread will be updated with some more photos once I have them in hand.

This is the only Plasma Rifle build thread I've found in the past 10 years (that has sufficient detail to go off of), so if anyone knows of other threads or people to get into contact with, that'd be fantastic for when I start to paint!

Plasma Rifle

Starting a plasma rifle build ! Im going to take my time on this one and make it absolutely perfect. Heres a picture of what I have printed so far, with a banana (lol) for scale. More info concerning paints and other plans coming soon !

www.405th.com

I would love to include some LED lights on the tips, but I'll have to take a look and see how it's printed and if I can gut some space for wiring. Apart from that ambitious goal, this'll be a nice side project to learn bondo and sanding. Can't wait to see it finished.

 

[bearbot]

Dude what a good find! And love the idea for the wiring. It's all gonna look dope, can't wait to see how it turns out.

 

[Negativecacti]

Is that first one a 1:1 scale?

 

[CYNE 739]

Is that first one a 1:1 scale?

yes it is! well, pretty sure anyway.

if you imagine that 30cm ruler is shifted a little higher, to line up with the top, then add another 30cm ruler underneath it...

I think that lines up with the official length of 62 cms

 

[elNoX]

Wow. This looks nice! Im also in the process of doing mine. But im stucked with the sanding atm. And I cand find a nice paint and hexa-pattern. Im courious to see how you will finish this beauty.

 

[CYNE 739]

I went back to that thread I linked for the other rifle build, and wow. How sick would it be to recreate the two lines of plasma on the front of the weapon.

But I fear if I go for LED on the gun, I would have to do ALL LED lights on it.

Or... hear me out...

How to Make a Plasma Ball

How to Make a Plasma Ball: Hi! In this dangerous instructable I will show you how to get and tame a plasma ball at home! Some theory: plasma is ionized gas. I will create a low-pressure environment in the glass bottle, and then ignite a high-voltage electric arc between two c…

www.instructables.com

It's been a while since I've had time to tinker, but I reckon if my mates workshop shed is still up-and-running, we could get it to work.

EDIT: so yeah, after discussing with my mate, the feasibility of an actual Plasma rifle is quite out of my skillset, I'm gonna leave that up to Hacksmith. I will instead just run with some LED filament.

 

[CYNE 739]

Wow. This looks nice! Im also in the process of doing mine. But im stucked with the sanding atm. And I cand find a nice paint and hexa-pattern. Im courious to see how you will finish this beauty.

That build thread I've linked has gotten the paint perfect imo! And their idea with the hexagons seems decently easy.

I've also attached images of a guide by Redshirt, that Satan Farted provided to me (since he is attempting to do his own Covenant paint on a Stalker Rifle) The original guide is on the discord somewhere, I haven't been bothered to check yet.

 

[devuljuice]

LED wire for the little electric arc is clever. Good luck on the build