Props Halo Pistol Conversion Kit

[howaado]

Minor question, would this kit fit on a M43 airsoft model?

 

[dead spartan]

will you be making the parts out of fiberglass, plastic or metal.

 

[SPARTAN II]

Honestly fellas, I seriously doubt he'll be making these conversion kits out of metal. Although it is possible to do so through the molding/casting process (I've seen it done before in rare cases), it's a very expensive endeavour. If anything, he'll most likely either make them out of resin or fiberglass. A lot easier than metal, and more affordable...

 

[dead spartan]

Now that you say that i agree but i would like it to not be shiny I would rather have it dull.

 

[Walter Spase]

Flat paint... i.e. makes not shiny...

 

[helios]

maaaaaaan, i want one!!! any progress on this front to report, sir?

 

[Vrogy]

Honestly fellas, I seriously doubt he'll be making these conversion kits out of metal. Although it is possible to do so through the molding/casting process (I've seen it done before in rare cases), it's a very expensive endeavour. If anything, he'll most likely either make them out of resin or fiberglass. A lot easier than metal, and more affordable...

He could use lost foam metal casting. The overhead there would be about 150$ for equipment, and every time you cast you'd lose a little bit of aggregate, the oven and crucible would wear, and it'd be ~1/6th a tank of propane..

But it'd be cast aluminum. I've done this to make some medieval sword fittings, you can sand and polish aluminum to mirror finishes after you cast, too..

 

[Sigma LS]

This thing is pretty much ready for molding (again since I screwed it up the first time) but I won't be buying the materials until I finish my clay helm.

It will be cast resin because of simplicity and the price range I'm going for. I want it to be available to a good range of budgets.

As far as availability goes, you might want to ask for one as a christmas present. They won't be ready much before then. (Though I might have a couple for that dallas tourney Spase if we want to give them out as prizes for a raffle or something.)

 

[Spartan857]

i dont wanna sound to rude but to me it looks nothing like the halo 1 pistol. using the p99 was a good idea, but i think making the pepakura one would be alittle more time consuming but well worth it. i dont like sounding negative but thats my opinion.

 

[Sigma LS]

But you can't shoot people, cock, or reload with a pepakura pistol.
And it looks a lot more like the H1 pistol than the H3, enough to tell what it is anyway.

By the way, I was working on this project before we brought pepakura to the site.
I also wrote some of the pepakura stickies, made quite a few of the original models, came up with the original scaling formula, and built the most complex pepakura AR to date. So I could make a paper one if I was so inclined. I just think this is better.

 

[Silverzippo93]

Any new pics?

 

[Walter Spase]

This thing is pretty much ready for molding (again since I screwed it up the first time) but I won't be buying the materials until I finish my clay helm.

It will be cast resin because of simplicity and the price range I'm going for. I want it to be available to a good range of budgets.

As far as availability goes, you might want to ask for one as a christmas present. They won't be ready much before then. (Though I might have a couple for that dallas tourney Spase if we want to give them out as prizes for a raffle or something.)

How did you know I read everything.... Details aren't nailed out yet, but I will be at the tourney...

 

[damasterchief]

holy **** i think you have the same type of air soft gun as me i have this james bond pistol lol

 

[damasterchief]

also if you want a p99 pistol just go 2 airsplat.com there cost from abought 10$-90$...

 

[RadioactiveMicrobe]

This is going to be by far the best M6D in the site, and based on what Sigma says, it will be for a good price. Can't wait for this, Sigma!

 

[sk8er4life]

Thats actually cool. But asid efrom that sigma do you make your armor or buy it in pieces? Always wanted to know since you have a whole lot of stuff.

 

[Sigma LS]

Thanks for the positive feedback. Hopefully I'll be getting the stuff to mold this by the end of next week. I'll keep tweaking it until then.

iamyourcousin- My Mk V and CQB were made by me. My Mk VI is a highly modified set of "Frankenarmor" from parts I got from lots of different people.

 

[sk8er4life]

so its like a combo? like the body you get from people but you made a few helms thats cool. Sorry but whats frakenarmor. all i know of is a muckle statue. isnt that what adam casted his stuff of off? How would he do that since it was to scale? I think BR is the only one who has actually made out of clay and molded all his stuff. can you list how many helms you have with maker? i know you have most of all this cool collictible stuff.

 

[Sigma LS]

Kinda OT but okay, I always love to talk about my armor collection.

I call it Frankenarmor like from Frankenstein being put together from lots of different bodies. My Mk VI has parts from BR, NAS, and Adam. A mixed bag if you will.

My Mk V armor is a complete set of detailed pepakura, though I haven't posted updates on it in awhile (since August).

I currently have a War helm from Lee More, BR helm from Devin, 001 Sean helm, Spase helm, and an NAS helm. I used to have a Link helm, another NAS helm and a full set of Westerfield armor but my space was getting kind of crowded and I had repair bills to pay.


Devin, Zeronifty, Yodajammies, and Madcow have all used clay-based Mk VI helms. I almost done with my clayegendary helm myself.


The muckle statue casts have to be cut-up and sanded very carefully to fit people since it is Spartan sized. There's no real scaling of parts, just selective trimming.

 

[sk8er4life]

*snip* you little lucky guy. You have all the cool stuff. when i get older i want to buy a good set of helms and some nice armor as well. but back on topic before this gets locked. thanks sig.