Well...when Citizen Kane himself applauds this thread...it MUST be good!!!!
Thanks, guys!!
Ed

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This is the custom designed control board Steve had made for the ammo counter.
Notice SD STUDIOS 1998 REV 01 ON THE BOARD.



















Pulse rifles starting to take shape. By this time my Brother-in-Law, Tony Kunz. Had fabricated all of the wooden Army style carry crates the Oulse Rifles would be delivered in.







Prototype 02 on top final version 03 on bottom



FINAL VERSION



Not to worry, gang…….MORE to come!!!
Ed

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This is an absolutely AMAZING PR thread, I am loving these pics!!!

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Pvt Matthew Johnson
USCM Corps of Engineers
"Sapper by trade, marine by blood."

Thanks again, Slayn. I've had these pics for SO long. I'm glad to finally get to share them with guys that appreciate the history begind them. As I said, There's much more to come.
--Ed

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So awesome, so inspiring. Thanks for sharing these amazing photos and info.

No, thank you. It's not often you get to see something so iconic through every step of the build. Plus these pics are gong to help me sooooo much as a reference. Thank you again bro.

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Pvt Matthew Johnson
USCM Corps of Engineers
"Sapper by trade, marine by blood."

These pics are hands down the BEST reference images on the net for how the pulse rifle goes together. I have been looking for pics of the shotgun/spas assembly and these are perfect. Thanks for posting this amazing reference thefudds.

This is fantastic just what I have been looking for to help me with my build. Here is a picture any tips or advice welcome I'm doing this on a small budget cost me £20 and four weeks to get this far

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Cpl, Steve " Lab Rat " kelly
A01 / TQ1.0.52145E1
H.M.S VALHALLA
1st Batt 13th Regt
" FREEBOOTERS "

I say we take off and nuke the whole place from orbit .......................................................Only way to be sure

WOW! Great build!! Glad the photos are of help.
-Ed

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Thanks the fudds nice to hear that from someone who isn't an old friend sometimes think they humour me lol . Well the next step is the spas and front end so your pics are priceless many thanks again for sharing

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Cpl, Steve " Lab Rat " kelly
A01 / TQ1.0.52145E1
H.M.S VALHALLA
1st Batt 13th Regt
" FREEBOOTERS "

I say we take off and nuke the whole place from orbit .......................................................Only way to be sure

Just prep for paint and got it sealed and base coat of matt black on can you give me the proper colour scheme thinking gunmetal grey and olive drab but heard its a brown ? Any help would be great

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Cpl, Steve " Lab Rat " kelly
A01 / TQ1.0.52145E1
H.M.S VALHALLA
1st Batt 13th Regt
" FREEBOOTERS "

I say we take off and nuke the whole place from orbit .......................................................Only way to be sure

Actual prop was painted a long discontinued color called "brown bess". It was a wild color changing effect pretty dramtically depending lighting. With the blue filter on the camera during filming it often appeared to be olive drab. The "olive drab" vs. "brown bess" (or modern approximation) feud has been raging ever since.

You want how it looked on screen? Or how it looked in real life? And the war rages on!!!

**don't trust current photos of the remaining props as they were repainted MANY time for other projects and rentals after Aliens was filmed**

Thanks THAT guy I will probably go with olive drab as prefer on screen look and I can get it easily I will put some more pics up when I get to a good point. Cheers for the tips

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Cpl, Steve " Lab Rat " kelly
A01 / TQ1.0.52145E1
H.M.S VALHALLA
1st Batt 13th Regt
" FREEBOOTERS "

I say we take off and nuke the whole place from orbit .......................................................Only way to be sure

a good compromise is revel Number 46 nato olive it seems to have similar properties to the original colour

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Pt. Graham "gunny" Green
A07/TQ2.0.12129E1
UKCM 501st Regt. 1st Batt. The Bucketheads

I wish they had rattle cans of that in the Colonies...

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My entry-level prop and costume tutorials: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12751

Base is on I'm going to continue my build on my newby post as I don't want to mess up this great post many thanks for all your help guy's

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Cpl, Steve " Lab Rat " kelly
A01 / TQ1.0.52145E1
H.M.S VALHALLA
1st Batt 13th Regt
" FREEBOOTERS "

I say we take off and nuke the whole place from orbit .......................................................Only way to be sure

…and here they are…A few more photos.











Below notice the Quartermaster Tag that was attached to each of the Pulse Rifles going out to their new homes. Each one was filled in with an individual serial number.





Dean Dymerski provided dummy 12GA Shotgun shells to cycle through the shotgun so as not to scar up the aluminum PR Rounds provided.













I came up with the idea to do a Technical Manual for the Purlse Rifle similar to the ones issued by the US Army.
I located a Thompson TM and used it as a guide. Below is a photo of the cover. I will try to locate my copy and reprint it here.
This manual was later enhanced by Derrick Baena into a superb and much superior version to the one I did (although mine was pretty good…LOL)
Derrick was kind enough to include mine and Steves name in the credits of his manual.







Below are the photos I took of Steve holding one of the earlier prototypes of the Pulse Rifle.
These photos were used for the Technical Manual I wrote and that included with each order.

























Here you see one of the first of the 12 Military crate style cases my Brother-in-Law (Tony Kunz) made for the delivery of the initial run of the final version of the Pulse Rifles.



I hope you check back soon to see more upcoming photos.
Ed

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Great post the crates look fantastic any chance of a picture of them open would love to see how you have displayed them

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Cpl, Steve " Lab Rat " kelly
A01 / TQ1.0.52145E1
H.M.S VALHALLA
1st Batt 13th Regt
" FREEBOOTERS "

I say we take off and nuke the whole place from orbit .......................................................Only way to be sure