for the rest of the marines, here is a taste of what its like to sling around the new smarty:

sex.

D

the ONLY gripe\damage from the whole event is the rear trigger guard bent. and since its thicker now, im afraid of trying to bend it straight, thinking the resin will break while trying to fix it!!!!!

front handle is still strongly mounted, new feed tray is great, little bit hard to open the cover with the drum attached but thats not realistic anyways. drop the drum THEN open the feed cover.

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the kilted smartgunner

Give me absenth I turn British.

Sounds awesome. Any cool con pics with this beauty?

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Cpl Matthew Rendar. M56 smart gun operator. 2nd bat 7th colonial marines "Rendars Raiders "

Mind = Blown
That's really nice

We did a shakedown at Dragon-Con, it seems the most fragile portion was the trigger guard over the clutch handle, I have redesigned the mount for that and it is very strong... like hurt-somebody, strong.

With the new intel on that and a few other parts, mods have been made and Im going to be pusing kits out in order and I hope to have all outstanding kits out before halloween.

Heres a pic of the kit painted ready for final assembly.



For what its worth...

People may wonder why these kits cost as much as they do or why they take so long to make... Well here your answer.

The kit consists of 47 individual parts, 11 of which are cast pewter, one custom cut aluminum tube and two vac formed pieces.

Holding it together are over 50 screws nuts bolts etc, and 5 springs.

It takes nearly two full size spray cans to prime and paint the entire gun, incl ammo drum.

And of course theres the investment in time in respect to casting, finishing, assembling and painting the big bastard.

Shipping entails a 12x12x48 box around 14 lbs and has never cost me less than $45 to insure and ship within the US. The overseas shipping rate on this is appalling.

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"Stand up for something...Or get knocked down for nothing..."

you are such a tease Matsuo and i bet the price is worth every cent the gun is so sexy....

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SGT Chris Kraemer "BIRD"
S/N: A07/TQ0.0.82154G1 Sgt Kraemer

Slobber, slobber, one will be mine soooooooon my pressssssssssious, soon



Undignified, aren't I?

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"Chief Bartender for the Naughty Corner Bar"

Carpe Crustulum!! (seize the cookie!!)

Simply amazing work ! Just so much detail can't wait to get mine. Matt said it weighs less then his original one which is great too. Very cool work matt!

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Cpl Matthew Rendar. M56 smart gun operator. 2nd bat 7th colonial marines "Rendars Raiders "

i can say i felt the wieght os Outcry's at SDCC this year and that was a nice wieght so if this kit is lighter that will be so nice. and also you are a God ate weapons Matt. And Peter Cooper has to rub it in each time i talk to him about the weapons you made for OC.

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SGT Chris Kraemer "BIRD"
S/N: A07/TQ0.0.82154G1 Sgt Kraemer

These are worth every cent. I picked one up at dragon con from 25sierra. Matts work is second to non.

I hate this guy. This is another dream rig of mine. Soon soon lol

So amazing! Worth the money and the wait.

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Sgt. Frank Peters 'reload' Smartgun Operator
A03/TQ3.0.12136E1 "It will be no picknick!"
AL Colonial Admin. - Sergeant at Arms (SgtA) -- 2020-2022
GERCM - Executive Officer (XO)
UKCM Foreign Legion: The Deviant Dragoons

For those of you who have one, or want one are there any upgrades or features you'd like to see that I haven't mentioned?

M

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"Stand up for something...Or get knocked down for nothing..."

PM sent.

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Sgt. Frank Peters 'reload' Smartgun Operator
A03/TQ3.0.12136E1 "It will be no picknick!"
AL Colonial Admin. - Sergeant at Arms (SgtA) -- 2020-2022
GERCM - Executive Officer (XO)
UKCM Foreign Legion: The Deviant Dragoons

Nice work, how do you make the molds for some thing like that?

I'll 2nd what others have said. I saw this in person at D*C. Absolutely outstanding. Matt's work is 2nd to none (and I can't wait to get my very own Matsucorp Pulse Rifle!!!!). If you understand the amount of work that goes into something like this, the price is very reasonable. Heck, I wouldn't do that much work for what he's charging!

Can't remember the names of the two smart gunners I hung with for a bit. Both members here. I got a card from one of them, but lost it in a haze of alcohol.

Great guys, whoever you were! Thanks for showing off your hardware.

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-Jeff

Very carefully, very expensively, and with a lot of very bad words

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"Chief Bartender for the Naughty Corner Bar"

Carpe Crustulum!! (seize the cookie!!)

Matsuo...it looks beautiful!!

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Pfc. Wells, Brandon. W
"I am the ultimate bad-ass. State of the bad-ass art."

matts work in all its glory http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0a8MCJ8WVg . amazing work !

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Cpl Matthew Rendar. M56 smart gun operator. 2nd bat 7th colonial marines "Rendars Raiders "

that would be outcry and myself. booze is fun like that....

i am lucky enough to get to watch matsuo work his magic here in stl sometimes. everything he makes is works of art.

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the kilted smartgunner

Give me absenth I turn British.

Pix on page one of this thread.

Thanks everyone for the praise... Almost makes it worth what huge pain in the arse it all is



M

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"Stand up for something...Or get knocked down for nothing..."

There's quite a few sites out there with info on the mould making and casting process.
Check out sites like "smooth on" (Google it). Now take that information and increase your
work by 10x and you to can make your own smartgun.

Or...

You can just save yourself months of work, money and heartache and buy one of Matt's.

The quality is worth it in the end.

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"A writer needs a pen, a painter a brush, and a filmmaker an army." - Orson Wells.

http://www.rookscastle.com
http://www.alchemyarms.com

This is the reason for my answer, I can and have done molding and casting on small items... NO WAY I would attempt a smartgun sized critter

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"Chief Bartender for the Naughty Corner Bar"

Carpe Crustulum!! (seize the cookie!!)

I got one of the new re-tooled Matsu smartguns from 25-Serria at Dragoncon whilst i was in the states. Utterly impresive. If you are serious about having a smartgun that is second to none, go no further. Im looking forward to the new and improvred trigger gaurd. A big shout out to Kevin who lugged this to Dragoncon for me to pick up. I Dismanteled it to a zillion pieces in order to pass it through Austarlias stringent, custums. Im happy to say its safe in Oz and currently being cleaned up for the painting process. It is already the envy of those in Australia whom have viewed it
Thanks guys

Awesome. Do show off some pics when its completed and fully painted. I can't wait to get mine. This is definately year of the smart gunner. I've never seen so many people kiting out to be smart gun operators . Very cool times

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Cpl Matthew Rendar. M56 smart gun operator. 2nd bat 7th colonial marines "Rendars Raiders "