So Lauren is planning to cosplay as Gaige the Mechromancer from Borderlands 2 for next year's D*Con...
Cue Xmas present idea!

Let's take one of these:



Refer a LOT to these:




And make THIS!






It's a combination of stencilled rattle-can work, and hand-painted acrylic, with a good few layers of clear-coat on top and between some layers.
The gaffa tape is real, and I removed almost all of the little rivets, replacing them with big nuts and bolts from my bits-box.
I also outlined all the hardware and scratches/ dents with black lines to maintain the "cell-shaded" look.
The hinges were a pain in the hoop! I removed the originals, and found the closest I could get size-wise - Only realising afterwards that the way they're designed in the game, the physically cannot work.
So I used some chrome tape to fake the hinge on the front face of the box, and epoxied some more screw-heads in place - No time to find another bigger hinge and cut more out of the lid and boxy, but I think it looks pretty good as is! Not perfect, but given all the other little things I went back and did time and again ( "Hmm. That eye isn't QUITE the right shape!" ) I had to draw a line ( No pun intended ) at some point and get the thing wrapped for Xmas!

Hope you Vault Hunters out there like it!

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Props, cosplay pieces, upcycled ornamentation, and miscellanea;
For the discerning survivor of the apocalypse.
Steve Fletcher : Maker, Scavenger, and Junksmith.
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Cool! Awesome work! Haha

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I prefer the pony one...

No idea what this is but I know I want one! Looks great

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AKA: Simon

Lovely bit of borderlands propage there i think uv found a new thing to sell st cons im sure these would sell great

That's... really cool.

How long did it take to make up?

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Cheers!
Took me about a week, maybe two of actual work I think - Had a few delays due to needing hinges, paintcan being unexpectedly emptier than thought etc!
And, obviously, letting paint coats dry.

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MSgt, UKCM 42nd Reg., 1st Batt. : Hadrian's Wall. UKCM

Wasteland Workshop
Props, cosplay pieces, upcycled ornamentation, and miscellanea;
For the discerning survivor of the apocalypse.
Steve Fletcher : Maker, Scavenger, and Junksmith.
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It looks a bajillion times more awesome in person. The colors are a lot brighter and bolder. And bonus points for the scavenger hunt to find it!

Hee. Glad you liked it!

Clear adhesive vinyl back from the printers tonight!



To go on an old Airsoft SOCOM Mk23 to make this:

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MSgt, UKCM 42nd Reg., 1st Batt. : Hadrian's Wall. UKCM

Wasteland Workshop
Props, cosplay pieces, upcycled ornamentation, and miscellanea;
For the discerning survivor of the apocalypse.
Steve Fletcher : Maker, Scavenger, and Junksmith.
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A P99 might be a better base for that pistol bud.

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It's actually kinda a cross between the Mk23 and the P99 with a bit of USP

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MSgt, UKCM 42nd Reg., 1st Batt. : Hadrian's Wall. UKCM

Wasteland Workshop
Props, cosplay pieces, upcycled ornamentation, and miscellanea;
For the discerning survivor of the apocalypse.
Steve Fletcher : Maker, Scavenger, and Junksmith.
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Cant wait to see that, It's gunna be just as awesome =)

dude that is a Walther P22 http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Walther_P22

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Again, not QUITE...
It's a mishmash.

Annoyingly, that straight trigger looks really familiar, just can't place it.
But the slide release is very Socom.

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MSgt, UKCM 42nd Reg., 1st Batt. : Hadrian's Wall. UKCM

Wasteland Workshop
Props, cosplay pieces, upcycled ornamentation, and miscellanea;
For the discerning survivor of the apocalypse.
Steve Fletcher : Maker, Scavenger, and Junksmith.
linktr.ee/wastelandworkshop

true but main issue is scale the p22 is at least half the size of the socom

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Reformed Pacifist

So this is currently drying and awaiting another sanding...

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MSgt, UKCM 42nd Reg., 1st Batt. : Hadrian's Wall. UKCM

Wasteland Workshop
Props, cosplay pieces, upcycled ornamentation, and miscellanea;
For the discerning survivor of the apocalypse.
Steve Fletcher : Maker, Scavenger, and Junksmith.
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Decided to bulk up the front a little bot more, and have now installed the electronics

If I can find a wee switch in my bits-box, I'll wore one in, otherwise it'll be always on when the mag is attached ( Coz, y'know, that's where I'm putting the 9v battery that runs the lights :p )

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MSgt, UKCM 42nd Reg., 1st Batt. : Hadrian's Wall. UKCM

Wasteland Workshop
Props, cosplay pieces, upcycled ornamentation, and miscellanea;
For the discerning survivor of the apocalypse.
Steve Fletcher : Maker, Scavenger, and Junksmith.
linktr.ee/wastelandworkshop

Bit more progress:

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Wasteland Workshop
Props, cosplay pieces, upcycled ornamentation, and miscellanea;
For the discerning survivor of the apocalypse.
Steve Fletcher : Maker, Scavenger, and Junksmith.
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Aaaand a few coats of paint, some messing about with epoxy resin, and a few blasts of a heatgun to shrink vinyl that's been fiddly-ly cut to shape...
Getting nearer to completion!

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MSgt, UKCM 42nd Reg., 1st Batt. : Hadrian's Wall. UKCM

Wasteland Workshop
Props, cosplay pieces, upcycled ornamentation, and miscellanea;
For the discerning survivor of the apocalypse.
Steve Fletcher : Maker, Scavenger, and Junksmith.
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Looking good, you going to do the commando turret next

Yup

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MSgt, UKCM 42nd Reg., 1st Batt. : Hadrian's Wall. UKCM

Wasteland Workshop
Props, cosplay pieces, upcycled ornamentation, and miscellanea;
For the discerning survivor of the apocalypse.
Steve Fletcher : Maker, Scavenger, and Junksmith.
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Cool

LOL - I wish I could think of a way to do that and have it poppupable!

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MSgt, UKCM 42nd Reg., 1st Batt. : Hadrian's Wall. UKCM

Wasteland Workshop
Props, cosplay pieces, upcycled ornamentation, and miscellanea;
For the discerning survivor of the apocalypse.
Steve Fletcher : Maker, Scavenger, and Junksmith.
linktr.ee/wastelandworkshop

That trigger screams Glock to me... what with the little trigger safety lever thingy there.

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Any more progress?


I'm presuming you are going to cut her arm off and implant a cybernetic one for the sake of accuracy ?

Pfft! Of course!
Still trying to get the electronics working right, accidentally melted my switch, so off to Maplin shortly.

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MSgt, UKCM 42nd Reg., 1st Batt. : Hadrian's Wall. UKCM

Wasteland Workshop
Props, cosplay pieces, upcycled ornamentation, and miscellanea;
For the discerning survivor of the apocalypse.
Steve Fletcher : Maker, Scavenger, and Junksmith.
linktr.ee/wastelandworkshop