Its just one of those costumes that has to be done. I have finally made a start on it, well ive finished quite a bit of it
Ive finished the Smartgun itself.

Vest and headset finished

Im currently in the process of making the Steadicam vest and arm copying the screen used ones as closely as possible and practical, its probably going to work out more expensive than the cheap Steadicam vests you can get on ebay for £270 but it will be far more accurate.

That's really nice, man

Could you please post some more detail pics into your [dirty, dirty] Photo bucket? I've love to see close-ups of around the drum mag (and how the cover is attached), the foregrip post and of the pistol grip area.

_________________
Cpl Aron "septic" Williams
A10/TQ0.0.82146E1

Awesome! What'd you use for your M56 build?

_________________

CPL Sean Maio A01/TQ2.0.72156E1
Public Relations Division (Temporary Cross-Assignment)
M-56 Smartgun Operator, A/3Btn, II CMEF, USS Sephora

Looking great!
Good luck with your vest build!

Is this a static counter or does it actually count?

_________________
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

Ill get some more detailed pics up tomorrow


Its an Airsoft MG42. Real AR125 hangers and GPZ switchgear. Steel front and rear grip tubes. Plastic drum mag cover, trigger box, camera and hand guard. Alloy flash hider.

As this has lights and sound (sound through 4x 20w amps) the counter is connected to the battery pack to keep a check on the power.

Wow. Sounds like an amazing setup. Can't wait to see how your arm/vest turns out

Ok been out to the workshop to take some pics and video



The vest so far, just waiting for the laser cut alloy pieces from Chef



One of Chef's 3D printed pull rings

Pics of the drum cover I was asked for




Trigger area/block

Ive done a quick video but got no idea how to embed it here so here is the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPMzCPPzuVg&feature=youtu.be

Neat! Is it remote controlled?

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

Sexy + informative! Cheers for that

_________________
Cpl Aron "septic" Williams
A10/TQ0.0.82146E1

No its not remote controlled, it works from either the red fire switch on the grip or the brake lever, I just wedged a remote in the hand guard to keep the lever up while filming.

Any chance of seeing this in action (e.g. @ Alien Encounter)?

_________________
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

All being well it should be finished by then and ill be bringing it along

The vest looks amazing.
Could you please show more pictures of the Shoulder lamp mount?
Looking forward seeing you @ NSC.

_________________
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

I'll have to get some info from you about your speaker setup. 4x 20W amps, how loud is that? And what's the power source?

*edit* Heh, and I still need to rig up a release cable one of these days. I've had the cable and ring for years, just need to swage some pins onto it and make the posts for them to slot into.

_________________

CPL Sean Maio A01/TQ2.0.72156E1
Public Relations Division (Temporary Cross-Assignment)
M-56 Smartgun Operator, A/3Btn, II CMEF, USS Sephora

Ive used 20watt voice amps like the Aker ones. Striped 2 down and got one in the drum mag, cut the front of the mag out and fitted a 4" speaker grill. Ive put the other in vertical tube that sits just in front of mag on the bottom of the gun. The other 2 will be behind the chest plate when I've done it, ive used the connectors and wires that hang from the gun as the speaker feed cable to the chest plate. The amps all have there own rechargeable power pack.

Well the vest is complete, laser cut aluminium bits and vac formed chest plate supplied by Chef.

Looks amazing!
How did you mount the shoulder lamp?

_________________
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

3mm aluminium plate like in the film

Wow, nice set up!
I love the Evolution logo

_________________
AKA: Simon

I like the Knife being duct taped to the chest plate!

outstanding work!

Yeah I was going to have a boot knife but just know it would end up dropping down my leg or falling off so thought of something that would fit in with the look.

Looking great!

How much does your smart gun weigh at the moment?

_________________
A07/TQ0.0.52136G1 Rec Vaananen, J Yoco Uusimaa-FIN

awesome work ! Very nice

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