I was looking at the gauntlet reference photos, thinking "what should I use to make the little bullet thingy?", when it dawned on me: "duh! the answer is in the question!" An actual bullet! (Well, more correctly, an actual "round", since a bullet is really only a part of a round of ammunition that is commonly and erroneously referred to as a bullet… never mind!). I raided my SKS ammo crate and got read my 7.62x39 round.
I began making the housing by drawing it on a piece of paper, then tracing it unto and subsequently cuttin out of .04 gauge ABS sheet.
Using a utility knife, I then made scrapes along the plastic that would serve as fold lines.
I then stuffed the SKS round into the assembly, and used plasticine and hot glue to secure it in place. No, the hot glue is not hot enough to make the round go BOOM, but to be completely safe, don't try this step at home, kids.
Next, I primed the assembly, used a small file to carve the accent lines, and cloned it using Rebound 25 (Rebound 25 silicone casting discussed here).
With the rubber mold done, I replicated the little rocket piece in cold cast resin (cold casting discussed in detail here), used a rotary tool with a grinding cone to drill out a hole, and used two wires wrapped in heat shrink tubing to make the rocket assembly connecting tubes.
When glued to the dorsal arm assembly, the whole thing looks like this.
Thanks for looking!
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Sith Acolyte Forearm Armour (Introduction)
Sith Acolyte Dorsal Forearm Plate
- Sith Acolyte Forearm Rocket Assembly
Sith Acolyte Ventral Forearm Plate (Coming Soon)
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