My rough ST V phaser
#1
Posted 04 February 2007 - 02:55 PM
After scraping on it for an hour or so trying to get all those seems and cleaning a lump off the nozzle the size of a grape, I decided what I was going to do with it, (idea came from Phez's mid grade build at http://www.trekpropzone.com/forum) I would go for a rough, well worn, used in combat, and dropped to many times too count look!! SIR, those aren't casting flaws, those are dents in the metal SIR!!
Here we are in some primer
After 3 coats of primer I gave it a real slick sanding. I hate to go to thick with primer as you can lose detail, but in this case that might be a good thing!! LOL I then painted it with 3 costs of a metal looking paint, slicked it up a bit to make sure the top coat grabbed on, and then hit it with 2 coats of flat black. I painted it this way so I could sand through the black easy and I wanted the metal looking paint thick enough so that I didn't break through it. After the wet sanding with 400 grit, I used a matte clear coat on it. I used a matte clear as I figured that gloss just wouldn't look right. Hard to be shinny when you were just got kicked in a ditch.
I think I got that battle used look I was going for and I think that it's cannon enough to use with my WOK uniform. All in all it was cheap fun with stuff setting on the shelf.
I played around trying to get a photo that showed how cool (at least to me) it turned out; I'm not sure that I got it through. I can't seem to get the fine details to come through.
Enough of all that, here it it finished love it or hate it,
#2
Posted 04 February 2007 - 03:32 PM
#3
Posted 04 February 2007 - 03:35 PM
Here maybe this helps
It's so old that Kirk used it in ST V and the last (6?) photos were taken by Daniels!!
#4
Posted 04 February 2007 - 03:38 PM
#5
Posted 04 February 2007 - 07:09 PM
Now you need to have Shadow Dale make you a ST5 combat uniform with burns and tears all over it to go with your phaser. Ooh, better yet, make a TWOK field jacket that way. It could be your battle outfit.
#6
Posted 04 February 2007 - 08:19 PM
More like he made the whole factory lol
Now that would be sweet to see!
#7
Posted 05 February 2007 - 06:44 AM
Excellent work!!
Darren
#8
Posted 05 February 2007 - 09:06 AM
#9
Posted 05 February 2007 - 09:45 AM
#10
Posted 05 February 2007 - 10:00 AM
#11
Posted 17 February 2007 - 01:37 PM
Dave
#12
Posted 17 February 2007 - 03:12 PM
Looks great. Looks as used as the TSFS-TVH Phaser they used a couple of times on TNG.
Yeah, it reminded me of the ST3 phaser the guy had in "Final Mission".
I think FHC did a really nice job, especially considering what he had to work with.
However, a worn, beaten-down phaser in the hands of a Starfleet officer just doesn't work for me. That's more Star Wars, not Federation. In the hands of a miner or pirate 30 years after ST6, yeah this'd make perfect sense. Worn with a TWOK uniform, it'd just feel wrong. Unless, like someone said above, the uniform was also weathered to give the look of a guy who has been in combat for weeks.
Great job, FHC. I wish I had your patience, skill and ingenuity.
Dan
#13
Posted 17 February 2007 - 09:22 PM
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