The varying degrees of success with card Part 2

The second of my exploits in card related matters comes from a request from a mate called Matt, who wanted a gun built for a cosplay event next week in the Great And Sunny Southampton. Yes cosplay would likely fall under the heading of "geekery", but it's a creative medium based around prop construction, custom tailoring, and if you feel inclined, amateur dramatics: Here's Tab (in red), Christian (in suit) and Matt (as a Catholic priest) being characters from hellsing. A lot of people now buy factory made items, but for the purists, it's not just pretending to be someone, its an application of skill, time and effort...So I made this gun. Out of card, but based around a plastic gun to get the trigger and mechanism detail. The gun, Hades, is owned by Train Heartnet, former assasin for an organisation called Chronos who leaves and becomes a bounty hunter or "sweeper". The series is " Black Cat" if anyone is interested.

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First stage: Butt (hehe I said butt) extensinon, trigger guard extension, hammer modification.

Second stage: Attempt 1 at main body shape. This looked wrong, because the underside of the front is joined by a curve thats not yet present. On realising this (when i took the barrel bit off the top and stick it along the bottom the next photo happened. (pics to follow! Haven't found that elusive SD card)

Third stage: New front body, barrel, front, and sides beside magazine.

Fourth stage: Polyfilla. Yep! Well, homebase brand. You'd be surprised how well it works, and its very cheap. The grey mountboard didn't like it much, but the high quality white board held up well.

Beyond: Paint, with Tulip fabric paint for the gold edging and detail. The rest were Halfords spray cans. 2 coats of primer, 1 of silver, 1 of black, 2 of gold. Red spray on the string bit.

Holster: fake leather and card. Velcro fastenings. simple really!