I had to take pics of the other replicas next to the D9 Arc Generator.

Kids love alien weapons!

They really do!

Tim from Weta needs to back off that trigger finger! He’s holding The Righteous Bison – Indivisible Particle Smasher. Luckily it only singed my backpack!

The Pomson 6000 has been described thus:

“Blasting out rapid-succession pulses of cross-spectrum electromagnetic radiation, the Pomson has been shown to dissolve an Egyptian pyramid in four archeologically educational weeks or one of the smaller, slightly crappier Mayan ones in just under a fortnight. Imagine what it could do to that big ugly Mars face! On a more practical level, however, the Pomson has proven to be a highly flexible yet powerful firearm and purchasers are sure to wake up each morning with morning wood at the mere thought of owning one. That could also be a tumorous growth caused by unshielded radiation, but you can’t sue us for that because it’s in the contract. Sod off.”

Among other uses, the Pomson 6000 is standard issue for Earth’s Elite Forces and other cutting edge units. Its compact measurements and 12 millisecond recharge cycle makes it a valued companion in close quarters. Like underground trains or Venusian cave systems.

When you absolutely have to kill it with just one shot!

Got to play with this at SDCC! It’s very cool!

The first gun presented to Wikus van der Merwe (by the MNU scientists) at the underground shooting range at MNU headquarters, the Assault Rifle makes short work of the porcine cadaver strung up for target practice.

This is known about the science behind the Assault Rifle, according to
Designer Greg Broadmore:

“The tubes down the side each discharge an explosive burst of gas one after the other down the length of the barrel behind the projectile – a linear accelerator gun, like a rail gun but without the magnets. Of course it would fire these all rapidly to get a high rate of fire.”

PLEASE NOTE: Unless your genetic makeup is part prawn, you cannot power up or fire this gun.

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The Team

The Team

We had an uninvited guest!

My friend needed a better looking paintjob on his Chainsaw prop for Halloween. Here’s the results.

Here’s what it looked like before I painted it:

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We entered the school fair Halloween Costume Contest this weekend. They didn’t have a Sci-Fi category this year so we entered the Most Original Category.

Commander-X got 2nd place. He got beat out by Mario. Hmmm, I think I’m missing something here!! I’ll let you decide for yourself but I don’t think Mario is in the same league as Commander-X.

There was also a cartoon and game character category which is where Mario should have been entered. Maybe his brother Luigi won that category!!

If you want a MOST ORIGINAL costume like the one Mario wore, you can buy it HERE!!

Here’s a few turnaround shots of the final costume. Today is the Costume Contest!! I’ll post pics from the event.

We finally put the whole costume together and here is the result.

Here’s the logo that Commander-X and I designed.

I stayed up late last night and assembled the gun. I added the weathering also.

I think I’m finally done with this piece!! YAY!

Close up of Ray Stream Suppressor.

Close up of Alien Disintegration Gun.

I finally got the EL Wire which has a 9V driver. It features an adjustable strobe or constant-on mode and an adjustable dimmer.

It was square and bulky and I couldn’t figure out where to put it. I wanted the gun and tube self contained so it had to fit on the tube somewhere.
I literally spend 5 hours trying to figure it out. Finally I decided to redesign the gun and hide it in the tube. (I don’t think my son liked the plunger anyway!) I cut the driver down and moving the battery area and it fits perfectly inside the tube. I might rig up a switch for it but right now I unscrew the front part of the barrel off which is pretty easy.

Here’s the new and improved gun!! I’ll weather it tomorrow. There is 20 feet of EL wire in there.

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I fine tuned a few things like painting the top 2 lights and fixing the LED cover. I also added a yellow warning sticker. Today I get the EL wire and will get pics of that as soon as I can.

Almost done! I added some weathering and metal textures today. It’s hard to get a good photo of the piece!

Today I had to build a smaller box to house a blinking LED. It took forever to figure out. After that I primed all the parts.

Primer

After that I sprayed the whole thing with Black Truck Bed Paint.
I painted a few pieces with Silver for contrast.

Tomorrow I’ll finish the wiring and then start on the weathering and add a few more details.

I finally made some progress on the build!! Mounting all the parts was tricky. I wanted the pack to be rugged and found some good solutions.

I added the light and wired up the switch and batteries. I couldn’t find anything to put the batteries in but found a tupperware piece at Target that works great.

I mounted the light and wired the battery box

Lit up without the grill

Lit up with the grill

3/4 view unlit

3/4 view lit

Here’s the pack in action!

Here’s a new section called Props and Costumes. I’ll start off with my son’s Alien Buster Costume.
It has a ways to go and I’ll post pics as I go.

Here’s the backpack and blaster. It will be painted and weathered with lights and stuff.

Test fitting.

Here’s his Lovely Alien Busting assistant!

Last year I made this costume for my son for Halloween. He was going to enter a school carnival costume contest. That day was his last day of soccer so he missed the registration and couldn’t be in it.

This year we tried again and he ended up getting first place. We can’t find the saber I build for him so he used the full size one.

We tried to enter the contest the year prior but he had his final soccer game and pizza party and we missed registration by 10 minutes.

These were cast in resin.