{"id":2469,"date":"2024-11-13T17:03:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T01:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/?p=2469"},"modified":"2024-11-13T17:03:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T01:03:53","slug":"make-star-wars-outlaws-blaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/make-star-wars-outlaws-blaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Make: Star Wars Outlaws Blaster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of my recent games that I played was Star Wars: Outlaws. it was good. Not great, but good. I would describe it as a fairly typical Ubisoft game that benefitted from having the Star Wars Universe to play in. It included familiar places like Tatooine and Mos Eisley and had enough references to in-universe canon to make it feel connected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That having been said, while playing it, I took a liking to the blaster the main character, Kay Vess, uses throughout the game. You can change the skin on the gun, but it’s still the same gun. I thought it’d be a fun project to make a prop for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After searching around, I found a model of the gun which seemed like it would print well. I decided to print in PLA on my FDM<\/a> printer. As you can see in the final product, you can still see evidence of layer lines, but it was big enough I wasn’t sure I wanted to try on the resin printer. Plus, I figured for a blaster-sized print, the layer lines wouldn’t be the main issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Largely, I was right. The two main issues I have with the result are the layer lines and I wasn’t really happy with the chrome that I achieved on the main part of the gun. I suspect that’s a side-effect of the layers lines and I probably didn’t demonstrate the requisite amount of patience required to get smooth so the chrome really looks like chrome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The blaster was a reasonable size for me and my hand, which surprised me a bit (I have big hands), but the grip for the model was very deep from front to back and very flat, which made for a not great grip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing I did do which I think helps sell it is that instead of the 3d-printed screws, I drilled those out and used real pan-head hex screws in black which I think looked better than the modeled versions. Plus, I did a decent grime pass to make it look used instead of brand new and shiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the result:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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