Plastic Han Solo DL-44 Blaster Project

Blaster:

Phase 1 (Surface Prep) Materials:
Sandpaper: 220 and 400 grit
Toothpicks

Phase 2 (Painting) Materials:
Rust-oleum Painters Touch Flat Gray Primer
Rust-oluem Painters Touch Flat Black
Rust-oleum Painters Touch Metallic Aluminum

Phase 3 (Finishing) Materials:
Krylon Satin Finish Clear Spray

[uncledarren]

I had the original black plastick toy with double button sound effect activation back in the late 70's. Wish I still Had it. May try this. Thank you.

[spacecadet]

If being used for cosplay I'd recommend gluing some metal weights in the battery compartment and barrel so add some heft. This will make it sit more realistically in a holster.

[Brnsn]

Hands down this is THE best tute for painting this prop.

[dglesterhardunkichud]

Amazing work. When you start detailing with the silver paint it starts to come to life right before your eyes.

[briantremblay]

Can't thank you enough for these! Did my E-11 as per your video and am finishing up the DL-44. Not quite as perfect as yours, but much better than I could have done without the tutorials! Thanks!

[littlebiglsteele]

god I love these videos! they combine my two fave things. star wars and prop making

[CoindoorDave]

That was one of the coolest builds I've seen in a while - thanks!!!!

[mikewolff]

Thanks for the great advice! My sons and I are going to practice the techniques we learned from you on some cheaper toy guns until we are ready to make some sweet props!

[soldier]

Great work, as usual. Really like the use of the graphite powder. Very convincing finish. Thanks for another fantastic video,

[gingerlynnstevens]

Spectacular! I finished mine up yesterday, having thought I'd come up with this on my own... HA! Your attention to detail is delightful. I am going to go back in and use a few of your techniques on mine--I thought I was finished! Thanks!

[LillianGardner]

Great Tut- That's a brilliant idea with the graphite.

[RetroSFXmashups]

Nice prop work, from one fellow Star Wars fan to another. "Most impressive!"

[JeremyShaye]

Great Tutorial - I'm about to start mine - but I took all the orange off to plastic pasts - it comes apart pretty easy - I usually have trouble getting between the creases with paint cans - so I do the extra step of breaking it all down.

[simonfarrell]

I'm about to start working on this project myself, found your video very helpful, cheers Simon

[jeremygunter]

These videos are so amazing, I wish I could figure out how to do these on my own

[mbmstudioss]

A tip for anyone who has a hard time thinning paints. I find a general recipe of 1 part paint and 2 parts thinner works. It works well for me as a general rule. I’m not a milk drinker so the milk consistency never really works well for me lol.

[jammerjams]

Mine turned out so awesome! Thanks for the tutorial. The only problem I had was getting that soot to stay on the nozzle from that weathering kit. It still looks amazing though.

[nenlen]

Incredible... You're an artist :D

[huntermitchell]

Great video totally gonna do this for Halloween

[markballi]

wow....great job. Looks like I have another project. :)