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Offline No Such Agency

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Low-budget Ion Cannon
« on: 24 February 2016, 12:37:39 AM »
I haven't posted here in a while but the 15mm SF Facebook group liked this project of mine so here goes:

I started with a Christmas ornament craft ball and a beer:


Trimmed down the can:


Added some bitz and cardstock details:


Ta da!


Figures are 15 mm scale so it's not huge, but in theory you can make something like this as big as you can find a sphere for.  I'm not sure how big the "Empire Strikes Back" one was, but I think big...
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Offline Supercollider

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Re: Low-budget Ion Cannon
« Reply #1 on: 24 February 2016, 01:55:59 AM »
That looks the business! :)
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Offline Harwood Hobbies

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Re: Low-budget Ion Cannon
« Reply #2 on: 24 February 2016, 02:52:38 AM »
Excellent work!  I may have to steal that idea...   ;)
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Offline HerbyF

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Re: Low-budget Ion Cannon
« Reply #3 on: 24 February 2016, 03:56:10 AM »
Great little scratch build. Might have to do one myself. Although I do have the old Kenner one from their Star wars sets for 28mm.
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Offline Vanvlak

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Re: Low-budget Ion Cannon
« Reply #4 on: 24 February 2016, 06:03:31 AM »
Sheer genius.  8) 8) 8)
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Re: Low-budget Ion Cannon
« Reply #5 on: 24 February 2016, 06:36:21 AM »
Brilliant! Low budget, but not low quality! 8)
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Re: Low-budget Ion Cannon
« Reply #6 on: 24 February 2016, 08:22:02 AM »
Chorus line: Brilliant! 8)

A really well thought out and executed idea; you probably 'saw' the shape in your head before you started. I'm sure this will be filed for future reference by many ;)

And the way you built it, it's pretty much scale neutral, so it could be used with anything from 6mm to 28mm I'd say...
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Offline gamer Mac

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Re: Low-budget Ion Cannon
« Reply #7 on: 24 February 2016, 08:27:00 AM »
Nice work
And you get to drink the beer :D
That's good planning
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Re: Low-budget Ion Cannon
« Reply #8 on: 24 February 2016, 12:07:14 PM »
Does the job  8)

cheers

James
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Offline Shaved Dwarf

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Re: Low-budget Ion Cannon
« Reply #9 on: 24 February 2016, 12:13:08 PM »
This is an excellent idea!
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Offline Muzfish4

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Re: Low-budget Ion Cannon
« Reply #10 on: 24 February 2016, 12:13:38 PM »
Quote from: No Such Agency on 24 February 2016, 12:37:39 AM
I started with a Christmas ornament craft ball and a beer

Great way to begin a post - and great result at the end.
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Offline audrey

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Re: Low-budget Ion Cannon
« Reply #11 on: 24 February 2016, 04:38:37 PM »
Well done. I am totally swiping this for my 6mm Battle on Hoth.
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Offline throwsFireball

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Re: Low-budget Ion Cannon
« Reply #12 on: 24 February 2016, 05:03:01 PM »
It looks amazing but it was very...

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Offline pocoloco

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Re: Low-budget Ion Cannon
« Reply #13 on: 24 February 2016, 05:21:57 PM »
Great build!  :-*

Need to make one... or few of those myself :)
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Offline No Such Agency

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Re: Low-budget Ion Cannon
« Reply #14 on: 25 February 2016, 02:08:00 AM »
Quote from: throwsFireball on 24 February 2016, 05:03:01 PM
It looks amazing but it was very...


Thanks :)  I didn't want to bore everyone with pics of every time I glued on a bit.  There were no design drawings or anything, I really just started cutting card and grabbing bitz and went with it.  WYSIWYG and if you make one it'll look different.

.. and hopefully once I get around to painting it it won't look lousy.

Quote from: audrey on 24 February 2016, 04:38:37 PM
Well done. I am totally swiping this for my 6mm Battle on Hoth.

Scale wise, this would be suitable.  Mine is around 65mm/2.5" in diameter which is at least ballpark for 6mm.
« Last Edit: 25 February 2016, 02:10:23 AM by No Such Agency »
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