anybody got info on making these prob guns?

Solomon Cloud · Post by **Solomon Cloud** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 12:22 am

I have been wondering about making prop guns lately because well after all I do have the airsoft guns, I have been wondering how to go about making the other 3 weapons we want in our film.

They will have to look fairly good and I kinda don't know the materials of wich to use.

Here is what I am planning on making.

Rocket Launcher (or bazooka something similar that shoots large explosive ammo well not really but you know what I mean).
Flame Thrower (handheld, sort of GTA ish)
and a "Mini" Mini Gun (handheld about 2 feet in length yet deadly).

Just wondering if any of you had made something similar to these big guns?

any info would be very kindly appreciated.

I3lade203 · Post by **I3lade203** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 12:31 am

For a flamethrower im not exactly sure how to make it , but I do know the general style is some sort of backpack you could get attach wires to 2 handles that the person holds for the fire to come out, and thats pretty much it althougth making it look detalited is harder

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 1:05 am

mini-gun, use a cordless drill as the engine and build it up from there, flame thrower visit here http://www.sickindividual.com/flamer.html or watch Udds Armageddon and see what you think of the bigger one at the end. The backpack is merely decoration for the prop. Rocket Launcher just a big pipe of some sort as a basis.

Solomon Cloud · Post by **Solomon Cloud** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 1:09 am

thanks that cordless drill Idea is amazing, were did you get that ammo belt?

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 1:16 am

well Solomon Cloud, because you are a friend i will tell you, Usually i do not like to give secrets away. The ammo belt is an old Martial Arts belt of mine, covered in 3-prong plastic pegs (in a heads to tail fashion) and painted silver

Remember when it comes to props you have to think beyond the square

Also go into bargain shops etc and resource shop. Somtimes the resources you will need may be a component of another item and it may be cheaper buying that item than it is buying the resource itself.

I3lade203 · Post by **I3lade203** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 1:42 am

I dont like giving away how i did stuff either unless its to friends

by saying it publicly here im guessing we are all your friends grant

Solomon Cloud · Post by **Solomon Cloud** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 2:57 am

Thanks, really cool, and I could proboly use that (or not).

I seem to have quite a large collection of belts from the 8 years of Tae Kwon Do I took, seems like alot of people have taken atleast a month of some martial arts in this forum.

weird.

Themovieman44 · Post by **Themovieman44** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 3:13 am

Well we all have to face it. We share many things in common. i guess what I am saying we are all sorta geeks, not in a bad manner but in our own ways

I3lade203 · Post by **I3lade203** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 3:21 am

I used to take Tae Kwon Do, not anymore

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 3:28 am

Martial Arts belts are excellent and so so strong. Lots of uses. I am being dragged behind a car by one here

http://www.sickindividual.com/downloads/StuntAdd.wmv

Themovieman44 · Post by **Themovieman44** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 3:32 am

damn grant you are really one crazy mother

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 3:35 am

well i do it all for you guys here

Learn from my mistakes and injuries

Themovieman44 · Post by **Themovieman44** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 3:36 am

that we do and we appreciate it much Grant

I3lade203 · Post by **I3lade203** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 4:24 am

Dragged behiend a car? are you serious grant? That must have hurt... hopefully the driver was a good one

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 4:36 am

nah only hurt the first time because my left arm guard was torn off.

Solomon Cloud · Post by **Solomon Cloud** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 5:07 am

Do you have a drill recomendation?
or how powerfull it should be?

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 10:07 am

as powerful as you can. Depends on how much weight and length that it has to spin. You will be shocked at how much spin you can achieve using this method

Themovieman44 · Post by **Themovieman44** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 1:39 pm

Ouch grant hope you made it out arm intact

I3lade203 · Post by **I3lade203** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 11:20 pm

lol grant if thats a stunt you pulled without even complaing i dont want to know what makes you complain but you still do it anyway!

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 12:12 am

well i was confident in knowing the results of the stunt. There was very little unknowns there. I knew that i could release at any time safely and i had accepted any injuries that may have occurred. Also it was planned and there was a crew there of 5 people

and a first aid kit. The thing that people do not realise is that that sort of effect places the body under great stress and it takes days to recover fully, and usually you do not feel the effects until the mext morning

I3lade203 · Post by **I3lade203** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 2:05 am

Well thats kind of different :p

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 3:44 am

hey i am a professional

Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 8:51 am

I made a police belt up from photo camera cases I collected over time!

You can buy actual military web belts anywhere from $10-20 these days. Not too shabby!

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 2:58 pm

i like it Epsilon!! Good old Aussie ingenuity at work

Themovieman44 · Post by **Themovieman44** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 5:55 pm

Yeah good ole Aussi ingenuity, lmao, Austrailians are just plain out crazy, Grant you probably live in the middle of the freaking desert dont you?