I agree 100% and that is an option that we considered. But, part of the costume rules of the competition my son hopes to enter is that all costume parts and accessories must be at least 90% handmade.

Besides, we're both really exciting about learning new stuff.

I am traveling right now but we did ...

Thanks.

The whole point is actually to get the slide to actuate.... so fingers crossed on that.

This is me.

And that would be the real thing... not airsoft.

Definitely. I'm going to see how much I can get done over the long weekend.

I think I'll do a mockup first. We've already got the body of the magnum done and I've seen enough here in the forums to know that it's a pretty bad idea to design the system around the gun. If there's a way to shoehorn ...

Ok, thanks for input folks.

This has given me a couple of ideas. I did an animation in powerpoint. What do you think?

I'll most likely fabricate most of it with brass and resin.

Hi. I've been lurking for a bit and I've found most of what I need on the technical side so now I seek some opinions...

My son and I are making a Recon Armor costume from HALO3. He is going to be armed with a shotgun and a Magnum (and a Spartan Laser...). We are in the process of designing the Mag ...