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Halo Battle and Assault Style Toys with realistic firing.

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Based on the Halo 3 Battle and Assault weapons, outline 1:1 scaled to what Halopedia determine as the correct dimensions.

Car locking solenoids for sound/vibration, white and yellow phased LEDs for muzzle flash, 36 and 32 rounds ammo counter and realistic rounds per minute.

Further pictures and CCS C source at my web site www.iecd.co.uk/toys

27 comments

Jul 24, 2011. 11:35 AMtinker234 says:

wow please send me the scemitac for this

Dec 27, 2009. 5:44 PMSonicX 22 says:

dude you are so lucky you know how to make all that electric crap

i really want an Electric Energy Sword so bad but im not smart enough XD

and :( :(

Jul 24, 2011. 11:32 AMtinker234 says:

hey listen make a engry sword out of clear plastic tubes then just wire up batterys to leds or el wire and thats all

May 24, 2011. 2:33 AMFightingDrag says:

While this is very nice, im a newbie to some of the stuff on the new site, can you edit the text on the page and give a small step by step on what we should be reading and looking at? i cant find material lists or anything

Mar 11, 2010. 7:34 PMxbox1kid says:

i hve the same scope

Jan 11, 2010. 4:31 PMMorningshadows says:

It would've been better if you rounded the top of the assault rifle, but none the less, it's still awesome!

Dec 29, 2009. 1:34 PMMorningshadows says:

CAN HAS HAO TO?!?!!?!?!?!

Dec 29, 2008. 7:22 PMWard_Nox says:

a step by step would be apriciated ... i bet you could rig it to work w the covenant lazer tag weapons

Dec 30, 2008. 2:33 AM

xjr (author) says:

I will try and put something together. I am not familiar with the exact equipment of the covenant laser tag, but these systems are generally very simple. You would need to examine the serial data transmitted via the laser. Some time ago I built an experimental "sniper rifle" with scope. It fired an encoded laser at a "target" consisting of rotating photo diodes. The software tried to account for theoretical wind and gravity, of course these did not effect the laser, but we tried to simulate what would be happening to a projectile. I had it working over distances of half a mile. The project returned data over a radiolink.

Aug 16, 2009. 5:28 PMLandon Sullivan says:

Frakkin sweet.

Apr 12, 2009. 6:19 PMThundertydus says:

The covenent tag system is easy, i modded a few nerf guns to work with them, i just took a few broken parts and some spare IR leds and soldered them to a momentry switch on the trigger =D

Feb 15, 2009. 6:43 AMPKTraceur says:

What kind of Photo-Diodes dis you use? Do you have schematics? What kind of laser with what kind of power source? Was the "Working distance" the laser, or projectile? Did it actually shoot the diodes? How? -RoAr

Apr 13, 2009. 3:07 AM

xjr (author) says:

I am sorry that was a commercial project, and I can not expand on it here.

Jan 1, 2009. 12:51 AMWard_Nox says:

covenant as in the aliens from halo

Aug 16, 2009. 5:27 PMLandon Sullivan says:

Instructable, please.

Aug 3, 2009. 7:24 AMcyro12 says:

wow thats realy cool :P

Jul 4, 2009. 4:52 AMhottamaleindustries says:

You should definitely make a how-to.

Jul 4, 2009. 7:25 AMchakitodog says:

He should make a how to. It would be so cool. If it was a how-to it would be around 5 STARS!!!!

Jul 2, 2009. 10:06 AMmurcury51423 says:

the BR reminds me of the FAMAS

May 27, 2009. 9:05 AMkiller77 says:

I'm sure you get alot of this but. please make an instructable over this .please.please.

Apr 26, 2009. 6:20 PMcheesefetty says:

that is friggen awsome. you could see i am a big HALO fan by my pic ;->

Apr 10, 2009. 10:55 AMg chord says:

Cool. Does the flaslight on the Assult Rifle work?

Apr 13, 2009. 3:09 AM

xjr (author) says:

Yes, the green push button turns it on and off, also it powers down after 30 seconds if the gun is not fired in that time.

Jan 18, 2009. 4:58 PMRogue Agent says:

Looks like a cool project, but you didn't actually "instruct" us on anything. Instructables should be step by step projects.

Jan 19, 2009. 1:13 AM

xjr (author) says:

Thank you, but just to point out this was a Slideshow format submission, by site definition: "Slide shows are for showing off photos of what you made or did, but don't have full instructions to create an Instructable with". If I had the time I would have provided a full Instructable, but I had/have several tight work related projects to get through. The url provides schematics, source code and a description of the circuit if this helps.

Dec 29, 2008. 8:14 PMmaxxxem says:

sick!! 5* what did you use for that plastic plate on the sides? plexy glass?

Dec 30, 2008. 2:19 AM

xjr (author) says:

The side panels are made from "hardboard" (could be UK terminology??). The edges and grip "moldings" etc are formed with files and treated with super glue (cyanoacrylate) and activator to make them very hard. The triangular "heat Shields" and raised outlines are again hardboard cut outs bonded on to the base hardboard. Once sanded down, the panels are primed with several coats of celleouse primer and rubbed down to be very smooth.