Starwars Blaster Gun for Costume
Intro: Starwars Blaster Gun for Costume
Just to start out, this is NOT my idea but I just thought some people might find it interesting to use without searching the internet. This is a tutorial on how to make one of the blasters that the stormtroopers off of starwars have so lets get started!
You will need some templates for this and they can be downloaded from here:
http://www.imperial-fleet.com/BBC/iambubby.zip
You will need some templates for this and they can be downloaded from here:
http://www.imperial-fleet.com/BBC/iambubby.zip
STEP 1: Main Blaster Body
You will need a piece of 1 1/4 PVC pipe 18.5 inches long. (Gray PVC preferably but any will do) Templates, Butt cap and a Hex cap or better yet here's an alternative to the Hex cap. If you have a LOWE's near by pick up a 1 inch Plug, here's a part number that will make life a lot easier building this blaster, SKU or Barcode# 0-25628-14290-2
STEP 2: Taping Templates Onto PVC
Cut out and tape your two barrel templates to the PVC.
STEP 3: Drilling Holes
First pre drill all holes with a smaller drill bit then go back and drill the holes to the right size. This will take some time to do, but go slow and take your time, it's worth it!
STEP 4: The Guts!!
You may opt to put guts in the blaster, I did this to my first and I have to say it's not really worth it. If you do decide to do the inside guts, Feel free to come up with whatever here. It's up to you! I added some brass pipe the the barrel and a round rubber piece on the opposite end to keep it from moving around inside the gun. The grip is made from Redwood. The Butt cap has been sanded flat on the end and all wording on the sides sanded off. The barrel tip is the Hex cap, sanded to fit inside the barrel. Clean up the grip and sand it to the shape desired.
STEP 5: What to Do With the Rest of Your Templates
Cut and tape the rest of the templates on whatever material you plan to
make these with. I used sheet metal and thick aluminum. Use your Dremel or whatever you have to cut the templates out of the metal. Safety First, use safety glasses at all times! After cutting all the parts out, make sure to sand or file the edges. Clean them up and get ready to install them.
make these with. I used sheet metal and thick aluminum. Use your Dremel or whatever you have to cut the templates out of the metal. Safety First, use safety glasses at all times! After cutting all the parts out, make sure to sand or file the edges. Clean them up and get ready to install them.
STEP 6: Sites
Install the front and rear sites. Prep your handle and install the trigger guard and safety switch. Use your Dremel to make slots in the main housing for the front sight then epoxy it in. Put some Epoxy all the way around the outside, this makes it look like it's been welded. Use rivets or screws to attach the rear sight.
STEP 7: Handle
This is the BEST way to make the handle! Cut out the templates, trace them onto a piece of sheet Styrene and cut out, glue them all together and this is what you should come up with! Drill two holes in the grip so whatever screw you use will slip through. Counter sink the two holes so the screw is flush or below the surface. Be sure to sand the head of the screw to give the filler something to hold to. Place the grip at the correct position on the receiver and screw in place. Add some filler to the two screws and let dry. Sand flush and you're done.
STEP 8: Barrel and Butt
You need to cut a small d-ring holder for the Butt cap. Install it with rivets.
This front nozzle pictured will not be used! Now take a break you deserve it.
This front nozzle pictured will not be used! Now take a break you deserve it.
STEP 9: Front Sight
The front sight is easy. Take a small block of wood and trim it down to
fit snug into the sight that's already mounted on your blaster. Drill a hole in the center and place an old flat head drill bit inside. Epoxy, let dry and install.
fit snug into the sight that's already mounted on your blaster. Drill a hole in the center and place an old flat head drill bit inside. Epoxy, let dry and install.
STEP 10: Reciever
After you get the mag housing built you will notice you have about a quarter of an inch lip on the side that connects to the main receiver. Cut "slots" in the PVC main receiver where the lips of the mag housing will slide into to make the mag housing flush with the receiver. Be sure to have this in the correct spot on the receiver or it will look kinda funny
Glue in place and let dry. The knob is made from a knob I found. I think it came from an old set of bracket mount speakers. It's the knob that holds the speaker in the bracket mount. The other is a piece of plastic that was found laying around.
Glue in place and let dry. The knob is made from a knob I found. I think it came from an old set of bracket mount speakers. It's the knob that holds the speaker in the bracket mount. The other is a piece of plastic that was found laying around.
STEP 11: Extra Detailed Parts
I used thick Aluminum for the extra detail parts. Cut them out with your Dremel and sand them to shape. Use a file to clean them up a bit. Using your Dremel cut slots in the PVC the Epoxy them in. Same with the trigger.
STEP 12: PRIME PRIME PRIME!!!
Now prime the heck out of it. Put a few coats on. Then sand and prep it and get it ready to paint. Prime, Prime, Prime can't say it enough!
STEP 13: Paint Time
Paint it with flat black spray paint. Then add coats of semi gloss clear coat. Paint and install the folding stock.
STEP 14: The Final Product at Last!!!
The final product!
Pick up some rubber griping material from www.blast-tech.com for the rubber strips on the barrel. It's around $5.00 a foot and you'll need 4 feet.
Pick up some rubber griping material from www.blast-tech.com for the rubber strips on the barrel. It's around $5.00 a foot and you'll need 4 feet.
40 Comments
The Mighty Squig 11 years ago
abqjohn 10 years ago
Plug the iambubby.zip link in the article into the wayback machine - the Internet Archive, at http://www.archive.org. I was just able to download the templates file no problem.
PaulJ37 11 months ago
Please help
abqjohn 11 months ago
In the Instructable, copy the "http://www.imperial-fleet.com/BBC/iambubby.zip" link at the top there, before step 1.
Go to https://www.archive.org, and paste the link at the top, where it says "enter URL or keywords". If a link has been captured by the WayBack machine, you will see a calendar of all the times it has been captured. For this link, I see captures in 2023, 2015, 2007, and 2006.
To see a captured page, you need to look at the dates in the calendar shown and choose one of them. If you hover over one of the captures (usually a colored circle over a date in the calendar shown), it will show a timestamp of when the page was captured. Clicking on the time shown will load what the Wayback Machine captured on that day & time.
While you can click on the latest capture, that probably will not work... since it's a dead link, it will usually lead to a 404 error, or a "this domain is for sale" notice. Neither 2023 or 2015 captures worked for me. This is where perseverance pays off. You need to go further back. In this case, back to 2007 or 2006. To do that, click on one of the years shown that also displays a vertical black bar. The thicker the bar shown, the more captures there were that year. In this case, there was only one capture in 2007, but three in 2006.
Click the 2007 section, and it will display the calendar for 2007 below. Hover over the captured date (July 8, 2007), then click the capture time, and if you are lucky, the zip file was captured and you will be prompted to download it. In this case, the URL is direct to a zip file, so your browser should prompt you to download the file. If you were searching for a web page, it would be displayed. Interestingly, when web pages are displayed in the Wayback Machine, there is a section at the top of the page that you can click to see captures newer or older than the one displayed.
Make sense? Let me know if you were able to get the file.
jaxx0rr 8 years ago
holy crap it worked TNX MAN !
AlexA230 8 years ago
fidelius_76 7 years ago
here is the link. still workink. clik on 8 of july. hope help you. http://web.archive.org/web/20070401000000*/http://www.imperial-fleet.com/BBC/iambubby.zip
MattZ13 8 years ago
Here is how Star Wars Blasters actually work in technical detail :
http://www.moseisleyspaceport.org/did-you-know-star-wars-blasters-are-gas-powered/
Priest2785 8 years ago
templates wont download / Missing ???
nick.baldwin.98 9 years ago
So, for whatever reason, I cannot access the template. I just get a 404 Error. Help?
abqjohn 8 years ago
You can still get the file from the internet archive:
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.imperial-fleet.com/BBC/iambubby.zip
omahahaha. 8 years ago
This is not working for me using Internet Explorer. Any tips? Thanks!
omahahaha. 8 years ago
Spoke too soon. It worked the second time. User error! Thanks!
acamponelli 9 years ago
would you be willing to make and sell one ?
inad 15 years ago
PKM 15 years ago
EGT1984 12 years ago
seabananers 13 years ago
the mechanical engineer 15 years ago
torchwood 15 years ago