Sep 6
I made some sci-fi movie props - sidearm pistols
This coming weekend, September the 10th, we at Killer Minnow will be embarking on a journey to the wild west to help shoot a movie. It's a sci-fi film that was written by, and will be directed by, our good friend Ben Insler. We are shooting it in the Nevada desert. Yes, I know, it'll be hot as balls, but as least I'm not gonna be one of the poor saps in full astronaut gear.
Well, I was asked by the good Mr. Insler if I could whip up a couple of side arm props for the space travelers. With limited time and tools at my disposal, I opted to use a couple of Super Soaker pump guns, of which I sawed off the pump part, replaced it with an electrical connector and added some nails and inverted knobs from my old broken PS2 controller for the round bit in the rear of the gun. I had started on a much more custom, built from scratch version, but it was labor intensive and after I got far enough to hold it as a gun I realized it looked stupid. So I went with plan B. Plan B being the two Super Soaker guns we had at the pool for me and my daughter to shoot, she hasn't missed them yet. Anyway, here are the pics!
