I've been working on this marker body for a few days now, a little at a time, and I've come to an impasse.
What I've got is now functional, and doesn't look too bad, but I'm torn between the choices I now have as far as external aesthetics go.
On the one hand, I can go minimalist, and leave it as it is, rounded body with flat sides. The new pump handle will also be simple and functional, maybe a window cutout to kinda break up the brick a little.
OR
I can cut some gills into the upper tube (or rather ball mill marks that don't go all the way through, as the bolt has an oring on it), and some accent marks into the lower tube (again, not all the way through), to dress it up some. The pump would then get gills and accent cuts to match.
Under cocking is also a possibility, as I have purposefully not done the VA yet in case I wanted to add a guide rod. I like the traditional look of the "over the barrel" pump handle, BUT I don't like wear marks on my barrels, so I'd have to line it with delrin or the like, whereas an under-cocking handle would allow me to make a big clearance cut for the barrel and not have to worry about rotation either.
So, bring on the opinions. What would you do in my place? I want to stick to things I can do manually though, no CNC on this project, I want to do it all by hand.
Ano color is likely going to be a gloss red & black acid wash, similar to what AKA was putting out on the Excaliburs when they first came out (IIRC they called it Lava or something else similarly tectonic
).
Here's what she looks like right now. A cookie to the first man to identify the donor marker which I robbed the guts from. :eyebrow:
Passenger Side:
Driver Side:
Couple of the top to show the round tube:
Back:
Couple to show the sides with the relief notches:
/attention whoring
What I've got is now functional, and doesn't look too bad, but I'm torn between the choices I now have as far as external aesthetics go.
On the one hand, I can go minimalist, and leave it as it is, rounded body with flat sides. The new pump handle will also be simple and functional, maybe a window cutout to kinda break up the brick a little.
OR
I can cut some gills into the upper tube (or rather ball mill marks that don't go all the way through, as the bolt has an oring on it), and some accent marks into the lower tube (again, not all the way through), to dress it up some. The pump would then get gills and accent cuts to match.
Under cocking is also a possibility, as I have purposefully not done the VA yet in case I wanted to add a guide rod. I like the traditional look of the "over the barrel" pump handle, BUT I don't like wear marks on my barrels, so I'd have to line it with delrin or the like, whereas an under-cocking handle would allow me to make a big clearance cut for the barrel and not have to worry about rotation either.
So, bring on the opinions. What would you do in my place? I want to stick to things I can do manually though, no CNC on this project, I want to do it all by hand.
Ano color is likely going to be a gloss red & black acid wash, similar to what AKA was putting out on the Excaliburs when they first came out (IIRC they called it Lava or something else similarly tectonic
).Here's what she looks like right now. A cookie to the first man to identify the donor marker which I robbed the guts from. :eyebrow:
Passenger Side:
Driver Side:
Couple of the top to show the round tube:
Back:
Couple to show the sides with the relief notches:
/attention whoring
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