Earlier I showed my first ever 3d project, a Borderlands-style "revolver-energyweapon-hybrid". Made by myself from concept to finished physical prop.
This one is meant to show its evolution into a full laser blaster. The revolver part was replaced by a "power pack", including a TFT screen, adressable LED strips, a MP3 player for appropriate sounds, laser LEDs to "fire", more LED strips for light effects on the case etc.
To accommodate all this I had to redesign pretty much every part of my prototype.
Currently most parts are paint ready, the 2 microcontrollers (Arduino Nano boards) are programmed and tested.
Another change of plans. The first color scheme I had in mind was black/gold, but that clashed with the blue light effects I planned.
Then there was black/metallic/candy-blue but that's too dark on camera.
Anow it's polished metal/metallic/candy-blue ;-)
Pre-assembled frame and case, checking if all the electronics and light effects are working.
Of course the cables will go away and everything will be nicely painted when I get to it ;-)
Video clip (YouTube) to show parts of the electronics in action