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Borderlands inspired Occultist type blaster v.4 Update

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.

I know, I like to change my mind a lot.
So, during painting, I found that blsck as a base color looks great - but it's also next to invisible. The whole thing looked way too featureless, the blue also being invisible. Back to doing polished metal finish!

I know, I like to change my mind a lot.
So, during painting, I found that blsck as a base color looks great - but it's also next to invisible. The whole thing looked way too featureless, the blue also being invisible. Back to doing polished metal finish!

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 ;-)

Some decent airbrush work. Next step will be clearcoat, polishing and then assembling the whole thing.

Some decent airbrush work. Next step will be clearcoat, polishing and then assembling the whole thing.

Finally I got to finish the cabling for the electronics in the frame. 
It feels a bit odd, everytime, when coming close to the finish line of a project.

Finally I got to finish the cabling for the electronics in the frame.
It feels a bit odd, everytime, when coming close to the finish line of a project.

Finally I got to finish the cabling for the electronics in the frame. 
It feels a bit odd, everytime, when coming close to the finish line of a project.

Finally I got to finish the cabling for the electronics in the frame.
It feels a bit odd, everytime, when coming close to the finish line of a project.

Filler-primed most of the smaller bits so far.

Filler-primed most of the smaller bits so far.

All relevant parts containing electronics and wieing...

All relevant parts containing electronics and wieing...

Ok, I realized, I'm using a lot of blue lights on this one, so the black/gold color scheme might not be optimal. 
Now I got all the finished gold painted bits off again and will start to get them some sort of silver-blue...

Ok, I realized, I'm using a lot of blue lights on this one, so the black/gold color scheme might not be optimal.
Now I got all the finished gold painted bits off again and will start to get them some sort of silver-blue...

All ~60 parts rendered designed and rendered in Fusion 360, edited in Photoshop to add the electronic light effects

All ~60 parts rendered designed and rendered in Fusion 360, edited in Photoshop to add the electronic light effects

Exploded render in Fusion 360, though some parts are missing in this one. Some parts are shown semi transparent to show their inner structure

Exploded render in Fusion 360, though some parts are missing in this one. Some parts are shown semi transparent to show their inner structure

Cross section of the assembled models

Cross section of the assembled models

Status quo of the physical thing, most parts are now printed and paint-ready. This is a pre assembly, including parts of the electronics. 
The "power pack" is detachable, has its own power source.

Status quo of the physical thing, most parts are now printed and paint-ready. This is a pre assembly, including parts of the electronics.
The "power pack" is detachable, has its own power source.

Video clip (YouTube) to show parts of the electronics in action

For reference, this is the physical prototype I made earlier. In fact it was my second ever 3d work, from concept to physical prop.
It was about 3 months into my learning curve with Fusion 360, a couple of weeks into teaching myself 3d printing.

For reference, this is the physical prototype I made earlier. In fact it was my second ever 3d work, from concept to physical prop.
It was about 3 months into my learning curve with Fusion 360, a couple of weeks into teaching myself 3d printing.