Papercraft Firefly Gun

Leo Firebrand wrote in with his papercraft Mal’s gun from the TV show Firefly.

The first challenge was the wood grips both in painting and building. To achieve the curve shape of the wood I first carved the grip shape from floral foam and then stretched some lightly wetted paper over the form. Once the glue dried I cut off the excess around the edges and I was happy with how it looked. I used this same technique throughout and I am quite happy with the effect. I also had to really make sure to sand and keep all the edges of my cuts flush with the model since the final gun had to look like a single piece of cast metal.