I did not particularly care for the tin-foil look of the gun. Even painted, the foil tape would be too crinkly to look realistic. So I bought some thin copper sheeting and plated the gun with that. I think this looks a lot better than the foil. The surface is smooth, but the edges are still rough. It gives it a kind of industrial look that is suitable for cyberpunk. The copper also works for steampunk, but I'll be painting that later.


I've also added a trigger to the gun. It's made from a picture hanger, dremeled down to the right size.

The next thing I did was make a hand guard. I figured this would be easier than making a trigger guard. The pieces came from a toy ninja set, that I then cut down and super-glued to the gun. That gave the pistol a very different look. I like the unique profile it has from real pistols. It gives it a more futuristic feel. The construction is a little sloppy, so I may exaggerate that to make the gun look like it's been repaired a few times.


It's still a very plain looking gun, so I went to Skycraft and bought some random bits of hardware and began gluing them to the gun. I was mostly just going for texture, something to break up the large flat surfaces that make up most of the pistol. This is also where I added things like sights and safeties. This pretty much concludes the construction portion of my cyberpunk pistol. What remains is to paint the gun, including weathering and distressing, and wrapping the grip. That will be covered in Part 4.