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Name: Skiffy Location: Unknown Website: http://www.gmanx.com/ Materials: "This was made very quickly for a friend who owns a games shop. He wanted a centre-piece from the Warhammer 40,000 gaming universe to display in his window and draw the crowds. I knew it was needed fast and that accuracy and detail weren't as important as the immediate 'wow' factor. The build is actually quite rough and ready, and not as robust as it might be, but since it's only a display piece - that didn't really concern me. Sketches were done to thrash out the form. So first off I snagged some foam-core board and a cheap airsoft SPAS shotgun, to give me a good chunky grip. ..and the build progressed. I used as many bits from the shotgun as I could. I found a skull from a lego-type toy package. I used 5mm and 10mm foam-core board, often in a double thickness sandwich - so it was prety rigid. Where there were exposed edges, I painted them with 2 part epoxy to seal them. The final prop is pretty solid - but it would dent if dropped from a decent height. As I said before - it's a display piece, not really meant to be handled that much. " 
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