by carlthingy

My impression of the iconic energy weapon from the Liberator spaceship in the classic British Sci-Fi series Blake's 7. This hasn't been created by meticulous measurements from snowy VHS on freeze-frame, or anything like that, it's just sort of eyeballed and roughed out.

Designed at about 1/5 scale - scale to 0.83x to get 1/6 scale suitable for Barbie dolls etc. Might be a bit fragile or hard to print at that scale.

The barrel has been print-prototyped with a threaded end for my interchangeable barrel transformers gun. The handle seems to print OK - if you find the Tinkercad model, the assembled gun on there has a different handle which doesn't print properly, and a different handle connector which will only print properly scaled up or at higher than typical resolution. Print the handle in black and the "energy rod" part in clear, and clear-laquer the rod section to make it more transparent looking. I experimented with different styles of 100% infill including all-perimeter for the barrel - it didn't make it much more see-thru, and seemed to make it a bit weaker. I include a 2mm diameter hole into the back of the barrel, which will accept a length of 1.75mm filament as a reinforcement. Can also be equipped with a tiny LED - supply from external battery box per original, add SFX if feeling really adventurous, and perhaps knock up a holster and, say, a Cally outfit for Barbie... :-)