Gunlance updates

I've been doing some more work on the Gunlance and things have been coming along great. It's pretty much done as far as structure, mechanics, and basic details are concerned. The rest of the work entails lots of gesso priming, sanding, painting, more sanding, then detailing.

I got a chance to get outside during one of the few days it wasn't pouring rain, and even made a brief video about it.

There isn't a whole lot to say that isn't said about the video. The whole thing is heavy as hell and almost 9 feet long.

Since making that video, I've done some further upgrading. All of the magnets are now fully inserted into the cardboard tubing and reinforced for structural reasons.

As seen here

There is now a ring of 5 magnets around the inner edge of the barrel, and 5 on the outer edge of the body. The hold from all 10 of them is pretty astonishing and actually much stronger than I had thought. Which is a good thing. To reinforce the whole thing, I cut up some more tubing and added a few pieces to both ends so the weight wouldn't stress what may be the weakest part of the whole structure.

Right now, I'm in the process of covering the bayonet in more glue to give it a smoother uniform texture, and covering everything else in gesso, which is great for filling in cracks and problem areas. May look like crap right now, but after lots of sanding, this will look fantastic. you won't even be able to tell it's cardboard.