Futuristic Kalashnikov? (many photos)

Hello people, 

I need some advice and ideas, I want to make a futuristic Kalashnikov for a futuristic Russian.

The base is one of those cheap 'gun puzzles' from eBay. The AK47 set has wooden parts and it's modern black equivalents. I got two sets, so I have all the extra parts twice.

Here the two variations.


I cut off the outer barrel and experimented with the other parts. Don't know yet if I should cut any further. Do these gas piston thingies even work without an outer barrel? Well they might use future technic. But it's still supposed to be a projectile weapon.



Some shotgun parts snuck in.








Looking a bit railgunnish.











Variation with another magazine.  Less iconic looking then. The stock is easily removable, so imagine all the variations without one. 


I also got two of that M...something based on an Avatar machine gun. It will be an American gun, probably will make it shorter. It has a drum magazine which I tried on the AK, and also tried AK parts on the back part, a bit pulse rifleish. (developed by James Cameron's people, after all)


I really don't know, I think I like the ones with a 'flat' front the most.

I know very little about guns, but will readily tell you that you could have designed the guns for Lucas' next original trilogy (I'm referring to the successful modification of real life guns to look sci fi futuristic, even if a long time ago in galaxy far...). I would be hard put to point to which I like the most, but I'd say the last two sets of three, maybe especially the last set, are among my favorites.

Looks really good, so far. Can´t wait to see Your Character holding this. My favorite is Number 31. You can use some signs, maybe. I made not much modern guns. Found the " Wolfinator 2" in my Arcieves for Your inspiration When i modified this weapon i made it more compact. I watched pictures of older and modern Guns and i see they get shorter in style.

What a cool character, Ephiane!

gotta say i like it. reminds me of escape from tarkov where you could mod your ak with 10 or so scopes, laser pointers and whatnot

Some nice mods. They look pretty cool.

GubernatorFan wrote:I know very little about guns, but will readily tell you that you could have designed the guns for Lucas' next original trilogy (I'm referring to the successful modification of real life guns to look sci fi futuristic, even if a long time ago in galaxy far...). I would be hard put to point to which I like the most, but I'd say the last two sets of three, maybe especially the last set, are among my favorites.

Thanks a lot sir! Yes I had a bit Star Wars in mind too, they added cylindrical bits and stuff, maybe I might do something like that too. It looks a bit like the long clone rifle or that new rifle from Rogue one, looking like the rifle version of the standard stormtrooper blaster.
And yes, the last is the direction I liked most too.

Ephiane wrote:Looks really good, so far. Can´t wait to see Your Character holding this. My favorite is Number 31. You can use some signs, maybe. I made not much modern guns. Found the " Wolfinator 2" in my Arcieves for Your inspiration When i modified this weapon i made it more compact. I watched pictures of older and modern Guns and i see they get shorter in style.

Thanks a lot! Yeah it's definitely shorter than the original AK now. Like your choice of 31, I agree with Gubernator and you and did go further in that direction. Signs are a good idea, although this gun won't be for a post apocalyptic character and everything will be more industrial.

And thanks for sharing that beautiful character, haven't seen that one yet! Is this the James Bond Halle or the one with the white hair?The repaint job and hair is perfect. 

Tjolnir wrote:gotta say i like it. reminds me of escape from tarkov where you could mod your ak with 10 or so scopes, laser pointers and whatnot

Thanks a lot! And yes, that's something I try to achieve, the AK despite it's age keeping it's simple core design, with modifications through the years.

Stryker2011 wrote:Some nice mods. They look pretty cool.

Thanks sir, next batch coming.

You convinced me to finally cut off the piston thingy portion.


It opened the door to more design options.


Don't know if I want the barrels to stick out a bit or conceal them. Shotgun part is back too.


The weird batch.


Upside down muzzle option


I like these here


Not decided yet, but good to have all options available for revisiting.

Looks good. I think you’ll find that often just removing certain parts of an existing weapon is enough to make it look futuristic, yet still realistic.

Stryker2011 wrote:Looks good. I think you’ll find that often just removing certain parts of an existing weapon is enough to make it look futuristic, yet still realistic.

Thanks, I think your observation about getting everything more compact makes sense, like Epiphane also mentioned.


The last three batches, then I have to decide which way to glue it together. Or find a way to keep it modular.


With the shotgun grip on the front, forgot these. 



Experimental railgunnish.



I think the one in the middle is my favourite yet. In the last pic I used the same parts twice, but one set I trimmed.

Yep. I like the one in the middle, as well. If you can find a magazine in a more square shape rather than the curve (that will fit) you could possibly streamline it further.

Stryker2011 wrote:Yep. I like the one in the middle, as well. If you can find a magazine in a more square shape rather than the curve (that will fit) you could possibly streamline it further.

Yep, I will definitely look out/make another magazine as an option. Although the sickle shaped magazine is a nice hint to the guns origins.

I think I decided now, not hundred percent sure about the barrels sticking out a bit.

I think it is a great choice among many viable options.

Looks good.

Can't wait to see what you are planning with those.

Looks great so far. I like the overall. Can´t wait the more

Loving the look of these! They manage to look both sci-fi and grounded in a realistic way, and fit your rebuilt post-apocalyptic setting perfectly. Can't wait to see where you take them.

GubernatorFan wrote:I think it is a great choice among many viable options.

Thanks sir

Stryker2011 wrote:Looks good.

Thanks

Theboo-bomb wrote:Can't wait to see what you are planning with those.

It might take a while, still having to figure out a lot for the outfits, but thanks.

Ephiane wrote:Looks great so far. I like the overall. Can´t wait the more

Thanks, yeah that's a khaki BBI flight suit, a link is in my coverall thread.

ReverendSpooky wrote:Loving the look of these!  They manage to look both sci-fi and grounded in a realistic way, and fit your rebuilt post-apocalyptic setting perfectly.  Can't wait to see where you take them.

Thanks a lot! Yeah, you could call it hard SciFi for nerds who want it all to be believably realistic. xD And no they are not meant for my post apocalyptic world, automatic guns would take all the balance out of that gunless world. It's for another super mega top secret project I had to create so I could use other more modern designs I want to use.

I just wanted to post a link of the guns. eBay is flooded with them, a great way to acquire cheap Chinese guns (sounds so wrong)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-6-World-Famous-Gun-Serie-Assemble-Weapon-Model-Action-Figure-Xmas-Gift-Toy/323635823836?_trkparms=aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D225080%26meid%3Da296f8b0822b41b9a32d642a2c0da04b%26pid%3D100935%26rk%3D10%26rkt%3D12%26mehot%3Dsb%26sd%3D223311902936%26itm%3D323635823836%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2332490%26algv%3DSimplAMLv5PairwiseWebWithBBEV2bDemotion%26brand%3DUnbranded&_trksid=p2332490.c100935.m2460

Also I'd say they might be 1/5.5 scale rather than 1/6 scale