These are raw, unedited photos of the Godwyn-De'az Pattern or Pattern 482 Bolter that I had originally been building for use with the Sister's of Battle costume I am making. This is to scale. Now it would look fine with a Sister of Battle who is 6' tall but against my petite wife's 4'9" frame it is almost as big as she is and this sucker actually has some weight to it.

The Bolter will now be used with an Adeptus Arbites costume that I will make for myself or perhaps with a Pre-Heresy Space Marine costume if I feel ambitious. I realize I am not the size of an Astartes but then neither are the miniatures. Before any one nitpicks this IS to scale as stated. I measured from the miniature and scaled it up meticulously. I have temporarily taped some of the joins to display it as it is currently still under construction and I need to cut the exterior housing of the main carrier again because I forgot to make allowance for the width of the material. This should give you some idea though of what the finished prop will look like. The pistol grip will be traded for one made with blue styro and I will be using the pink one to construct a Bolt Pistol for my wife to use with the costume instead giving her a promotion to Sister Superior. I will also be making an chain sword to go with it.

This is constructed from corrugated cardboard, cardboard tubes, heavy card, styrofoam, foamcore poster board, plastic bottle caps and a few other odds and ends. I will be adding in some LED lights for the laser sight that will light up with the trigger being pulled back. Not sure what els I may put in. This Bolter is .998 cal current Imperial Standard issue as opposed to the .75 cal previously used by Astartes and Sisiters of Battle. The rail that should extend from the base of the weapon beneath the barrel for attaching a combat knife is absent because I have not measured and cut it yet. This is a Work In Progress and requires a lot more work and paint to complete yet.

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