District 9 Assault Rifle Replica

A from-scratch recreation of the Prawn assault rifle from District 9. Built with cosplay in mind — meaning it's designed to take some abuse, not just sit on a shelf.

The rifle body is reinforced with 16mm steel tubes (the kind you'd find at any hardware store). Each of the 24 cylinders has a 6mm × 70mm steel rod through it. You can hand this to someone, lean it against a wall, or have it fall over and those cylinders aren't going anywhere. That's the point.

STLs are high resolution, originally sliced for a Prusa MK4s. If your print area is under 185mm height, get in touch — the gun body is the only part that needs re-slicing and I can sort that for you.

The photos show a finished, painted build. What you're buying is the files.

Supplied STLs:

• Main gun body (6 parts, fits 185mm max print height)

• Charge handles

• Top and bottom cylinders/cartridges + bottom cylinder attachments

• Electronics (greeblies)

• Front barrels

• Front top cylinder (2 parts)

• Sight parts

• Sling attachment

• Top small left/right cylinders (2 parts — you print 24 of these)

• Wall brackets

For assembly you'll need:

• ~1m of 6mm steel rod, cut into 70mm sections. Note: the left-hand frontmost cylinder needs a shorter rod — the insert hole is shortened so it doesn't break through into the front barrel.

• ~1m of 16mm hollow metal tube. This fits very snugly into the body parts — you'll likely need to sand slightly for a smooth fit, clearance is only 0.1mm.

• Suitable epoxy

Full build thread: https://www.therpf.com/forums/threads/district-9-ar-re-build-v2.340618/

For printing:

Model is split at 185mm. There are about 30 parts in total. PETG at 0.4mm is recommended.

Decals:

I have decals available for this, see: https://kiwimodels.shinywhitebox.com/