Rogue Amendiares from the game Cyberpunk 2077 doesn't have a lot of props. Sure, when she's in full mercenary mode, she carries her iconic firearms, Pride and Prejudice. But in her day-to-day role as Night City's premiere fixer and owner of the Afterlife nightclub, she leaves the arsenal at home. The one exception is this little device she wears on her belt (which was the style at the time).
Props are my forte, so while I'm working out the construction of my Yasha Nydoorin cosplay (involving complex sewing, which is not my forte) I figured I could at least knock this task out to get a head start on Rogue.
As I mentioned in the previous post, this gadget is a pretty simple design. So even though my 3D modelling skills are limited, I could still turn this out using Sketchup. After a few hours of modeling, and a few more hours of printing, I had the physical prop in hand.
And you know what comes next? The sanding. Always the sanding.
Luckily again, this is a simple design with lots of easy-to-sand flat surfaces. So that was quick and easy. And with a little filler primer in the mix, I had a nice smooth piece.
The next step with pieces getting a metal finish is a nice, even coat of gloss black. I had the hardest time getting an even coat on this thing for some reason. Probably due to Florida being a humid swamp. But I finally got "good enough" coverage and could move on with the rest of the paint and finish.
I knew I was going to need a way to attach this to a belt, and I decided a strap with a closure would be the best approach. With that in mind, I designed the 3D model with some pre-made pilot holes for attachment points. From there I cut a short length of nylon strap, and glued it in place with some CA glue. That was followed by small screws to ensure the hold (I try not to rely on adhesive alone in applications like this).
Oh, and I also sewed on a bit of Velcro to each end of the strap just prior to attaching it to the prop. My order of operations is off here. So then the closure was complete.
And just to get my order of operations completely thrown out the window... Prior to beginning work on the strap, I gave the piece a paint job. The gadget in the reference images has a very splotchy, mottled sort of weathering. I do not know what that kind of finish was meant to represent, but I did my best to reproduce the look with this. And so here we are. How did I do?
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