The "Silverballers"

[ProbeJax]

So I've been a fan of the Hitman series of games for a long time. I've been replaying Contracts, and thought it would be cool to try and recreate the Silverballers from them. I always though the "Silverballers" were the AMT Hardballers, but the barrel of the Silverballers are much shorter. Like standard M1911. Anyone know any really good M1911 bases to start with? Gas/Spring is fine.

[Bob the Angry Potato]

2 WE 1911 FMUs, sand them down, and add those American Legend grips (they're fairly cheap, should run you around $30).

That's about it. Threaded barrels fit on them too.



Example of converted WE 1911 from Arnies, courtesy of azn1stknightsoul.
You can make them quite shiny, too, apparently the lighting is awful in that picture.

[ProbeJax]

Hmmm, getting the 47 symbol on a metal gun might be hard. Wouldn't a plastic gun be easier to paint?

[Bob the Angry Potato]

Originally Posted by ProbeJax

Hmmm, getting the 47 symbol on a metal gun might be hard. Wouldn't a plastic gun be easier to paint?

Oh, you want a logo?
Well, there's the TM 1911, but I can't think of a paint that gives a very good chrome finish offhand to plastic surfaces.
I didn't know you wanted the symbol.

[MrEvolution]

Originally Posted by Bob the Angry Potato

but I can't think of a paint that gives a very good chrome finish offhand to plastic surfaces.

Boltgun Metal by Games Workshop. Its a paint that they make for Warhammer.
Daiviet is master of all things Warhammer, so if youd like another colour just ask him.

[ProbeJax]

Yeah, I just want them to hang around or put on a stand, so they don't have to be anything fantastic for gaming.

[ProbeJax]

That's a screenshot from Contracts. The Blood Money ones are closer to white then silver, but the silver is what they're supposed to be.



That's a similar copy someone made out of an airsoft gun, too. It wasn't intended to match exactly.

[XON50]

isnt there already a discussion like this in the videogame theme section? there are even pictures of people attempting to recreate the ballers as well

[ProbeJax]

I figure I could get a TM, since it's plastic. Then find a way to tape off the logo, spray it with black, then apply that Warhammer paint onto it. Are Warhammer paints like the little model paints that come in tiny little bottles?

[Cassius]

It appears that 47 in the latest movie has a Para-Ordnance!

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/4...933x140qb9.jpg

Black polymer grip, double stack magazines.

http://www.paraord.com/product/product.html?id=19

[ProbeJax]

Saw that movie yesterday, it completly raped the games(not in a good way), and as a stand alone action movie, it sucked complete balls. I don't think they used that scene or gun in the final movie (at least, not up close). If you look closely at the grip, you can see it's not wood. And I remember that they recreated the Silverballers perfectly in the movie. (At least, I think so. Only thing they did right, really.)

[Cassius]

Probe, I think the movie was good compared to other game-to-movie type of films.

[ProbeJax]

Have you ever seen Silent Hill, then? It mashes all three games together, but it does a good job of staying true to the games.

[Cassius]

I can't stand that type of film/game. it bores me. So I haven't seen it.

Compare Hitman to Dead or Alive, Doom, BloodRayne and Resident Evil and I think Hitman comes right on top though.

[ProbeJax]

Bloodrayne was so bad it barely got released. The RE movies make me feel like crying, I can't believe you even saw DoA. Doom wasn't too bad. But like I said, Silent Hill is definetly the winner there.