Have you ever wanted your very own Destiny hand cannon? Well now you can have one, thanks to one clever fan of the video game, who figured out how to recreate the Thorn exotic hand cannon and 3-D print it.
The best part? You can download the design and 3-D print one for yourself.
Kirbey Downey, a London-based South African product designer and fan of the Destiny first-person science fiction shooter video game, thought to take his skills and apply it to something he loved. So he created the in-game weapon in a CAD design software program, the first step in turning something fictional into reality.
The 3-D printed final product features a fully working trigger, hammer and rotating barrel.
Downey did this by printing out multiple parts of the gun and then putting them together. It took him about 24 hours just for the printing and then another 10 hours to construct the gun. However, the result is incredible.
"Thorn is an exotic hand cannon from Destiny and said to be the hardest gun to get in the game," writes Downey. "I modeled this prop using Solidworks in 10 hours. and took 24 hours to print It using an interlocking mechanism which allows it to be assembled without any glue."
However, it's the level of detail Downey added to the weapon that makes this project so amazing.
"I have replicated the unique trigger interaction that you get in the game where if you slowly squeeze the trigger button, the hammer moves back slowly in the game." writes Downey. "The spring action is created with a simple loom band which can be seen in the images."
The gun also has a removable bullet chamber, as well as detailed carvings of the ammo chamber's gears and rivets. You can view more of his incredible handiwork on his My Mini Factory page here.
Downey also recreated the Thunderlord light machine gun from Destiny, as well as the Frostmourne weapon from World of Warcraft.
Downey has generously added all the details to My Mini Factory, including the parts' designs for 3-D printing and detailed instructions.
Happy printing!
[Photo Credit: Kirby Downey]
