Again due to the themed twist on the gun, instead of coating the casings in a glossy white, I wanted to do something different. So instead I used a faux leather with a little bit of stretch to it. This stuff was very soft to the touch, and fairly classy looking. Tough to wrap entirely without folding/pleating, so I tried to make it look nicely done where I had to fold it. Here it's not all on yet.Meanwhile, at the operational end of the device... Plumbing flanges, heavy copper wire, and button covers for that authentic porthole look.The center of the main body of the gun is home to a glowing rod o' power, for which I used a test tube. Again wasting money, I first tried frosting spray (pictured) but ended up using ordinary waxed paper inside a non-frosted test tube, which looked better and propagates light more evenly.The front half of the body and barrel - I think you can see in this shot the clear chamber the glowing test tube rod sits within. Dollar store fake-hotwheels cars come in the perfect sized clear plastic tube, and they're only a buck! Painted the endcap gold and cut out holes on either end with an xacto knife to seat the test tube in the chamber. Also visible: where I had to grind the excess copper out of the inside of the barrel. I repainted that area later after I put the lens inside.With the barrel done, it was time to readdress the claws. I decided on a structure of popsicle sticks, nuts & bolts, a copper soldering gun tip, some wire, and a spring clip. I think they look pretty good for being a total reinterpretation.