Halo 4 Battle Rifle

Here it is, my first real attempt at making a gun from MDF. I now present to you The Halo 4 Battle Rifle. Once I'd finished my Magnum handgun I knew I had to try something bigger. I figured, why not make the Halo 4 version of the Battle Rifle, my favorite gun in all of Halo. So after a day of planning and drawing designs, a week of cutting and carving, and then three days of priming and painting, this is the result. 

Except for the barrel which is PVC pipe, the entire weapon is MDF. Almost all the carving was done with a knife and the painting was done with spray and acrylic paints. The total length of the prop is 3 ft and it weighs about 10lbs. 

Before anyone ask, yes the gun is blue. Why? well I was originally going to paint it using the in-game colors but I saw an awesome design by fellow deviant DESIGNOOB www.deviantart.com/art/Halo-Co…
and I liked it so much that I knew I just had to paint it like that.  Full credit for the color scheme goes to him.

If you would like to see it unpainted please check out my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/pages/Sephiro…

As always, I'd love to hear what you guys think of it so please let me know in the comments below. Thanks