7.1 SWTOR | EE-2 Blaster Set

This weapon set is inspired by the EE-3 Blaster Carbine Boba Fett uses in Empire Strikes Back. When the Book of Boba Fett show dropped, I decided to do an earlier version of his ESB blaster. This is based on the same Webley flare gun, but uses a barrel from the Sterling SMG and T Tracks used on the Original Trilogy Stormtrooper E-11 blaster. I also used a vintage M38 Sherman Tank sight scope, similar to the original Stormtrooper rifle scope, but also included the original cast brass mount from the scope to add variety in surface detail and material. To account for the left hand position on the rifle, I added a foregrip. I rounded out the greeblies with some Mitchell Turntable elements such as the stepped cap on either side of the flare gun and the knurled pen element on the right side. A Graflex red button from the original trilogy Luke lightsaber is also present.

I modeled this in 3DsMax in about 3 days, spent about a week in Substance Painter, which I particularly enjoyed recreating believable surfaces, machine and tooling marks, surface coatings, weathering, etc. I then brought it in to the game and did the particle effects, which get their color from the in-game color crystal applied to the weapon, and added a spark wash impact effect inspired by the movies to the "on kill target" event. Once I had made the rifle version, I stripped it down for the pistol variant.