First of all, i realize that a sniper rifle may not be very much the style of a character like Arcee, who likes to be fast; sniping is normally done while standing or sitting still, and few sniper rifles are practical for actual fighting, except in halo, but for that matter, a bow is probably even less of a "speedy" weapon.
Anyway, the idea just came to my head, and i spent two or three days making it, and although i did not intend it exclusively for Arcee, she was the main figure that i intended it for, so i put the handle on the right side, and customized it to fit her well. For example, i put the scope on, at just the right length/angle, that if the figure holds it a certain way, the scope is in almost perfect alignment wih her right eye.
So now for some pics, sorry i'm not very good at taking pictures, even these have been edited a bit with irfanview, and for some reason, some pics look yellow towrds the center, i don't know why.
Here she is standing with the rifle, in a way someone normally might, with a rifle nearly as long as their hight.
Here is the rifle itself, i figured it would probably have a 10 or 12 round mag, and the fatter part, towards the front end would be a noise suppressor, and also have inside it, an electromagnetic accelerator, that would double the velocity, as i figured it would use somewhat weak cartridges, to make ammo more compact, and so that the recoil would not knock a small TF like Arcee down to use it.
None of the details show up in this picture, and it looks like there is a lighter splotch on the body of it, but there is not. you can still see pretty much what it looks like though.
Here is a dramatic-ish shot of Arcee standing with the "Hypersniper rifle", as i call it, observing a dead insecticon, sort of like one might see in a war movie, a soldier doing the same, but stairing at a dead enemy or destroyed vehicle, in a post warzone setting.
So there it is, what does everyone think? BTW it was made mostly from junk, and scrap material, with some styrene and metal rods, mostly where pieces join, so it would be very strong/secure.
As side notes, Arcee's skirt/windshield looks a bit discolored in some pics, i think that is because of the green wall behind it, and if anyone is wondering what i put the figure(s) on to take pictures of them, it is small boxes with paper towels put over them.
And also, though i am not sure what gave me the idea to do this, once i got the idea, i simply could not resist! How many of you recognize this?
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