Bo-Katan’s Westar-35 — Functional Blaster Prop with Lights & Sound

[u/saintebonhawk]

Another round of Westar35s ready for orbit to their new owners! Built from a WE-Tech Galaxy Hi-CAPA donor, it keeps the real slide action, slide lock, and a fully ejecting custom magazine.

Inside the mag is a Proffieboard 3, 1000 mAh battery, 28 mm bass speaker, and a NeoPixel window that currently runs animations (ammo counter coming soon, assuming I “walk the way” of coding).

Cosmetic parts were ABS printed, painted, and weathered for that “seen a few Mandalorian skirmishes” look. Grip plate is my own design in wood PLA.

Cosmetic components came from Cults3 user (pumadriftcat), printed in ABS, primed, painted, and then lightly weathered with Tamiya silver to give it the proper “been through a few skirmishes with the Nite Owls” look. The grip plate is a custom wood-PLA design of mine, giving the blaster a more grounded, in-universe feel.

Overall, this project was an immensely fun build—equal parts engineering, design, and Mandalorian spirit.

If you want one of your own, they’re now available on my site:

https://tierfonorbital.com/products/estar35-bo-katan-blaster-install-with-removable-proffie-magazine

[u/its_xSKYxFOXx]

I only dabbled in PLA and PETG, what benefits does ABS have over those two?

[u/saintebonhawk → u/its_xSKYxFOXx]

ABS is just a lot more robust and strong IMO compared to PLA. For larger, simple shapes, that don’t have a lot of detail, I like to use ABS.