You could use elastic to make the hammer spring down?.

That's pretty awesome Madmax, looks like a Colt 1851 Navy? Will you be painting or varnishing it too?

You could alternatively stain the handle and the gun seperately with different shades.

Thanks guys. Adriaan, exactly right, Colt 1851 Navy.

@SLY: I thought of that, the difficulty comes when trying to make all those tiny pieces out of wood and fit into a hallow part of the gun.

@Nonseq: great info, thanks a bunch. It's mainly Poplar, but the handle is Pinewood and I really don't know what the cylinder is as it came from a chair's leg. As for it looking homemade and a bit lumpy, I'm okay with a few lumps and inaccuracies. I see it more like, as you described it, like an old hand crafted toy given to you by your pa, if I had a bunch of power tools at my disposal I'd be less forgiving of my own work.

Thanks for the drilling tip, never thought about that, I might some wood putty for some of those spots with larger chips and cracks. The barrel is a tad tricky, the shape is octagonal just like the real one, it is pretty bumpy but when I try to sand down the roughs spots I end up rounding off those edges and losing that octagonal shape.

And no I'm not going to stain or paint it, I though of staining it all dark except for the handle to make it look kinda dark like metal and still have the handle look wooden.

If you're interested I got the idea/inspiration after seeing this
http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/Talbot.htm

Link for download @ higher res.

Ps. Anyone know a good, popular-ish online t-shirt/mugs/junk store where I can use my own designs and sell them for ???% profit?

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I draw more ponies:



That freaking tail, so tiresome to draw (hence why they look so shoddy).
Can I be 20% cooler now?

No, but those are well drawn so I'll give you 5%.

Oh man I wish I could draw as well as you.

Thanks!

Eh, not surprising that it exists. It's a little hard for most sequencers to handle, but with some effort on the composer's part there's no real reason why it shouldn't

I have no clue what you guys are talking about.

I know what they're talking about but I don't know how to explain it in English.

I'm from Colorado. And if you like the song it's Phoner to Arizona by The Gorillaz