Seems kinda rough.... not movie quality at least, and not completely accurate to the actual pistols seen in the adds or ingame, I refer you to this youtube clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxdvGO1oOF0 go to 1:30 and pause between 1:30 and 1:32 we see the pistols pretty good.

One noticeable detail is these have a hex bolt, not a Phillips head securing the top part of the housing, and these seem to be mostly cast aluminum parts and real rubberized grips, not painted plastic. On your's the paint job is noticeably a bit rough and the top part of the housing looks rough cut.

I say this because you say you may want to mass produce these for sale, if you could precision cut the top housing, find a hex bolt for it and maybe get an airbrush for painting (and use higher quality paint and use a sealer that's abrasion resistant.) you could make this movie quality without much modification.

Actually at 1:33 there is a damn good closeup shot of part of the pistol.

I see what you mean. However, this was cast from a resin compound and is completely non functional. Any modifications that are done would require me to alter this one of a kind piece. And as for the ding in the top of the housing, ever hear or "combat used"? Any guns used for prolong periods and rigorously will have dings and its metal showing through.

I actually refer to the edges of the upper housing when I say they look a bit rough. Also the edges of the prop overall show wear on the paint, perhaps coloring the resin would solve that issue for future castings? Aluminum powder is readily available and cheap and is what is commonly used for that sort of thing.

I will definitely keep aluminum powder in mind! Thanks for the suggestion! I was trying to go for the Halo: Combat Evolved era pistol. Hence the high shroud and the titanium white coloring.

Oh wow I want one!

YOU EVEN REMEMBERED THE ICE CRAM SANDWICH GRIPS XD, You should try to integrate an airsoft or bb gun inside. BTW, how long did it take you to build this? Yo did a nice job on it
-I especially love your job on the barrel.

I can't take credit for making the original. This is a casting that was molded from a prop that they used in the HALO live-action commercials. My teacher at school is good friends with a prop maker at Legacy Studios where they built everything.

cool