After designing some Star Wars lightsabers, I wanted to continue challenging myself with more complex movie prop designs. I decided to tackle Officer K’s blaster from Blade Runner 2049, which would be a great companion piece to the original Deckard blaster from Tomenosuke that I’d recently added to my collection.

The Harrison Ford Trifecta

One thing that motivated this project was my goal to eventually complete what Adam Savage coined as the “Harrison Ford trifecta”. His iconic weapons from three major roles: the Deckard’s Blaster from Blade Runner, Han Solo’s DL-44 blaster from Star Wars and Indiana Jones Smith&Wesson revolver.