Comment on Steampunk Machine Gun Progress by JohnsonArmsProps
Looking slick! I'm a bit over the whole steampunk thing myself, but this is a nice piece, regardless.
More than anything, I'd recommend doing something with the cooling jacket (on the barrel).
A lot of old-school machine guns were water cooled- maybe ding up the jacket a bit, add rust/corrosion/verdigris/tarnish spots and/or streaking where the cooling system has leaked..
Maybe a small hose to a coolant reservoir.
Just a couple of thoughts.
More than anything, I'd recommend doing something with the cooling jacket (on the barrel).
A lot of old-school machine guns were water cooled- maybe ding up the jacket a bit, add rust/corrosion/verdigris/tarnish spots and/or streaking where the cooling system has leaked..
Maybe a small hose to a coolant reservoir.
Just a couple of thoughts.
Thank you for the feedback! The water jacket is still early in the process, so it'll be receiving some water-related damage before it's done. The plumbing hose will be on the opposite side by the water canister which was a good thing to point out based on just the info in the photo 
I hope you'll let me know what you think when it's all done!
I hope you'll let me know what you think when it's all done!Sounds like you've got it covered, then- anxious to see how it progresses!
One other thought- the copper plumbing off the side might be a bit much.
never too much! ok, maybe sometimes, haha. Let me get it finished and I'd like to see what your thoughts are. It needed to flare out a bit to give room for the ammo belt, but the piping isn't fixed in place, just in case I need to make some changes to the design
Fair enough- I can see where it'd work as a guard for the belt & feed tray.