Star Lord's Element Gun 3D Model

NOTE: This model has N-gons!!*
A 3D model of the Element Gun, used by Star Lord from the Marvel Universe.

I am including this model because I think that the end result looks quite good, and to stand as a staple of experimentation in my progress.

This was the first model where I experimented using new tools and functions such as Booleans, and because of this, overall creating this model was a big challenge, as a lot of things went wrong. *For example, using the Boolean Difference tool to cut shapes into a model created huge N-gons, that I can't seem to fix without breaking the entire face. This was also the first time experimenting with the Mental Ray render settings, more specifically altering the lighting, as well as editing the final render's brightness and contrast levels.