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Done / Completed GOTG - Star Lord Nerf quad blaster nozzles by Nova Props - RUN NOW OPEN
- Thread starter Daniel Nelms
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BlakeHudson
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Are they painted already?
grudgehammer
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The kit is not and requires assembly and a little clean up.
Got mine today. Very satisfied and it's gonna make my guns look awesome.
Daniel Nelms
Sr Member
BlakeHudson No we can't provide a painted version because everybody uses different paint on their blasters and so it wouldn't match. If you'd like to commission a set of fully painted blasters I'm sure that could be arranged...
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hazardjsimpson
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M Constantine
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Got mine today!
Looking forward to working on my blasters soon.
Looking forward to working on my blasters soon.
IronManiac
Sr Member
You can go ahead and send in your payment, and you will be added to our PAID list. We're casting and shipping a few sets every day or so, so you'll be put in line to receive your blaster nozzle set as soon as we get to your place in line.
Thanks!
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That is something we've considered offering as a product...in fact I just ordered another pair of blasters from Amazon to finish and offer for sale in the near future. If you're interested, shoot us a PM and we can discuss price and turn-around time. These blasters do take some work to look like the one featured in our first post, so there will be a cost associated with the paint and finishing work, but we plan to work out a reasonable price if someone wants a pair of these ready to go with their Star Lord costume.
Thanks!
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That is something we've considered offering as a product...in fact I just ordered another pair of blasters from Amazon to finish and offer for sale in the near future. If you're interested, shoot us a PM and we can discuss price and turn-around time. These blasters do take some work to look like the one featured in our first post, so there will be a cost associated with the paint and finishing work, but we plan to work out a reasonable price if someone wants a pair of these ready to go with their Star Lord costume.
Daniel Nelms
Sr Member
Here's a teaser video for our holster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo04MJSglkE&feature=youtu.be
hazardjsimpson
Active Member
I'm definitely interested in holster clips, You guys do some great work! Just need some touch up, and deciding if I dare attempt the blast detailing on the tips...
You guys do some great work! Just need some touch up, and deciding if I dare attempt the blast detailing on the tips...
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Daniel Nelms
Sr Member
I'm definitely interested in holster clips,
If you do just be carful, the paint comes out really fast and heavy on those little cans. I did mine and it covered more than I wanted so I've got to strip it down and do it again at some point.
I had the can about 8 inches out. Next time I'll go further out and hold the nozzle at a steeper angle to the spray.
IronManiac
Sr Member
Here's a quick sketch I did for you guys to help understand the blue spraying technique. I would strongly suggest you practice on a scrap piece of wood or cardstock before you attempt to spray your blaster barrel.
Some tips:
Keep both the spray paint nozzle and the barrel tip moving while you paint. Sweep the spray up and down, while slowly rotating the barrel tip. This technique will help you keep an even line all the way around. you don't want one side to be way more blue than the other.
Paint SLOWLY. Several very very light coats will give you the best result. The first few coats might not even look like you've painted anything at all, but after a few more, the desired effect will begin to show itself. You don't even need to wait very long between coats, maybe 30 seconds. If you try to do it on one pass you will end up too dark, or with runs in the paint, which are no good.
The blaster barrel should never be directly in line with the paint sprayer. You will quickly cover your blaster nozzle. See my illustration. Your barrel should just kiss the edge of the paint spray cone. This technique will also help you get a slightly speckled paint effect because you're catching some of the random particles of paint along the fringe of the spray. This really works when you do coat after coat, because those speckles turn into a nice fade on the side of your barrel.
I hope that helps. Take your time!! And I didn't have purple handy when i painted mine, but if you want to use purple AND blue, put the purple down first, then the blue to a lesser degree to get that nice fade from color to color to metal.
Some tips:
Keep both the spray paint nozzle and the barrel tip moving while you paint. Sweep the spray up and down, while slowly rotating the barrel tip. This technique will help you keep an even line all the way around. you don't want one side to be way more blue than the other.
Paint SLOWLY. Several very very light coats will give you the best result. The first few coats might not even look like you've painted anything at all, but after a few more, the desired effect will begin to show itself. You don't even need to wait very long between coats, maybe 30 seconds. If you try to do it on one pass you will end up too dark, or with runs in the paint, which are no good.
The blaster barrel should never be directly in line with the paint sprayer. You will quickly cover your blaster nozzle. See my illustration. Your barrel should just kiss the edge of the paint spray cone. This technique will also help you get a slightly speckled paint effect because you're catching some of the random particles of paint along the fringe of the spray. This really works when you do coat after coat, because those speckles turn into a nice fade on the side of your barrel.
I hope that helps. Take your time!! And I didn't have purple handy when i painted mine, but if you want to use purple AND blue, put the purple down first, then the blue to a lesser degree to get that nice fade from color to color to metal.
IronManiac
Sr Member
Oh, and one last thing. Mask off the inner barrel tip, or paint the blue BEFORE you attach the inner barrel tip. If you look at the prop photos, you can see that the inner barrel does not have the blueing effect. It also makes a nice contrast for the inner barrel to remain shiny while the outer has color.
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