Nerf Gun Props? YES!
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Mara Jade's Father
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Hasbro (or maybe the RPF 
)should sponsor a a Nerf Gun art show at SDCC next year.
)should sponsor a a Nerf Gun art show at SDCC next year.
Hey all,
I'll try to answer a couple of the questions. Once again I'll take very little credit, for I've only been doing this a couple months. Johnson Arms is the guy we're all trying to emulate.
Q - Hey great job. I have one that i want to paint. can you give me some details? What paint did you use? how many coats? did you take it apart at all? did any parts get gummed up? thanks
A - I use the cheapest flat black paint I can find (walmart - .98). It took a good 2 cans to do the Vulcan. 2 coats of black. I don't take many of my guns apart, but a lot of guys do, and as I'm starting to mod most of mine now, I do take some apart. I'm decent at masking, and I do A LOT of masking. The only gummed up gun I had was the Barricade (which I did take apart). I use flat paint when ever I can, the silver used a rustoleum appliance paint, I like the look of it. Most other silvers are too gloss. Forgot to add, sand the hell out of the gun 1st. A palm sander with 150 grit gets rid of the NERF logos, then hand sand the rest with 220 grit.
I've got some more almost finished picks to post of the Vulcan. My technique for aging was posted a page back or so. And for dirtying it up I've been using a thinned down testors flat black, or black rub n' buff.
Q - Do any of these guns in this thread are able to shoot? How long does it take? And how much would it usually cost (range)?
A - All my guns are able to shoot, they have to IMO. I've taken to modding them so they shoot double as far, there are lots of videos on youtube. Length of time depends on the gun. The vulcan and my newest steampunk longstrike took forever, 20+ hours? Smaller guns take less time of course. Start with a Maverick, they're cool, easy to deassemble and lots of reference out there. Prices depend on the cost of spraycans. In Canada, where I live, we pay through the nose ($7-9.00) per can. I usually head down to walmart in the states and stock up. You can usually get 2 smaller guns per can of flat black. Then it depends on what other colors you want. It takes a bit of money to get a selection of colors (I'm about 50 cans ATM), but it's not bad.
It's a lot of fun, pretty easy to do something cool. This started as a high-school 3D modelling assignment for me. We got a 3D printer and I needed something cool to intro it. We had kids paint guns, model steampunk parts, print them and then attach them to their guns... err blasters. It was very popular.
Like I said earlier, grab a maverick for $10.00, get a couple cans of spraypaint and give it a try.
Any other help, let us know. I do recommend reading through the 50+ pages, it's required reading for getting started with Nerf guns.
I'll try to answer a couple of the questions. Once again I'll take very little credit, for I've only been doing this a couple months. Johnson Arms is the guy we're all trying to emulate.
Q - Hey great job. I have one that i want to paint. can you give me some details? What paint did you use? how many coats? did you take it apart at all? did any parts get gummed up? thanks
A - I use the cheapest flat black paint I can find (walmart - .98). It took a good 2 cans to do the Vulcan. 2 coats of black. I don't take many of my guns apart, but a lot of guys do, and as I'm starting to mod most of mine now, I do take some apart. I'm decent at masking, and I do A LOT of masking. The only gummed up gun I had was the Barricade (which I did take apart). I use flat paint when ever I can, the silver used a rustoleum appliance paint, I like the look of it. Most other silvers are too gloss. Forgot to add, sand the hell out of the gun 1st. A palm sander with 150 grit gets rid of the NERF logos, then hand sand the rest with 220 grit.
I've got some more almost finished picks to post of the Vulcan. My technique for aging was posted a page back or so. And for dirtying it up I've been using a thinned down testors flat black, or black rub n' buff.
Q - Do any of these guns in this thread are able to shoot? How long does it take? And how much would it usually cost (range)?
A - All my guns are able to shoot, they have to IMO. I've taken to modding them so they shoot double as far, there are lots of videos on youtube. Length of time depends on the gun. The vulcan and my newest steampunk longstrike took forever, 20+ hours? Smaller guns take less time of course. Start with a Maverick, they're cool, easy to deassemble and lots of reference out there. Prices depend on the cost of spraycans. In Canada, where I live, we pay through the nose ($7-9.00) per can. I usually head down to walmart in the states and stock up. You can usually get 2 smaller guns per can of flat black. Then it depends on what other colors you want. It takes a bit of money to get a selection of colors (I'm about 50 cans ATM), but it's not bad.
It's a lot of fun, pretty easy to do something cool. This started as a high-school 3D modelling assignment for me. We got a 3D printer and I needed something cool to intro it. We had kids paint guns, model steampunk parts, print them and then attach them to their guns... err blasters. It was very popular.
Like I said earlier, grab a maverick for $10.00, get a couple cans of spraypaint and give it a try.
Any other help, let us know. I do recommend reading through the 50+ pages, it's required reading for getting started with Nerf guns.
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Here's a few more IP (in progress) guns I've been working on. Summer's coming to an end though, gotta slow down a bit.
Some steampunking:
Longstrike (too long to get a good pic of it)
NiteFinder?
Vulcan
Some wierd gun -(started with District 9 white, didn't like it, back to black)
Some steampunking:
Longstrike (too long to get a good pic of it)
NiteFinder?
Vulcan
Some wierd gun -(started with District 9 white, didn't like it, back to black)
PuppetMaster
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Really nice job, the paint jobs are just awesome.
Really nice work and give me ideas to make one of these.
Great post.
Really nice job, the paint jobs are just awesome.
Really nice work and give me ideas to make one of these.
Great post.
JohnsonArms
Sr Member
Hasbro (or maybe the RPF
Now that would be awesome
JohnsonArms
Sr Member
These are looking really great so far! I hope the projects don't start to take over the house, hehe. That can happen pretty quick lol!
JohnsonArms
Sr Member
Hey All! Here's some recent photos from projects I've been busy with. I'm glad to see you guys are continue to post your projects as well, they're looking great!
Some larger projects getting moved along
Solid Resin Kit - Halo M6C SOCOM
Solid Resin Kit - Halo M6D
Repaint of Finn's Golden Sword from "Adventure Time"
Borderlands 2 style Nerf Scout
IRL: Shooter commissioned Mavericks in progress. Check out this LIVE FPS here: http://irlshooter.com
Finished
Carter's Helmet - Almost finished
Nerf Longshot w/ supressor
w/ alternate barrel
Resin Grenades - the center one has LED illumination
Repainted RotJ Biker Scout Pistol
Space: Above and Beyond Solid Resin Glock (17 I think..)
Thanks for checking them out and I appreciate you telling your friends who dig this kind of stuff
If you need to reach me regarding a question or commission, please email me directly at johnsonarms76@gmail.com. I promise to get back to you as soon as I can
Some larger projects getting moved along
Solid Resin Kit - Halo M6C SOCOM
Solid Resin Kit - Halo M6D
Repaint of Finn's Golden Sword from "Adventure Time"
Borderlands 2 style Nerf Scout
IRL: Shooter commissioned Mavericks in progress. Check out this LIVE FPS here: http://irlshooter.com
Finished
Carter's Helmet - Almost finished
Nerf Longshot w/ supressor
w/ alternate barrel
Resin Grenades - the center one has LED illumination
Repainted RotJ Biker Scout Pistol
Space: Above and Beyond Solid Resin Glock (17 I think..)
Thanks for checking them out and I appreciate you telling your friends who dig this kind of stuff
If you need to reach me regarding a question or commission, please email me directly at johnsonarms76@gmail.com. I promise to get back to you as soon as I can
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Mean Obiwan
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I've got quite afew guns I'll post up as soon as I figure out where I placed the USB for my camera. I've only got one nerf gun that's still in the works, but I've got quite a few airsoft and cap guns I've put together. All with a post apocalypse theme goin' on.
JohnsonArms
Sr Member
How did you do the metallic finish on them nerf gun?
That's drybrush painting mostly. There's some other black magic going on, but that's the stuff you learn from doing hundreds of these things
That will be great! Good luck in your search
Mean Obiwan
Well-Known Member
Ok, here'es a few of the guns I've worked on. I've added additional pieces to my nerf gun after I took the pictures.
With my post apocalypse gloves
Here's some cap guns I'm proud of, the one on the right is my favorite.
And my shot guns.
With my post apocalypse gloves
Here's some cap guns I'm proud of, the one on the right is my favorite.
And my shot guns.
And as promised the MIB versions of the Buzz Bee Tommy 20 and Hawk.
My buddy added a lightsaber soundcard and green leds to his tommy 20.
I added a iron man 2 repulsor card and blue leds to mine.
They where coated with some nice silver paint and detailed with carbon, black paint an d metallic blue. We had a blast (no pun intended) making these and carrying them to a fair today.
Hope you enjoy because we certainly did.
My buddy added a lightsaber soundcard and green leds to his tommy 20.
I added a iron man 2 repulsor card and blue leds to mine.
They where coated with some nice silver paint and detailed with carbon, black paint an d metallic blue. We had a blast (no pun intended) making these and carrying them to a fair today.
Hope you enjoy because we certainly did.
SirNedKingsly
Well-Known Member
I ended up with only about 5 hours to do my Firefly Jayne Cobb Vera, so I couldn't do the finish detail work, but here's what I ended up with for dragoncon 2012:
I saw this walking around the con - well done
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Gareee
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Thanks! I was hoping to get Adam to sign it, but when I found out his agent wanted $60 to sign it, I passed. My wife and myself also were wearing our Jayne outfits, and also one of our BIG dragoncon goals was to get a pic with Adam in our outfits.. and sadly AGAIN, we were told he was signing only, and we had to set up a photo shoot session in order to get a photo... and he was already booked up solid.
He was still quite gracious and apologetic, and spent some time with us chatting, so the sting was assuaged somewhat, but still we were disapointed, especially since he had to cancel dragoncon the year before.
Maybe next year, and I'll have my Vera done then?
He was still quite gracious and apologetic, and spent some time with us chatting, so the sting was assuaged somewhat, but still we were disapointed, especially since he had to cancel dragoncon the year before.
Maybe next year, and I'll have my Vera done then?
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