The Cannon
Apr. 23rd, 2008 09:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ursangnomeI play in a campaign larp called "Threads of Damocles". In the game, I play an engineer form a post-apocalyptic part of the world. He's put together to be a really hot engineer, but not so good in a fight.
One of the GMs noted that, in the real world, there are two ways to win a gunfight. One is to be a better shot, the other is to have a better weapon. Well, to be a better shot, I'd need to spend character potential I didn't have. However, building a better weapon is right up the character's alley. Whether or not they allow him to have a weapon with better stats, it gave me the excuse I needed to indulge in making a steampunk Nerf Gun.
Nerf currently makes a number of really cool toy dart guns. Mostly for reasons of style, I chose to work with a Nerf Maverick, shown here in it's unmodified state:
While I may not be a dim bulb, I have no pretensions of being a real engineer myself. So, I had to be careful when taking the thing apart, diagramming as I went:
And then, after painting, the finished product:
Which looks pretty darned good, if I do say so myself.
One of the GMs noted that, in the real world, there are two ways to win a gunfight. One is to be a better shot, the other is to have a better weapon. Well, to be a better shot, I'd need to spend character potential I didn't have. However, building a better weapon is right up the character's alley. Whether or not they allow him to have a weapon with better stats, it gave me the excuse I needed to indulge in making a steampunk Nerf Gun.
Nerf currently makes a number of really cool toy dart guns. Mostly for reasons of style, I chose to work with a Nerf Maverick, shown here in it's unmodified state:
While I may not be a dim bulb, I have no pretensions of being a real engineer myself. So, I had to be careful when taking the thing apart, diagramming as I went:
And then, after painting, the finished product:
Which looks pretty darned good, if I do say so myself.
