The Cannon

Apr. 23rd, 2008 09:39 pm
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I 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:

Pic of normal Nerf Maverick

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:

Maverick Guts

And then, after painting, the finished product:

The Cannon

Which looks pretty darned good, if I do say so myself.

Date: 2008-04-24 05:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] umbran.livejournal.com
Yes, classic strategy.

This is really mostly a prop, for visual effect. I doubt I'd ever actually fire this beast in game. Most of the combat I've seen has been theatrical, or simulated with rules like any other RPG, so that strategy doesn't really apply.

The game does also include combat with airsoft weapons - far superior to Nerfy, here, in range and accuracy, so that using it would be a losing proposition...

...except I could simulate that very surprise you mention, if I get the whistling darts they make for this thing. Not that they'd allow it, but it'd be funny.

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