The Cannon

[ursangnome]

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:



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.

Comments

[arachne8x.livejournal.com]

NICE!

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Looks good!

Remember, get your first shot off fast. It'll usually throw the other guy's timing off enough that you can make the second shot really count.

[mindways]

That's a sweet-looking conversion! *applauds*

[pixel.livejournal.com]

Nicely done. I like that color combination a lot.

If you want to make it look used and abused some drybrushing with black paint could work nicely.

Also you do know there is a tactical light that attaches to the top for added baddassery.

[laurion]

Very smooth paint job!

[jducoeur]

*Very* nicely done...

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Very cool!