Adventures in painting

[ursangnome]

Another painted up Nerf gun mod for Threads of Damocles.



This one's a Nerf Firefly. Its name to fame is the fact that it fires glow-in-the-dark darts. When it came time that my character in the game was making a magic weapon, the special effect made this a natural choice. Of course, it added to the challenge, as I had to make sure not only that the weapon would fire, but that the switch, indicator light, and flash bulb would work properly after I was done. Thankfully, with careful masking, I was successful.

This is the first gun I've done with a clear gloss overcoat. In theory, it should help make the paint job more durable, which is a fine idea since I run around in the woods with it, and the Canon is showing signs of wear. We'll just have to see if it helps.

So first, a pic of the stock Firefly, as it comes out of the package (image credit to Nerf)




And now, painted up as the Thundergun:




My next project, already begun, is a Nerf Vulcan machine gun.

Comments

[tpau]

oh hey i need to give you my gun to paint... i will pass it along with becky when she and i go to 6flags this sunday :)

that looks totally awesome btw

[laurion]

Nice job. I won a Nerf Vulcan at Intercon I, and the paint was already flaking and peeling in parts, so the clear coat is a good touch. I don't know if you rough the plastic a bit with sandpaper first, but that would help the paint grab as well. I think that was the reason why it was coming off the Vulcan I won.