Nerf Gun Props? YES!

GrenadeKing

Okay that GL mod is just... outstanding. How did you do that weathering? It looks absurdly realistic.

Azrok

From reading this and other threads on painting helmets, costumes, and blasters + my own new experience, I'm learning that weathering just doesn't show up as much in photos as it does in person. Sometimes I look in person at one I've painted and think "oh man, that is just way too much weathering!" But then I look at a photo of it and think "argh! you can hardly see all the weathering I did," haha.

I want to keep playing around with it some more, but I'm slowly becoming a fan of doing the heavier weathering. I think its shows up better in photos and to others at 5ft-20ft distance in public, say like watchers along a parade route, or event attendees.

So, yes, I buy brand new plastic toy guns and purposely make them look like messed-up old real ones, haha. What a crazy world. Love it!

Thank you everyone for sharing your photos and tips. I haven't experimented with rub-n-buff yet, but hear it works well. Interested to see some more work with that if anyone would like to post.

CB2001

Indy Mogul's got that one covered. A user submitted a tutorial for Your FX.

Noeland

Thanks! I got the technique from Matsuo. I use a sharpie silver mettalic pen to weather it. I hit the highpoints with it, and smear it with my finger to look faded in some points. In others, I just barely touch the gun with the pen, and it gives me a nice little chipped spot. I use Ultra flat black from Krylon for the base paint.

It works great.

The Indy Mogul technique is great too, if you want something that looks like the finish is nearly gone, and rubbed off. I wanted something that looks like it's been banging around in the back of a drop ship for years.

I just finished working on a new nerf gun too, the pump action model, not sure the name . . .

Wicked

Thanks JA.

Great work Azrok!

I am totally enthralled by that TRU 48. Looks like I get to go on a scavenger hunt.

CB2001

But can't you get the same effect with the Indy Mogul technique, but just do much shorter strokes and in smaller spots?

Wicked

On the off chance anybody else was looking for that Power 48 gun:

Air Zone Power Strike Quick Fire 48 Blaster - Toys R Us - Toys "R" Us

$29.99 in stock

JohnsonArms

Great look! Did you use a spray gun or a rattle can?

JohnsonArms

Glad you found it! It's a great looking gun. I have not fired it, but I assume it will be a reasonable nerf gun, but more destined to sit on the wall as a display piece

Thanks for the tutorials guys! It's great to pick up some other ideas and ways of doing things.

Wicked

I'm thinking of slicing some of the sides off the cylinder chambers and mounting silver Blade style spikes in there. Non-functional naturally but cool looking when it starts spinning.

Darknesswolves

Looks good a friend and I pep pieces of other weapons and add them to the rifle. With that we have made a rather decent halo battle rifle haha, although very heavy especially in armor

Cody1138

Man I have got to get these two! I have seen the Tommy before but never thought it could look so good painted up like that.

Noeland

The black is Krylon Ultra Flat black from the "camo" line. I think it gives the guns an almost parkerized look, which I really like.

I was at target today and picked these up:






Should be fun weekend projects! Love to see what you would do with these JA!

They were really cheap. $15 and $7.

JohnsonArms

Thanks for the compliment! It is a pretty cool gun when it's painted. This was for a friend who gave me a box of nerf guns. He wanted it to look like a classic tommy gun and this was what I came up with. Kind of understated, but I think he'll dig the look!

JohnsonArms

Ive been looking for those! I want to do them up similar to this Rattler which I still think is a cool design. Should be popular once the country thaws out

JohnsonArms

Post some photos if you have em!

JohnsonArms

ok another flurry of random guns!











One of my first guns. I still need to find a way to get the stencils to stick better so they dont bleed out...

Darius Alucard

Great mods and paint ups!

I dig 'em all.

Some people knock modding/painting these saying...
"No matter what, they still look like NERF guns".
Sometimes they're right. But if you've got time and a technique, you can take them to another level completely!

I've got quite a few in storage and I'm always on the lookout for great deals on stuff to practice on so I can tackle the projects I've got in mind for the ones I actually spent money on.

The best thing about them is that they already look futuristic/sci-fi and can be easily adapted/cut/swapped/etc.

Good work people.
Kepp them pics coming!

JohnsonArms

A few completed (or near complete) projects from last week...

3/4 scale Boba Fett blaster by Hasbro


details, details..


Robocop style Beretta


Disassembled and I remembered to put in the magazine!


Nerf Deploy - rusty!






Nerf Alpha Trooper with 18rd magazine


thanks for looking!

Jodo

I've always been into NERF stuff! Oddly enough, some friends from my college invited me over to hang out in their basement, and as soon as I walked downstairs I about died, because they had a "weapons locker" of Nerf stuff. We immediatly went out and purchased me some new modern weapons and had a war.

Keep up the good work man, everything looks amazing! I can't wait to paint my stuff now, lol.

But I have to ask, where do you get your long high capacity magazines, and the scopes? I've not seen those at my Walmart, but that's not saying much, because my Walmart sucks.

Tannim

What's a good paint to use on the Nerf stuff? We've got a small arsenal of the toys here at the house and I'd love to paint up a few of them for fun.

aimeekitty

These are great!

I'm curious, if you don't mind me asking, the back and forth hatched painting texture, how are you getting that,... is it with a brush or steel wool... or what?

JohnsonArms

Glad I could inspire you! The 18rd mags are from the Stampede (the full auto assault rifle) and the scopes are either sold by itself and comes with a few free darts or you get one as part of the Element 3-piece set that is a toys r us exclusive. The set runs 20.00, but you get a pretty groovy gun, a scope and also the red dot pointer/flashlight like what comes with the recon. If you buy the scope by itself its 10.00 so I suggest getting the set personally.

Good luck and thanks for the compliments!

Brian

JohnsonArms

You can do really nice stuff with rattle can paint if you do really light coats after you've sanded the body as much as possible. I also rub down the body with acetone to remove any excess petrolium at the surface of the pastic.

I'm actually pretty impressed with the Valspar paint they sell at LOWES. It's pretty inexpensive like Krylon, but they have a ton of colors. Use matte or satin paint, not gloss. Also use the valspar matte clearcoat for a really good finish. Good luck!

JohnsonArms

I don't mind at all! Well..maybe a tad... JK

The marks you see are mainly brushwork. I won't say that some of my guns have had other types of applicators, but that's not very often.