Okay, so I got this long coat 1/2 weeks ago, and people have now taken to calling me 'Inquisitor Yates'. So, for the sake of fancy dress parties/Gamesdays, does anyone have any ideas as to how I can cheaply buy/manufacture a full-scale Inquisitorial rosette and bolt/laspistol?
didn't someone use a Nerf Gun to make a stubber?
This (http://www.modreactor.com/english/Projects/Inquisitorial-Seal.html) i want :D
Quote from: greenstuff_gav on November 18, 2009, 05:45:26 PM
didn't someone use a Nerf Gun to make a stubber?
Robey, he's done a couple that the's sold on ebay.
PrecinctOmega made this, (http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs43/f/2009/108/3/3/Nerf_Recon_CS_6_WH40k_by_precinctomega.jpg) which may be what Gav was referring to. And I think Yenk made a laspistol which was on the old 'clave too.
Quote from: PM102 on November 18, 2009, 06:01:36 PM
PrecinctOmega made this, (http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs43/f/2009/108/3/3/Nerf_Recon_CS_6_WH40k_by_precinctomega.jpg) which may be what Gav was referring to. And I think Yenk made a laspistol which was on the old 'clave too.
WOW. Was that made out of a nerf gun? How difficult is that to make, do you know?
Quote from: Dvil on November 18, 2009, 06:11:13 PM
Quote from: PM102 on November 18, 2009, 06:01:36 PM
PrecinctOmega made this, (http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs43/f/2009/108/3/3/Nerf_Recon_CS_6_WH40k_by_precinctomega.jpg) which may be what Gav was referring to. And I think Yenk made a laspistol which was on the old 'clave too.
WOW. Was that made out of a nerf gun? How difficult is that to make, do you know?
It pretty much just a paintjob on a standard Nerf gun, with some dissassembly to ensure it still worked properly, IIRC.
Marvellous, so it is, and only £20 from Argos! Last question regarding the gun: does anyone know how well Citadel paints go onto a nerf gun? They're the only ones I have, unfortunately.
Quote from: Dvil on November 18, 2009, 06:32:40 PMDoes anyone know how well Citadel paints go onto a nerf gun?
Very expensively. I'd seriously recommend buying cheaper paints than GW's ones for painting that kind of expanse. I might use them for fine detailing, but no more than that.
Plasticard would be my material of choice, at least for the basic shape. A friend of mine built a bolt pistol out of wood, if I recall
Tullio
Quote from: Dvil on November 18, 2009, 06:32:40 PM
Marvellous, so it is, and only £20 from Argos! Last question regarding the gun: does anyone know how well Citadel paints go onto a nerf gun? They're the only ones I have, unfortunately.
Really? i swear i saw some in toys are us for a tenner.... hmm. profit?
one of these days i will paint one like robeys, just too cool!
Well, that Argos price was literally the first one Google gave me, so I'm not surprised you can get it cheaper elsewhere.
And can anyone suggest a specific brand/kind of paints for use with this?
Quote from: Tullio on November 18, 2009, 06:49:52 PM
Plasticard would be my material of choice, at least for the basic shape. A friend of mine built a bolt pistol out of wood, if I recall
Tullio
That Bolt Pistol is mine, I can take some photos if requested, but it's basically a few layers of MDF sandwiched together.
On another note, I have a Nerf Maverick that will become a good stubber.
Phil.
Quote from: PM102 on November 18, 2009, 06:01:36 PM
And I think Yenk made a laspistol which was on the old 'clave too.
Yep. I made quite a few props for Dark heresy, including a pair of laspistols.
The process of making a laspistol is actually quite easy. Just get yourself a toy gun (the more gubbinsy the better. I used a WW2 style luger), add a diagonally cut section of PVC pipe (to make the distinctive lasweapon barrel) and then use lots of glue and bitz box bitz to make it look 40k.
Then it's just a matter of paint. Lots and lots of paint.
I'm currently toying with the idea of making a full-scale plasma gun out of milk bottles, but that's another story.
Quote from: Ynek on November 19, 2009, 01:09:50 AMI'm currently toying with the idea of making a full-scale plasma gun out of milk bottles, but that's another story.
Don't be silly. The plasma would melt the bottles.
Quote from: MarcoSkoll on November 19, 2009, 01:36:53 AM
Quote from: Ynek on November 19, 2009, 01:09:50 AMI'm currently toying with the idea of making a full-scale plasma gun out of milk bottles, but that's another story.
Don't be silly. The plasma would melt the bottles.
Mine would be special. My psychic powers of refrigeration keep it from melting. :P
This guy has a blog on making a bolter: http://www.bolter.blog.com/ (http://www.bolter.blog.com/)
He's also made possibly the world's most awesome (and hottest) 40k costume, as modelled by his wife: http://z6.invisionfree.com/Obscurus_Crusade/index.php?showtopic=8 (http://z6.invisionfree.com/Obscurus_Crusade/index.php?showtopic=8)
The latter link is for full-scale 40k costuming, so there's quite a bit of stuff in there for a new forum.
...no, I haven't made a 40k costume. Yet.
Actually, I used Citadel paints throughout the Recon modification, and they were fine in both coverage and contact. I worked over a sprayed undercoat of Chaos Black.
However, the Recon was hard work. Sanding off the Nerf logos took forever and caused some unavoidable damage to other details. Taking it apart was laborious and putting it back together again took four goes and risked breaking it.
Having said that, it does look pretty cool now it's finished. And eBay thought it was too realistic to sell on their site, so my auction was taken down. The entire thing is still for sale. Sealed bids to me, please. Nothing under £50. Highest bid wins.
Oh, I also made a minor internal mod to increase the range and muzzle velocity.
I've also done mods on the much easier Maverick-6:
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs44/f/2009/083/3/9/The_Lycomatic_1857_by_precinctomega.jpg
http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs45/f/2009/094/a/3/Hex_Vampiris_1877_by_precinctomega.jpg
R.
Oh right. The Google pics I've seen of the N-strike seem to suggest that it's meant to come apart reasonably easily. Is it more difficult than it looks, or do you have to take it apart further in order to paint it successfully?
Quote from: Dvil on November 20, 2009, 03:51:58 PM...do you have to take it apart further in order to paint it successfully?
Yes, significantly so. You'll need to unscrew it and largely take it back to individual parts.
Ah, right. Oh well, it still seems to be my best option, so I'll stick with it.
If you can find precinctomega's page on deviant art he gives some of the details of the process.