AthenorBattle Hardened OptimistThe Skies of HiigaraRegistered Userregular
edited October 2006
How do colleges usually react to this sort of thing? I mean, I doubt I could bring my Longshot onto the quad of Illinois State, and not get hassled about it.
I picked up two Mavericks and Bully last night. I had to pay a $300 USD ticket today.
Payday is the 27th.
The Longshot will be mine. :twisted:
How about a camo paint sheme? I used to paint Gundam and give them to my little brothers for Christmas; the camo scheme went over like gangbusters. Any ideas?
How do colleges usually react to this sort of thing? I mean, I doubt I could bring my Longshot onto the quad of Illinois State, and not get hassled about it.
I'm not really sure, honestly. I went to a small private college, and nobody seemed to have a problem with it there, as long as we stayed away from busy areas (which we did, except for a couple cafeteria raids, and a computer-lab assassination... but we left these areas pretty quickly). I imagine larger colleges might consider it a nuisance, but I don't see why they would have a problem with you having it on school grounds, provided you weren't picking people off from the bell tower.
How do colleges usually react to this sort of thing? I mean, I doubt I could bring my Longshot onto the quad of Illinois State, and not get hassled about it.
Just don't dye the gun black. Keep it the big flashy yellow and orange and they typically don't bother you as long as no one complians of you shooting them in the eye.
I've had the cops called on me at my college for running with a hooded sweatshirt up (It was drizzling and I was doing my offseason track workout), so taking thiss tuff outside wont be a good idea unless we stay away from the roads that the cops can go on.
Still, I would love to sit in a tree, waiting for someone to get out of class and snipe them as they leave the building.
Anyone do ammo mods yet? I've done the one where you add a piece of steel shot or a small ball bearing into the dart and then super glued it. It adds probably 10 feet in distance.
edit- you arent hitting them with shot, the superglue goes infront of it and acts as another soft rubber tip.
I had to get more ammo for the Maverick I have at work, and all target had was the kind with the velcro on them. They are slightly too long for the Maverick barrel, so I cut a small bit off the tails on each one. They work perfectly now.
Bouncy as hell too. Someone returned my fire with one earlier, and it bounced back and forth twice before bonking someone in the forehead.
We may need to do something about that... I don't like the idea of ricochet casualties.
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I had to get more ammo for the Maverick I have at work, and all target had was the kind with the velcro on them. They are slightly too long for the Maverick barrel, so I cut a small bit off the tails on each one. They work perfectly now.
Bouncy as hell too. Someone returned my fire with one earlier, and it bounced back and forth twice before bonking someone in the forehead.
We may need to do something about that... I don't like the idea of ricochet casualties.
Those would be dart tag darts. They're nice. Still need to get more guns that can fire the damn things, though.
I had to get more ammo for the Maverick I have at work, and all target had was the kind with the velcro on them. They are slightly too long for the Maverick barrel, so I cut a small bit off the tails on each one. They work perfectly now.
Bouncy as hell too. Someone returned my fire with one earlier, and it bounced back and forth twice before bonking someone in the forehead.
We may need to do something about that... I don't like the idea of ricochet casualties.
Those would be dart tag darts. They're nice. Still need to get more guns that can fire the damn things, though.
Yeah. I took a millimeter or two off the end of each one, and then they started working fine.
MuddBudd on
There's no plan, there's no race to be run
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
I had to get more ammo for the Maverick I have at work, and all target had was the kind with the velcro on them. They are slightly too long for the Maverick barrel, so I cut a small bit off the tails on each one. They work perfectly now.
Bouncy as hell too. Someone returned my fire with one earlier, and it bounced back and forth twice before bonking someone in the forehead.
We may need to do something about that... I don't like the idea of ricochet casualties.
Those would be dart tag darts. They're nice. Still need to get more guns that can fire the damn things, though.
Yeah. I took a millimeter or two off the end of each one, and then they started working fine.
Awesome, good to know I can buy more darts.
I'm honestly thinking about buying another just so i can have 4 clips on me during a war.
Also- nerf needs to make a knife. If I run out of ammo I want to be able to hide in a bush and shank someone.
Oh, man. What the fuck?
I'm not sure that I'd want to try a Nerf War at your college. I'm not sure that I'd even want to walk around at your college.
It was pretty annoying. I was doing hill sprints and a guy called them saying I was looking suspicious and acting like I was going to break into cars.
I didn't know that thiefs run up a hill 8 times before they break into your car.....
Our house tends not to be safe for visitors unless guests actually walk in with a nerf gun. End of the workday everyday is a full out assault in the living room, it's fantastic.
Our house tends not to be safe for visitors unless guests actually walk in with a nerf gun. End of the workday everyday is a full out assault in the living room, it's fantastic.
How did you do that, you glorious, glorious bastard?
Our house tends not to be safe for visitors unless guests actually walk in with a nerf gun. End of the workday everyday is a full out assault in the living room, it's fantastic.
How did you do that, you glorious, glorious bastard?
I agree, you bastard.
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There's no plan, there's no race to be run
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
Our house tends not to be safe for visitors unless guests actually walk in with a nerf gun. End of the workday everyday is a full out assault in the living room, it's fantastic.
Those are fucking sweet. Did you paint them up yourself?
Second question, how did you paint them? I mean, what kind of paint did you use to get the worn steel look?
Third question, have you considered how much a pair like that might fetch on e-bay? At least until a cop gunned down some kid for brandishing a pair of nerf hand-cannons...
Edited to fix the image tags. Guns are too sweet to be BotP'd.
Man, these are the things I think about when someone says 40k Bolters
Thanks for all the comments. I painted these up myself, and modded them to boot. I took everything apart, and sprayed it down with a Krylon plastic bonding primer. I sprayed a flat black, then pulled out all my games workshop paints and went to town. All the metal is drybrushed mithril silver, and I just did a couple layers of blending to the handles to achieve that look. The green gun is just 4 layers of drybrushed greens, and painted on damage.
I have no clue how much these might fetch on ebay, hadn't thought about it. I do have a modded/painted firefly as well, and a few other guns if anyone cares.
Our house tends not to be safe for visitors unless guests actually walk in with a nerf gun. End of the workday everyday is a full out assault in the living room, it's fantastic.
How did you do that, you glorious, glorious bastard?
Thanks for all the comments. I painted these up myself, and modded them to boot. I took everything apart, and sprayed it down with a Krylon plastic bonding primer. I sprayed a flat black, then pulled out all my games workshop paints and went to town. All the metal is drybrushed mithril silver, and I just did a couple layers of blending to the handles to achieve that look. The green gun is just 4 layers of drybrushed greens, and painted on damage.
I have no clue how much these might fetch on ebay, hadn't thought about it. I do have a modded/painted firefly as well, and a few other guns if anyone cares.
Put those on Nerfhaven. You'll be a God.
Christ man, I'd pay maybe $130 for those guns in one lot. Maybe more. They're beautiful, and I'd never get to do that myself.
Wow. I just wanted to share my stuff with like minded enthusiasts, but you guys are making me blush. Who knew miniature painting skills would come in handy for something else one day? We have a sci fi larp down where I live, that just happens to use nerf guns as its weapon of choice, so we pretty much bought out our local toys'r'us.
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Our house tends not to be safe for visitors unless guests actually walk in with a nerf gun. End of the workday everyday is a full out assault in the living room, it's fantastic.
I would pay you to paint up one of those new sniper rifles for me. Interested?
Wow. I just wanted to share my stuff with like minded enthusiasts, but you guys are making me blush. Who knew miniature painting skills would come in handy for something else one day? We have a sci fi larp down where I live, that just happens to use nerf guns as its weapon of choice, so we pretty much bought out our local toys'r'us.
That's so awesome.
A Military LARP like that would rule.
Edit: If your local newspaper has an advertisement section, put a classified ad in. Say you'll paint Nerf Guns for a price. Make some cash on the side.
I was in target yesterday and they had plenty of the mavericks and longshots and I thought about walking out with 2 mavs and a longshot but I did not. Unfortunately I have no one to play with here, and outside of my own enjoyment of shooting the mirrors and TVs in my house, I would have no use for them.
-Jyardana -The mavericks and the firefly start off black, and then I use a painting technique called drybrushing to hit the highlights of the gun with metal paint. Thats what gets the color looking that way. They actually look really bright until I seal them.
-Athenor - The primer isn't what makes the paint feel less like paint, its what holds the paint to the gun. A good gloss acrylic makes the paint feel just like the plastic finish, and gives the guns a shiny look to it.
Thanks for all the compliments, they're much appreciated. My friends just dropped by in the last hour or so with another Maverick, a nitefinder (sp?) and a buzz bee toys double shot rifle. I'll be taking these apart and painting them tomorrow, I'm thrilled
Wow. I just wanted to share my stuff with like minded enthusiasts, but you guys are making me blush. Who knew miniature painting skills would come in handy for something else one day? We have a sci fi larp down where I live, that just happens to use nerf guns as its weapon of choice, so we pretty much bought out our local toys'r'us.
It's funny that you mention a sci-fi larp, because my wife and I did Malcolm Reynolds and Inara Sera costumes for Halloween last year, and were considering doing the same thing again this year, and the first thing I thought when I saw the top one was my God I need that for Mal's gun.
I've already ordered a Maverick online, but I know I won't be able to match that glorious paint job. Hats off, sir. :^: :shock: :^:
I've never possessed a Nerf gun in my life (they're just not popular at all on this side of the pond, it appears), nor have I ever had any interest in purchasing one, since I'd have noone to play with, and yet it took a great deal of self-restraint not to hit up the PMs and ask if Aardvark would consider shipping internationally. Perhaps in the future, when I have slightly more money to throw around irresponsibly.
Those guns are poetry. In particular, the Firefly is very impressive and I must own one of those revolver-types you posted on page 7.
I've never possessed a Nerf gun in my life (they're just not popular at all on this side of the pond, it appears), nor have I ever had any interest in purchasing one, since I'd have noone to play with, and yet it took a great deal of self-restraint not to hit up the PMs and ask if Aardvark would consider shipping internationally. Perhaps in the future, when I have slightly more money to throw around irresponsibly.
Those guns are poetry. In particular, the Firefly is very impressive and I must own one of those revolver-types you posted on page 7.
Gods, I wish I wasn't so arse at arts and crafts.
The revolver-types are Mavericks.
And fuck current interest. Buy a whole bunch and go force your friends to play.
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Payday is the 27th.
The Longshot will be mine. :twisted:
How about a camo paint sheme? I used to paint Gundam and give them to my little brothers for Christmas; the camo scheme went over like gangbusters. Any ideas?
I'm not really sure, honestly. I went to a small private college, and nobody seemed to have a problem with it there, as long as we stayed away from busy areas (which we did, except for a couple cafeteria raids, and a computer-lab assassination... but we left these areas pretty quickly). I imagine larger colleges might consider it a nuisance, but I don't see why they would have a problem with you having it on school grounds, provided you weren't picking people off from the bell tower.
Just don't dye the gun black. Keep it the big flashy yellow and orange and they typically don't bother you as long as no one complians of you shooting them in the eye.
Still, I would love to sit in a tree, waiting for someone to get out of class and snipe them as they leave the building.
Anyone do ammo mods yet? I've done the one where you add a piece of steel shot or a small ball bearing into the dart and then super glued it. It adds probably 10 feet in distance.
edit- you arent hitting them with shot, the superglue goes infront of it and acts as another soft rubber tip.
ah, the joys of OCD...
Oh, man. What the fuck?
I'm not sure that I'd want to try a Nerf War at your college. I'm not sure that I'd even want to walk around at your college.
This is why I check Hasbro's webpage, quite often, to see if they are selling Longshot ammo/clips yet.
Which, as of yet, they aren't.
Bouncy as hell too. Someone returned my fire with one earlier, and it bounced back and forth twice before bonking someone in the forehead.
We may need to do something about that... I don't like the idea of ricochet casualties.
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
Those would be dart tag darts. They're nice. Still need to get more guns that can fire the damn things, though.
Yeah. I took a millimeter or two off the end of each one, and then they started working fine.
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
Awesome, good to know I can buy more darts.
I'm honestly thinking about buying another just so i can have 4 clips on me during a war.
Also- nerf needs to make a knife. If I run out of ammo I want to be able to hide in a bush and shank someone.
It was pretty annoying. I was doing hill sprints and a guy called them saying I was looking suspicious and acting like I was going to break into cars.
I didn't know that thiefs run up a hill 8 times before they break into your car.....
Our house tends not to be safe for visitors unless guests actually walk in with a nerf gun. End of the workday everyday is a full out assault in the living room, it's fantastic.
I need a place to buy the Longshot/Maverick combo online that doesn't rape for shipping. Suggestions?
How did you do that, you glorious, glorious bastard?
I agree, you bastard.
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
Those are fucking sweet. Did you paint them up yourself?
Second question, how did you paint them? I mean, what kind of paint did you use to get the worn steel look?
Third question, have you considered how much a pair like that might fetch on e-bay? At least until a cop gunned down some kid for brandishing a pair of nerf hand-cannons...
Edited to fix the image tags. Guns are too sweet to be BotP'd.
Man, these are the things I think about when someone says 40k Bolters
Excellent job on those. Seriously A+ work right there.
I have no clue how much these might fetch on ebay, hadn't thought about it. I do have a modded/painted firefly as well, and a few other guns if anyone cares.
I have seen true beauty.
Put those on Nerfhaven. You'll be a God.
Christ man, I'd pay maybe $130 for those guns in one lot. Maybe more. They're beautiful, and I'd never get to do that myself.
I would pay you to paint up one of those new sniper rifles for me. Interested?
That's so awesome.
A Military LARP like that would rule.
Edit: If your local newspaper has an advertisement section, put a classified ad in. Say you'll paint Nerf Guns for a price. Make some cash on the side.
Modded Firefly:
Old Star Wars episode one replica blaster that I got on ebay and repainted. Yes, it fits in perfectly in the glock holster behind it.
And yes, yes I would paint these for monies. A million times yes. Its fun enough as is. PM me.
Oh my GOD.
Dude.
Dude.
Just don't make a thread about it on the forums. They don't consider painting to be a "mod" and will basically call you a ricer in so many words.
Because I'll be damned if it doesn't look fucking gorgeous.
I was in target yesterday and they had plenty of the mavericks and longshots and I thought about walking out with 2 mavs and a longshot but I did not. Unfortunately I have no one to play with here, and outside of my own enjoyment of shooting the mirrors and TVs in my house, I would have no use for them.
Now you make me wish I had gotten them.
Which gun? I couldn't figure out if you meant the actual metal looking guns, the green with the damage, or the black with the damage.
The Firefly.
Although I would also like to hear how you got the look for the black Mavs as well.
-Athenor - The primer isn't what makes the paint feel less like paint, its what holds the paint to the gun. A good gloss acrylic makes the paint feel just like the plastic finish, and gives the guns a shiny look to it.
Thanks for all the compliments, they're much appreciated. My friends just dropped by in the last hour or so with another Maverick, a nitefinder (sp?) and a buzz bee toys double shot rifle. I'll be taking these apart and painting them tomorrow, I'm thrilled
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I've already ordered a Maverick online, but I know I won't be able to match that glorious paint job. Hats off, sir. :^: :shock: :^:
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Those guns are poetry. In particular, the Firefly is very impressive and I must own one of those revolver-types you posted on page 7.
Gods, I wish I wasn't so arse at arts and crafts.
The revolver-types are Mavericks.
And fuck current interest. Buy a whole bunch and go force your friends to play.