To continue with my modification of toy guns where Part 4 left off, the next three have a bit more aging and weathering to them. After I got my new painting supplies, I now had a number of colors to work with to create more rugged and aged finishes. Most importantly, I was now able to take a more realistic approach to creating Post-Apocalyptic Dieselpunk weaponry.With the successful sale of The Lady From Hades, I wanted to push the envelope a bit to see if I could do the same with a water pistol. So, on one of my trips to the junk store, I found a double barreled water pistol to test the theory out on. Of course, as is typical of most toy guns made today, the colors were (to put it mildly) atrocious. Once I tested the gun to make sure it worked, I went about sanding off all the lettering and smoothing out the seams, before hitting it with a coat of Rust-oleum Satin Black spray paint. As soon as that dried, I misted the gun with Rust-oleum Metallic Satin Silver spray paint to get a good two-tone base to work from. I got a bit of overspray on the handle from the silver, so I went ahead and painted it with Tamiya Flat Black. The barrel and muzzle were painted in Tamiya Gunmetal first and then washed over with layers of Testors Model Masters (MM) Steel to give it a more realistic look. Once that was done, I added some pinstriping on both sides of the handle in MM Silver and some pinstriper flames in MM Silver and Tamiya Flat Black on the barrel. To finish it off, I gave it the usual wash of India Ink to bring out the shadows and details and coated it with a healthy dose of Future Shine to protect the finish.
The result was Hephaestus Revenge. It recently sold on eBay to a nice fellow in England.
Happy with the finished look of Hephaestus Revenge, I turned my sights on one of the Nerf N-Strike Maverick Rev-6s I picked up awhile back and hadn't gotten around to painting. I decided to give this one a similar paint scheme but with some changes.
After sanding off the Nerf logo and all the lettering, I removed the air restrictors completely (to allow for maximum air flow and the use of any foam ammunition) and gave the gun the "Russian Roulette" mod (as it has become known as) to allow for the ammo chamber to flip out fully. I then hit the gun pretty hard with the sander to give the appearance of battle scars and dents. Before reassembling the gun, I gave it a coat of Rust-oleum Satin Black and a misting of Rust-oleum Metallic Satin Silver. With the gun reassembled and working properly, I filled all the screw holes in the body of the gun with Milliput and smoothed a few seams out. Since I accidentally mixed a bit too much epoxy putty up, I didn't want to waste it ($8 for 4 oz. and it has to be imported from England which doesn't make it easy to get a hold of in the states). So, I went ahead and used the remaining bit to modify the opening of the barrel to fill in the notches on the sides of it, filled in the groove on the front of the gun to look like a welded spot, filled the center slot on both sides of the trigger to look like a weld repair, and altered the lines of the area under the ammo chamber to smooth them out. After the Milliput dried, I sanded it smooth (except for the areas I wanted to look like welds), and hit the gun with some more Satin Black and Metallic Satin Silver to even out the finish.
To create the Post-Apocalyptic finish, I painted the handle in Tamiya Flat Black and then covered the rest of the gun in washes of Tamiya Gunmetal and Testors Model Masters Steel. Once I was satisfied with the realism of the metal finishes, I went about dry brushing multiple layers of Testors Model Masters Rust to the gun. To bring out areas where the rust would have been worn back to raw metal, I lightly dry brushed a few layers of Testors Model Masters Steel over top of some of the rust. Then, using a DecoColor Broad Line Black paint marker, a DecoColor Fine Line White paint marker, and some Testors Model Masters Bloode Red, I added a couple of WWII style "Shark-faced" bombs to either side of the cocking mechanism. The gun was then layered with washes of India Ink and finished with a coat of Future Shine.
The result was Hell's Belle. Just like The Lady From Hades, the gun was named after a bomber that flew during WWII.
The same time that I picked up the gun that became Hephaestus Revenge, I found this next dihydrogen monoxide blaster. It had the same basic look and feel of Port and Starboard, so I decided to give it a nautical Steampunk look as well. However, with this one, I wanted to make it look like it had been salvaged from the depths of the sea. I didn't like the rubber strap that connected the fill plug to the body, so I cut most of it away leaving only the plug. I then painted the gun with a the base coat of Rust-oleum Metallic Antique Brass, added dry brushed layers of Testors Model Masters Brass, painted the copper elements with Tamiya Copper and Tamiya Dark Copper paint, and painted the handle, front grip, and rubber plug in Tamiya Flat Black. Once that was done, I coated the copper in several heavy washes of Testors Master Models Verdigris (to give it the look of heavy corrosion), dry brushed some Testors Master Models Rust on the handle, front grip, and plug (to give the appearance of rusted cast iron), and added a bit of rust to the brass. The gun was then layered with washes of India Ink and sealed with Future Shine.
The result was The Siren's Song.
Both Hell's Belle and The Siren's Song will be put up for sale on eBay in a couple of weeks. Your bid will help support further modified water pistols and foam dart guns.
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