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Published: 2006-11-10 06:06:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 38128; Favourites: 236; Downloads: 7975
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My own personal Nerf Maverick ^_^All I did was sand off the Nerf logos and take it apart to spray paint it a bit. After that some drybrushing with silver worked out well. Used truck bed liner for the handle bit but I'm not sure if that was really worth it. I myself did not mod the gun, but my old room mate helped me shave a few bits off so that the barrel can spin freely.
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I'm Buyng myself a Maverick (after an afternoon thorn between it and Nite Finder), and I so wanna try this @_@
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can you tell me how you dry brushed? and what kind of paint you used?
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"I take some of the paint and brush it on a piece of paper until no more paint is coming off, but there is still paint in the brush. Then I brush the gun lightly and the paint still on the brush catches the raised surfaces of the gun. Some people do it differently though I believe." Copy pasted from another reply a while back.
I used a Silver Rustoleum American Accents latex based enamel for the drybrushing. Honestly I think that any decent acrylic based paint should have a similar result though, you should be able to find those at art supply stores but I would recommend miniature gaming paints like Chainmail from Games Workshop or other miniature paint companies like Vallejo or Reaper. Either way you should start out with light brush strokes and gradually apply more pressure till it looks like you want it to.
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Very nice! Thanks for the sanding/painting tips. I recently got a Maverick and have been hoping to customize it.
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Very nice! Thanks for the paint tips, I recently got a Maverick and have been hoping to do some customization.
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I took some sand paper and rubbed the logos with it until the gun was flat there.
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how do you avoid rubing it too far?
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Well working with the sand paper isn't very quick, it takes some time to sand down the words and make it smooth. Since it takes a while to do, you can check periodically to see your progress. I would recommend using a medium grit to do most of the sanding, the coarser ones would scratch the surface more than you really want. Even better would be to have some fine grit as well, that way you can go over it again when you finish sanding it down to make it smoother.
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i dunno where to get sandpaper.
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I got some at Home Depot years ago, so I imagine you should be able to find it at any hardware store, possibly Wal-Mart, and maybe even grocery stores.
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...wat and where is home depot?
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Home Depot is just a large hardware store chain around where I live, like Lowes. You could try using the store finder on www.homedepot.com to see if one is nearby where you live.
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i'm in australia.
most likely none out here.
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do you mod like for more power and stuff? if so, is there any way to make this gun semi-automatic without having to connect an air tank to it?
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I don't do a lot of modifications, the most I usually do is removing the air restrictors usually so I'm not sure of a way to make it semi-auto. You might check out nerfhaven.com, I know they have a lot of information about gun modifications on their forums.
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If you don't mind me asking, what brand/color paints were used? I typically use Krylon Fusion in satin black, because I can't find flat black spray paint for plastic in my area :/
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That would probably work, from my understanding satin is somewhere in between glossy and matte, I just don't like the way glossy coats look. The Krylon satin black would probably work well for those parts of the gun that rub against each other at the very least.
I actually used a textured Rustoleum for plastics back when I made this, but I haven't seen that in the stores in a long time. More than likely any textured black should work just as well, that's what I've ended up using since then, though I can't give you a brand name anymore unfortunately. You can try it without the textured paint if you want, it would probably end up looking cleaner depending on how you drybrush.
Now, for the silver, I used Rustoleum American Accents latex based enamel. You might consider using something like Chainmail from Games Workshop or another silver color from other miniature paint companies like Vallejo or Reaper. The latex came out alright in the end but it's harder on my brushes I think.
A final note is that I used Dupli-Color Truck Bed Coating for the grip on the gun, but any spray on truck bed liner should work if you want to replicate that.
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Wow the paint job is amazing! That is some awesome attention to detail.
More than that your descriptions are really helpful. I could see this being a tutorial. Hopefully I can create something half as good as this.
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I think you can 
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when you say you used truck bed liner you mean rhino liner type stuff? Where would you get your hands on that?
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I picked it up at an Oreilly Auto Parts store, but anything like Auto Zone and the like should have it in stock. The can I got says Dupli Color Truck Bed Coating.
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I'm trying to modify a Maverick with a similar look. What'd you use to sand away the nerf logos anyway, anything special or the run of the mill stuff. And how'd you paint it so the pieces don't jam or stick, that's what's got me worried.
All questions aside, the gun came out excellent. A very nice job.
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I just used a package I picked up at a hardware store which had a few different sheets of grains, nothing special. I think if you take cylinder and the cocking mechanism off and spray paint them separately that helps a bit. I also tried to use a non-textured spray paint on any areas that would be touching. Really though, I don't think there is anything on the gun that fits too tightly together so it should be ok.
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I just bought a clear maverick yesterday 
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I take some of the paint and brush it on a piece of paper until no more paint is coming off, but there is still paint in the brush. Then I brush the gun lightly and the paint still on the brush catches the raised surfaces of the gun. Some people do it differently though I believe.
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I would totally pay to have mine painted like this. Would try it myself, but I have no artistic talent to speak of.
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Well here's mine: [link]
I'm a fan of.. black and more black and maybe something shiny too
You must have spent a while on the nerf logo to get it to look that clean after dry brushing
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It looks good, I started dry brushing stuff a few years ago and I've just kept on doing it because of how much detail pops out. Yeah it took a little time to sand everything off but I do like that clean look.
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Thanks, I made another one: [link]
I sanded all the logos off cleaner this time
*favorites yours because i forgot before* :/
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Sheebus, those things are really quite sexy once you break 'em down and repaint them, aren't they?
*rubs hands together*
I may just have to get myself one
n___n
beautifully done!
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It might be pretty cool to have for Aftermath
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might be? It absolutely WOULD be!
I've got to have one
*glee!*
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Do a search for "Nerf" on this website and 10 of the most popular 24 deviations feature the Nerf Maverick in some way or another. It must be like...the most popular nerf gun ever. Both of my friend's little brothers have one, and the guys at the comic book store have like six and shoot at each other with them all day. Maybe it's a conspiracy.
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