News - Steam Gear Rex featured on Extra Content

My Steam Gear Rex project from a few months back was featured on Extra Content last night (Under GaZombie24) with a load of other awesome MGS fan art.

Check out the video here, Steam Gear Rex is at 01:18
 

The tweet I received...

   

...and the project being featured.

 

The Brothel Boomer

Nickname: The Brothel Boomer
Original Name: Nerf Jolt
Gun Number: 005
  
I picked this as my next gun as it was a lot different from the others I had worked on. I didn't want to over work this and decided to keep it looking fairly simple.

The Stilton Shooter

Nickname: The Stilton Shooter
Original Name: Nerf Rough Cut
Gun Number: 003
  
My original idea was to do another Maverick, but the shops no longer see them (unless in clear green). I also wanted to convert the cheese knife to look more like a deadly weapon. But the comedy value of just having a random cheese knife attached to the side was to much to let go... Hence the Stilton Shooter! The knife can be removed too and the gun is still fully working.
 
Your really grating on me. Say Cheese, Punk!

 

The Jack Gun Making: Part 3

First I wanted a belt/strap to surport the whisky...

...i aged the belt and burnt it in areas to add detail...

...The finished product before adding to gun.

Here you can see that the gun has been mounted and the strap is in place.

Like the Satanic Pistol i added a metal cable that enters into the gun.

 

Front left side. You can see other small details in this photo.

 

Rear left shot.

The Satanic Pistol Making: Part 3

First i mounted my dial and steam exhausts. I then added the extra support to keep it in place. I then added a metal cable into one of the exhausts...

I pushed this cable into position, flush with the gun.

I melted a hole into the gun where the wire can enter.

Here you see the cable into the gun.

Front left side. Please note the light bulb i added towards the rear. 

Front right side, to be continued...

The Jack Gun Making: Part 2

This was the paint job once dried...

 

...and the gun was reassembled. I like the two different base colours.

 

In the next photos i added the scrape marks and painted silver in the dents...

 

 ...I think the paint job turned out even better than the Satanic paint job.

The Satanic Pistol Making: Part 2

The gun reassembled after the paint had dryed

  

Next paint job was to paint the grip. I had always had a dark red in mind from the beginning.

Next i added the worn/used look to the gun as well as painting silver in the dents i had created.

The Jack Gun Making: Part 1

The 2nd gun I'm making using the Nerf barrel break...
 

The Barrel Break fresh out of its box, purchased on Ebay.

 

(Forgot to take photos after the sanding, 1000 apologies)

   

I decided to do two base colours on this gun, this is the black...

  

...and this is the gold.

 

(I also forgot to take photos of the parts after paint before assembly.)

The Satanic Pistol Making: Part 1

So this is my progress so far on my first ever Steampunk gun...
   

 This is the Nerf Maverick how it appears out of the box. Purchased from Toys R Us

     

 

 This photo shows the gun after a sanding and small dents and scrapes carved in.

   

I take the gun apart to sand areas i couldn't reach and to prepare the gun for spray. I was amazed at the simple design the Nerf gun uses to fire these darts... Very clever!

    

Here the gun is all separated out ready for spray. I have decided to do the one colour for my first gun.

  

The gun after being sprayed up. Next step is to reassemble the gun.

 



The Jack Gun

Nickname: The Jack Gun
Original Name: Nerf Barrel Break
Gun Number: 002
 
I knew from the start I wanted an old bottle of Jack Daniels to be a featured on one of my guns. The idea being that maybe the whisky acts as an alternative co2 boost to the guns steam power. When I first saw the Nerf Barrel break I knew this was the gun to feature my whisky idea.

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