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[baghead]

Someone had contracted me to do this really cool AT2K Flame Paintjob but backed out because I was asking too much for it, but I did it anyway. I figured I’d show it off and see what you guys think about it. I'll probably be selling it still but I want to know what you would pay for it. It took about three days, 6 cans of testors spray paint and a huge amount of hand touch-ups, but this is by far the best paintjob I’ve done so far. It's a metallic black topcoat with a gold to candy apple red fade for the flames, it had a silver basecoat, allowing the red to look really good.




Just so you know I have pics of every stage of the paintjob and I’m writing an article on how to do an excellent paintjob that I will post soon fo sho.

Baghead

EDIT: Bolt Master Zero helped me out and loaded the pics to his photobucket, i'm working on getting my own account right now

Edited by baghead, 08 April 2005 - 06:10 PM.

[ShortShit]

hot.

Edited by ShortShit, 08 April 2005 - 03:39 PM.

[baghead]

i was afraid of that. since my site is hosted by geocities; i bet it will be down for a while, they're crappy like that.

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Edited by baghead, 07 April 2005 - 11:38 PM.

[PissBacon]

How about you just use www.imageshack.us ?

[Gamefreak]

Woah, very nice!

[LiKnSmAkScOmIn]

That paint job is very nice. I like it.

One small thing though-the pump handle is rotated to the right.

[Half Newb Half Nerfer]

Thats nice man. I can't belive you did that with spray paint...
~Halfling

[Drano]

you would be suprised what you can do with a can of spray paint.
paintyourownguitar

Edited by Drano, 08 April 2005 - 10:26 AM.

[baghead]

One small thing though-the pump handle is rotated to the right.

yeah, I did that on purpose because I like the feel of the handle like that, and it makes the whole thing look just a little cleaner

[cxwq]

Looks really nice, though the embossed Nerf logo really detracts from all that hard work. I guess I would have shaved that if I was going to do detail painting right over that spot.

[Drano]

One small thing though-the pump handle is rotated to the right.

yeah, I did that on purpose because I like the feel of the handle like that, and it makes the whole thing look just a little cleaner

yea i did the exact same thing on one of my 2ks

[baghead]

the embossed Nerf logo really detracts from all that hard work. I guess I would have shaved that if I was going to do detail painting right over that spot.

Actually i was thinking of going back over Nerf logo by hand so that it's readable again, I'm thinking silver or maybe orange.

[Grinch]

That looks really awesome, but like Cx, i would've sanded down the upraised Nerf logo.

How did you mask off the flames? What kind of tape did you use, or are they hand-painted?

Edited by Grinch, 09 April 2005 - 02:30 PM.

[ItalionStallion]

Hey, nice gun..

I couldn't help but notice that you put the pump on wrong. Just a suggestion..

Edited by ItalionStallion, 09 April 2005 - 03:25 PM.

[Black Wrath]

I couldn't help but notice that you put the pump on wrong. Just a suggestion..

Neither could about three other people who had already mentioned it. The kid even explained he reasoning for it too.

Pay attention next time.

[NJNerfer]

had to edit this, originally i had the same thing as black wraith be he posted before me...

Edited by NJNerfer, 09 April 2005 - 05:28 PM.

[baghead]

How did you mask off the flames? What kind of tape did you use, or are they hand-painted?

I Origanally masked off the flames with good ol' Blue painter's masking tape, I used the thick(duct tape sized) roll and cut out the flames with an x-acto by placing strips of tape on wax paper, then cuting it. After I removed the masking from the gun I actually had to do a whole bunch of hand touch-ups. So it's sorta spray/hand painted flames.

[Terminator]

Just curious. How much were you asking for the gun baghead?

-Terminator

[baghead]

Just curious.  How much were you asking for the gun baghead?

-Terminator

I have to ask at least $45-$50:
The paint was expensive : 20ish
then gun and brass add on another 8
and suddenly i'm not getting much out of the 20+ hours of work I put into it don't seem to pay out all that great though...

[Terminator]

Alright thanks. I cant say what I would pay because I dont care what my guns look like as long as it works well. However, on this such occasion I think I would pay materials fee plus $10 which would come out to around $40.

-Terminator

[duce]

Sweet dude. I did someting similar to one of by sm1500s. It was white and had a blue flame. Unfortunately it took a beating and got all scratched up, then the tank exploded.

[baghead]

Yeah, I do not intend to actually USE this gun, this was more of a peice of Art than a gun to go NERF with. I think I'll take this badboy over to e-bay and see what I can get for it, or at least the trading forums.