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[1313]

Has anyone tried to "paint" their guns with sharpie markers? I do that a lot and I really like to use the metallic siver color marker. Does anyone else do this?

[Half Newb Half Nerfer]

No, it never ocured to me, but I may try it now. Does it work very good?
~Halfling

[1313]

Yes, for me it works great, and supprisingly it dosent smear off.

[NerfMonkey]

My retard friend tried that and it looks like crap on his, but that's 'cause he uses crappy little dollar store guns that it smears off of.

[duce]

I could imagine doing small details on a gun but the whole thing? That would seem sort of tedious.

[leftnut]

My brother painted his barrels with them once, it was on the sm3k but it fell apart so he never really held it and used it.

[Fuse]

I never was able to get an even look. The borders between strokes always showed VERY clearly for me. Any if I tried to go over an area often the second coat would sort of re-wet the first coat and just get messy.

[ACLakeside]

Wow. I am working on my AT2K right now with a black sharpie and I like how it is working out. The coat is a little uneven looking from close up (say like, a foot or less), but it looks very nice from a little bit farther away.

Edit: Okay I just finished it and it looks great here's a picture. It's a little small so you can click on it if you want.


I like how it looks, but it smells like sharpie if you get too close and the feel is a little weird. However, it worked well, but I would still use paint because it is easier and you doesn't take as long.

Edited by ACLakeside, 18 December 2004 - 11:23 PM.

[AirApache]

I'd do it for the smell.

[DJ Hurley]

See, wouldn't the marker smear onto your hand as you hold it? I'd only use a sharpie for art and detail, maybe for getting around certain parts that spray paint couldn't do. But deffinatly for some gun art.

[1313]

Like I said, if you let the marker dry for a couple hours it dosent smear at all. I did this to my nf and it worked great, but if you can use paint thats probably better. I only did this because I dont have acess to any paint and wanted a sliver nf.

[okto]

S'awful sticky, though. Dried Sharpie tends to be kinda tacky and it will wear off on your hands.