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First off I'm only assuming that this post belongs in this section. If it doesn't forgive me.

Anywhoo, I was inspired by Ice's 6th Longshot paint job. So when he told me what colors were used I decided to go ahead and open up my recon and paint it. Along the way I ended up modding it a tad. I removed the AR and did part of a mod by deaddumpster (wrapped e-tape around the plunger to make the spring compress more).

I haven't put clear coat on it yet, so it's not going to be used too much yet. I'll shoot a couple of rounds in the office when I'm showing it off of course I will eventually get to painting the rest of the pieces but for now I'm happy with just the hand gun part.

Sorry for the shitty phone pictures:











Some Details


I used Games Work Shop paints (Red Scab, Tin Bitz) and I painted it after priming the gun with a cheap matte black spray paint. The red didn't turn out exactly how I was hoping, but it has this weird purpleish color that's growing on me. The color scheme reminds me of The Huntress. The actual colors used by Ice was Red Scab, Chaos Black, and Boltgun Metal. The store I went to unfortunately didn't have the Boltgun Metal, so I substitued it with the Tin Bitz.

After doing this mod it just makes me want to go out and buy a cheap Maverick. Steam Punk Maverick here I come! Tell me what you guys think.

EDIT:

Here are the rest of the pics

Yay stock and barrel:


Details:






Trying to fit her all in:




In all her glory:


How I'm going to use her at work:


Looks like I'm going to call her "The Huntress"

Now don't go flaming me for buying a recon...

I've read that a lot of you don't like the recon. I've also read that a lot of you are serious Nerfer's that actually use a lot of these outside. I fortunately only have an office war / office assassin game to play. I decided to pick up the recon because everyone else had the Maverick, or the Night Finder. I figure I'd come in with something totally different.

I then decided to sign up on these boards because I've been watching videos from a kid on youtube named uin13. I liked all his paint jobs (love the 6th Longshot), plus the unintentional comedy, and I heard him talk about these boards. So I figure I'd give it a shot.

I just wanted to ask you seasoned pros where I can find an extra clip? I've only seen one on ebay, and the hasbro and amazon websites are all sold out.

I also wanted to know if the recon can shoot any of the other darts besides the streamlines? I know it won't take the micro darts with the suction cups. Because of that I unfortunately can't use anyone else's ammo in the office... But I figure if I but a couple of darts that work with both I'm sure I won't mind.