Photo Jackpot Edition!

Welcome back Folks! You're just in time for the photo avalanche!

Got a lot of stuff moved along enough to get some photos. I've also included a few that are just starting the trip, but thought you'd enjoy seeing them "before" and after :)

The Vulcan is probably my favorite for this week, but I'm really liking how the N7 Maverick is coming along. That should be done soon. Expect more photos soon, I kept a lot of stuff secret for now...ooh mysterious, right?

Have a great weekend and we'll meet back here soon!

Brian

Ok, with all the lip flapping out of the way, on to the photozzzz sorry some might be the dreaded iP4 versions, now in "Low-Rez w/ bad color correction!" :)

HALO Themed Vulcan is finally all done. Adding the dust and dirt was nerve-wracking :)




Another one of the tiny cap guns. Very cute little thing! Steampunk Baby? Hmm..




Your basic oddly-green pistol


Standard issue Maverick ready for steampunk embellishments




One of my little squirt guns. I was testing out the water-slide decals made by Chris over at http://vaultlol.com. Check out his awesome Fallout props!




I think this one is Mars themed? I made it to test out doing chipping and ended up liking the different color scheme. This was kina what started all the red guns..plus I bought a lot of red paint. Waste not-want not! :)






The Vid-Phôn from the movie Blade Runner in a custom color scheme




Retro Mass Effect Maverick. Just for fun and still in progress



Yep, had to make some kinda Mass Effect themed Scout too



Going for a kinda "Covenant" coloration on this one. the perp color is a bit off in this photo



Just a simple brass squirtgun. I really like these for some reason..



All I can tell you is that I work long hours...and I've wanted to paint one since last year :)





Blue Halo-themed Scout with a lot of subtle color changes and whatnots..yes, I want the decal a bit (read: a lot) smaller, but the vinyl is very tough to separate when the pieces are any smaller







Ok, my clicky finger is tired. Hope you enjoyed the pics and if you like this stuff, please tell a friend. Or an enemy BEFORE you hit em. Please and Thanks! ;)


(you can find the bigger pictures on my main blog: http://johnsonarms.wordpress.com)

Proton and Praxis Obtained!

I hope you all are finding your own Vortex guns at the local stores, I know I'm seeing people posting on Facebook with their "early" finds. I managed to grab a Proton and Praxis after work and have spent part of the evening shooting my walls with little green frizbees :) I took a few photos of them in stock form so no shocking spy photos here, but I figured I better post a few just in case you haven't found better ones already online.

They shoot great and I think they'll make great props. Expect to see them worked into the schedule next week. Let the spring and screw losing being!



So I really like the packaging on the new guns. I expect more from the dart guns now. I do not want to be able to touch the gun before I open the box! :)


The Praxis - the cocking mechanism seems to delay shooting the next round for just a fraction of a second, but maybe I'm just imagining things...still love the gun and it's design. For the price I kinda expected some scope that would compliment the gun. Ah well...just gotta buy the big daddy for that bit of kit :)


The Proton - It's small, but it's awesome in my opinion. using the little side levers to load the disk makes me smile for some weird reason. I'm going to have fun with this one for sure :)



Bonus photo of some post-apocalyptic weaponry for a Fallout style costume


More photos soon - lots of new stuff :)

Brian

*you can also see these in a large form at http://Johnsonarms.wordpress.com (my "main" blog site of which this is a qasi-mirror).  I maintain this site because there's enough traffic to warrant it, but feel free to check out whichever you prefer :)

Custom NERF Vigilon gets some paint and Jayne’s Vera gets some character!

Sorry for a short post tonight, but I wanted to get a few photos up before heading out. I painted the rear part of the Vigilon to get a sense of the color-scheme (military/HALO-ish) and from that I think the gun will look pretty cool when it's all done. I also started breaking up the canvas that is my NERF version of Vera from the TV show Firefly. That's one heck of a detailed prop and so I'm doing my best to replicate the different surfaces. I'm certain it will look good when it's done, but I'm shooting for great so we'll see how the next week goes!

Enjoy the pictures and thank you for visiting my humble little blog site. :)

Brian







Vera with parts missing, of course!


A couple scouts that snuck in..

Shop Update Saturday 8-27-2011

Spent a good part of the day at the workshop and I think I got a lot accomplished. Too tired to know for sure..I'll check to see what I actually did tomorrow :) Hope these photos will work until I get some good sunlight tomorrow!

Second primer on the Vigilon


Vera getting some detail work now




Finished Lanard X8 in steel and brass




Lanard X6 Work in progress, but getting along nicely!




did some touchups on the D9 squirt gun :)




Thanks for looking and have a great weekend!

Brian


(larger photos on johnsonarms.wordpress.com)

Let the Nerf Vigilon customization begin!

Thanks to a generous gift in the mail today , I started work on a custom painted Nerf Vigilon from the upcoming Vortex series. It was stamped with a few odd phrases...DO. NOT. SELL. :) I didn't pay a dime, so I'm going to assume I won't have my doors kicked in any time soon! I posted some photos below of the gun out of the box as well as into the sanding phase. It's got putty drying right now, but tomorrow I should be ready to base coat and then get after masking this weekend. I'm really looking forward to seeing how it comes out, because I have no idea what I'm going to do with it at the moment :)

Stay tuned, as the photos show there are some other cool props in the works as well! Add me on facebook if you want to see more WIP photos of this and all the other silliness! facebook.com/johnson.arms


Santa came today!






Laying out some of the loot



Sanding..still my fav!




DO NOT....nope, can't make out the last word ;)


Weathering on the StrikeCon


Vera from Firefly getting close to detail painting stage




I am IRON MAN! (Thanks to Pocket at Urban Taggers for the idea!)


For the nature crowd, here's a few shots of some of the skies we've had thanks to Hurricane Irene :)


Double Rainbowz!



Your's truly :)


Thank you for visiting and stop back soon!

Brian

Nerf Vortex Vigilon