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    Borderlands

    Game » consists of 30 releases. Released Oct 20, 2009

    Borderlands is a first-person shooter RPG from Gearbox Software that puts players into the shoes of one of four playable characters as they traverse the hostile planet of Pandora in search of a mysterious "Vault," said to contain priceless unknown riches and alien technologies.

    Custom Borderlands NERF Project

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    #1  Edited By turbo_toaster

    Top o' the mornin' to ye, Giant Bomb community! Long time no see.

    I made these and I thought you all might appreciate them. I've been meaning to do this for a year and never had the motivation, until one day I just said, "Fuck it! Let's do this thang." and here we are! I experimented on the Nerf Raider first because it doesn't function that great, so if I screwed up who cares. Turns out I didn't! Anyway look!

    Nerf Raider Before:

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    The finish is dry and smooth, took a lot of patience and light coats of Krylon Fusion. Clear coated to lock in freshness ;)

    And then there was the MEGA MAGNUS. One of the most badass Blasters that Nerf makes. It fires MEGA darts.

    MEGA MAGNUS Before:

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    I'm gonna do a buttload of these. If I forget to post them here, follow me on Instagram at @Turbo_Toaster and my twitter is still @TurboToaster.

    Love you miss you GB Community. Till next time, keep fit and have fun!

    - Kat

    Edit: Finished making my listings!

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheWaypoint

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    #2  Edited By Quid_Pro_Bono

    Oh these are fan-fucking-tastic! You're a really talented painter! You did a really great job getting the Borderlands style on these things. Bravo!

    PS, I would happily pay you for this service. I understand it's unfeasible, but I'm just throwing it out there ;)

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    #3  Edited By doctordonkey

    Damn, that looks amazing, great job.

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    I have never seen real objects that look cell shaded. Its actually kinda freaky and my brain keeps telling me its a screenshot.

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    Those look spot-on! Well done.

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    #6  Edited By turbo_toaster

    @quid_pro_bono:

    Dude totally feasible! I don't want to turn this into some kind of garbage soft sell article but I am going to be selling them eventually on Etsy. It's releasing them into the wild that's the hardest part.

    I'm super excited that the Magnus can be painted without having to disassemble it, so it works like a dream. My Raider...nadda so much, but she's still pretty. ;)

    And thanks guys for the positive feedback!

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    Holy hell, these are amazing. Very nice work! I've thought about doing this for years, but lack every physical and mental aspect required to get it done. But you...you've got some skill!

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    #8  Edited By Corevi

    These look really cool. Kinda hate the Borderlands series after 2 but still a rad art style.

    I would totally buy a Mass Effect nerf gun though.

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    @onekillwonder_:

    I put this off for an entire year and I've never wanted to kick myself more. You can take the gun apart or like with the Magnus I just taped over the parts I didn't want to get paint into (screw holes, dart chamber, the crevice where the sliding piece moves). Sand it a bit, then roll with Krylon Fusion as it bonds well with plastic, and I seal them with Krylon Matte Finish clear coat.

    Taking the tape off when the paint part is done is like Christmas morning! You'll be glad you did it. Let me know if you ever do one, I wanna see it!

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    Wow, that looks awesome. I remember seeing a pellet gun customized to look like a Counter Strike gun a few months back.

    The art style looks great duder.

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    #11  Edited By damodar

    Great work! I'm one of THOSE people that didn't see eye to eye with Borderlands 2, but these are super cool!

    But also, dat mug. Dead or alive, you're coming with me...

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    @turbo_toaster:

    These are very nice good.

    Any plans to do a similar thing with the ammo? Like, make the darts look like Borderlands-y shotgun shells or something?

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    @fattony12000:

    Nah, the darts are specific for the inner-workings. They'd probably jam the gun if I painted them.

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    @turbo_toaster: Ha, there's like a thousand percent certainty that I'll never ever do one, but I'll be sure to let you know if that somehow changes!

    It'd be easier if they just made Borderlands-branded Nerf guns in the first place...

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    #15  Edited By turbo_toaster

    @onekillwonder_:

    I know eh! They're very close though save for not having any real stress effects. Like, the original paint job on the Magnus looks pretty decent by itself. The Elite series isn't half bad in terms of style. The Zombie Strike series is fucking crazy cool, mostly just the SledgeFire for my money. I mean just look at this guy!

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    I'm doing at least a couple of these when I make enough to buy them. For $30 each they're worth every penny.

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    @turbo_toaster: well you should definitely PM me a link to your etsy page when you're ready to start selling!

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    @quid_pro_bono:

    Just finished making the listings. I'll be adding more down the road because now this is a thing I do I guess!

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheWaypoint

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    @fattony12000:

    Nah, the darts are specific for the inner-workings. They'd probably jam the gun if I painted them.

    your a jam

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    Great stuff! Ever since I saw Volpin Props, these sorts of projects have always seemed super cool.

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    Holy shit. That's both amazing and awesome.

    Your pistol custom, it looks like a yellow M-3 Predator with the trigger guard taken off.

    Looks like I'll have to save up a hundred bucks or so.

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    amazing.love the borderlands games so its nice to see something like this.

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    @turbo_toaster: Boy howdy those are pretty! Too bad the Raider is a pain to do 'cause it sure is spiffy.

    Now I'm gonna go all pedantic... I thought (granted I haven't felt the need to pick up Borderlands or B2 in... a year and a half) that Hyperion guns sported more red than yellow - which I think is an S&S thing... though that just makes it more likely for me to get one of these since I never liked Hyperion guns.

    I do kind of wish that there were some Nerf that looked close enough to Maliwan since a spiffy blue "cell shaded" gun would be sweet, but I don't see anything that wouldn't require a bunch of modding.

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    That's pretty rad looking!

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    That's fucking cool.

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    #25  Edited By sgtsphynx  Moderator
    She legitimately looked cel-shaded.
    She legitimately looked cel-shaded.

    Pretty cool, I dare say they look more cel-shaded than this cosplayer I met at Megacon...

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    That looks fantastic Duder!!!

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    #27  Edited By Yummylee

    Good gravy, those are goddamn beautiful! I see we're a fan of the Borderlands 2-era Hyperion brand, too :P

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    These look fantastic! That's a nice store you have there. I bet there are a lot of cosplayers that would love to show these off at a convention.

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    Dope!

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    I don't even care about Borderlands but those are siiick.

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    #31  Edited By Rotnac

    @turbo_toaster: Your attention to detail on these are outstanding! Thanks for sharing your awesome work!

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    These are really cool, good job!

    I've thought about trying to customize Nerf guns before but It seems super tough.

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    This seems like a good place to drop these cel shaded jeans:

    http://kira-meku.tumblr.com/post/94475601623/so-there-someone-here-on-tumblr-stole-the-picture

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    #34  Edited By mrcraggle
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    #35  Edited By turbo_toaster

    New Guns Day!

    Doublestrikes were 25% off so I bought one to muck around with. The yellowish panel glows bright green in the dark. It looks pretty sweet.

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    Friend of mine gave me a Swarmfire to work some magic on.

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    @turbo_toaster: You're like a wizard. A magical, gun painting wizard!

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    #37  Edited By psylah

    Flawless work.

    Nerf is my secret shame. I have a tub of pretty much every N-Strike hidden away in my closet.

    I got a Slingfire early last month, since Amazon got in a limited number and sold them before street date. The performance is underwhelming, but it is a joy to handle.

    I'm sure you'd love to paint one of them up.

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    @psylah:

    Ha! My friend did the same thing, I saw it the other day and indeed I would love to get my hands on one. Looks so fun to use.

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    These look great and would go well with those cell shaded jeans that girl made on that site.

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    that looks amazing. nice work

    @psylah no shame in it. mine is airsoft maybe we could combine it with my

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    #41  Edited By turbo_toaster
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    Dipping into Fallout effects, this one is sort of a hybrid of Fallout and Borderlands. I shoulda just kept it strictly Fallout without the illustration effects but oh well!

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    I wanna see a sledge's shotgun.

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    Those lookin freakin' rad man.

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    It remains awes. And I likes it awes.

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    These are amazing!

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    Resurrecting an old thread for a good reason.

    I travelled over to Kats Esty page and she does some amazing work over there too. I saw these and had to pick them up. Thanks a lot Kat.

    Glow in the dark crystal on top.
    Glow in the dark crystal on top.
    Fits both controllers perfectly.
    Fits both controllers perfectly.

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    @dwigtk:

    Thanks again! Glad you liked em! ^_^

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