So as you can see, it comes in this horrible, although expected, lime green and has some details on it, mainly white paint and "BOOMco" and "Halo" in raised plastic. The raised plastic was the first thing to go. Luckily, the white paint was easy to paint over and I didn't have to do much to it.
They also carry other various guns from Halo for those of you interested!
For sanding, I take down the raised logos using a bigger grit sand paper.
Once it is down far enough, I switch to a fine grit sand paper to start smoothing everything out. I still have to use the large grit sandpaper in the image above as the plastic was still very raised.
After, I decided on the paint job using internet references. I was debating on taking the gun apart, but apparently this is no easy task with this gun and I read online about more than one person breaking it while attempting to disassemble it. As such, I decided to leave it intact. This really would pose no issue as I am not taking the "ammo" because it is not allowed at the con, so you won't see the green on the inside.
Here is the silver coat. I only do one coat for this base. Make sure the spray paint is for plastic!
Once dried, I tape off the areas I want to stay silver and spray paint using the black paint. I highly suggest leaving the first coat of silver to dry for 24 hours BEFORE spraying the black. It will give the silver enough time to cure so you won't get sticky paint.
For the final product, I painted on details and weathering using acrylic paint. I also added writing with a black permanent marker.
I can't wait to use this bad boy at the con! I am hoping to attach it to my thigh using strong magnets, but we will see how that goes XD
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