5 MORE Things I Wish Nerf Modders Would Stop Doing

[@justajolt]

Fully agreed on the black blasters thing. It'll only take one or two incidents, and we'll be as legislated as paintball or airsoft...

[@hazard4349]

Hahaha, I just filled Bertet's coments with Tire!

[@beretnarf]

Ask for a build name and you will get blasty mcblasterface

[@justajolt]

That's racist and I'm telling Monkeytron Collective...

[@alexprice9573]

ouch

[@davidwelch9935]

Or "Kevin".

[@00goop43]

DIBS! I’m taking that name.

[@decepticreeperscustoms8274]

when someone asks me to name their blaster for them, they get one response.. "Annette Benning"

[@Bobololo]

To expand upon the 'danger' part of the #1 spot without getting wordy: *spoiler alert* The argument can absolutely be made that realistic LARP blasters are also dangerous; whether in public or not, and you wouldn't be wrong. My view on this is that people who do the realistic LARP builds have a better understanding of how to handle, hide, and/or transport their stuff through public and are much less likely to pull out their blaster in a public space. All black blasters are majorly more popular to those who want 'realism' fast, as shown from sites like eBay, and from internet content like KZbin tutorials, which means there is a higher chance of those being the problem starters... at least from how I see things.

[@southpawairsofter]

IAmBobololo I’m a part of a few fb groups and honestly the amount of people that freak the fuck out Over a small amount of black on a blaster is kinda ridiculous. Airing on the side of caution is good, but idk where it balances with a bunch of comments unjustifiably grilling someone for a small amount of black used on a blaster

[@alexprice9573]

@@southpawairsofter i see were Bobololo is coming form but you also are right A LITTLE BLACK IS FINE although the examples he had were down right death wishes in public

[@southpawairsofter]

@@alexprice9573 Oh yeah bro I agree, just as deadly as pulling out an airsoft or even a real gun

[@kittenclaws5775]

LARPers have been moving faux-weapons through public spaces for decades. We've learned to be Safer and Smarter than we used to be and for good reasons! A lot of us learned important lessons from Re-enactors and cosplayers, as well. Nerf is a much younger hobby and its participants tend to be on the younger side, too, with a bell curve centered around the early and mid twenties. The amount of experience tends to be in range of a few years with pretty short lived lifespans on being "Serious" in the hobby where as LARP and Cosplay and Re-enacting tend to be in it for decades. Not hating on Nerf, it's a different hobby with different measurements that's fine. But it means the hobby can't rely as heavily as the others mentioned on people having a higher average time in and age. LARP, Re-enacting, and Cosplay tend to have their own recursive community standards checks, even if those are imho woefully inconsistent and poorly handled. Nerf is kinda still a "Do what you want" world which can be freeing but also risky.

[@Bobololo]

@@southpawairsofter I agree with you. Black is such a great color to combo with, adds depth, increases the pop, and goes well with any other colors basically. But woooweee do people go ballistic on it at times; even just shouting ORANGE TIP at the sight. There's a clear line, in my book, where it becomes obviously too much. Everyone's line is different though

[@toadbrews1347]

Modders should stop making FPS claims when they haven't chronographed a blaster.

[@Bobololo]

Good one! I think using the Chronobarrel is an invalid way of showing off your performance

[@nickg666]

I have to disagree with #2 (photoshopping). My edit would be: don't do it if you don't know what you're doing (in photoshop). What I mean has to do with proportions. The best way to maintain proportions is to put the blasters you want to use on a pegboard next to each other and take a picture of them in the same frame. As long as you don't scale anything, you won't have problems. But I used photoshop to previsualize my last integration and I would say it was invaluable to the fabrication process. It prevented me from wasting a lot of time with ideas the wouldn't have worked and helped me start the project with a better sense of direction. It works really well in my opinion.... again, if you know what you're doing in photoshop.

[@ProjectHelL8oY]

One prominent nerfer who seems to use a lot of black is Captain X, although his look seems to be a reverse sort of "Gear up" coloration, depending on the build. Still, some of his builds and paint jobs are largely painted plain black and the other main color being orange is quite subtle, depending on the blaster. It could sometimes be the case that people take inspiration from watching videos such as some of those more popular build overviews/tutorials and try to make something similar.

[@scottjs5207]

But he also doesn't paint everything flat black, especially since that is stupid dangerous and makes it very apparent that's not ok.

[@OCNerf]

#4 makes be miss Mag212. His putty work was just soothing compared to the tumors.

[@BeansBroBeans]

Whatever happened to him?

[@TheRealMycanthrope]

We all miss Mag212. Kid had integration skills

[@NGOTB]

@@BeansBroBeans I think he, like a lot of people, got burned out about it

[@FoamBlast]

I would love for people to stop taking pictures of their feeeeeeet

[@timothycampbell495]

I dare you to show feet in the next This Week In Nerf 😄

[@narenthebeesechurgerman422]

🦶

[@Sillybutts]

0:54 bobo doesn’t like my feet :(

[@GrimzNerfWorks]

rip silly ?-2020

[@00goop43]

Saw someone on r/nerf ask us to name a stock rapidstrike with a spectre barrel attachment. I also don’t want to see stock blasters or armory pictures of they’re all stock.

[@legoliker1]

That's honestly the worst. It's mostly kids too. They dont grasp the fact that this hobby is for "mostly" serious people

[@TheRealMycanthrope]

@@legoliker1 I'm assuming you mean modding specifically, as opposed to nerf in general.

[@legoliker1]

@@TheRealMycanthrope yea, pretty much

[@TheRealMycanthrope]

@@legoliker1 fair enough, that's a reasonable statement.

[@GummyBearRacing]

Just because they look stock doesn't make them stock. I've never been a huge fan of painting. Except my 4victory. I have for the most part stuck to rewiring and some integration. Along with designing for the most part basic 3d parts.

[@alexprice9573]

elitism the one thing that really make me upset telling someone's first ever mod that it is ugly or your a noob for whatever B.S reason is simply NOT OK

[@Rmods74]

Don't measure or preplan integrations then fill the gaps with epoxy, got it :D

[@CW22_YT]

Big mood right there

[@boostaddict_]

That's basically what I do lol

[@Roblecop]

One thing I'd love to stop seeing (mostly on the reddit) is "Sniper". I don't know why it gets to me so much. Mostly the people who want a sniper rifle from CoD and whatnot. I get the "I wanna feel like a badass" thing, but long barreled bolt actions don't make the best blaster. The other thing that gets to me (again mostly on the reddit) is people complaining about prices of custom/special parts. If it's just "the guy in his garage" making things, of course it'll be expensive. Quality costs time and money. "If you don't value your time, no one will." I've got two blasters I'm developing and once I make them ill gladly tell people what I'd charge them if they want to buy them; but a lot of people won't like the price point. That's OK though. I'm mostly developing these two blasters because they simply don't exist and I've always wanted them. Sorry for such a long comment. Love you my dude.

[@user-hc4hk5bs8l]

"PSA: Kronos on sale at Fort Wayne Lowe's in Milwaukee clearance section for 18.69" posts like this are part of why I don't post on nerf reddit anymore

[@legoliker1]

My biggest gripe is the Gatekeeping that always occurs by the section of the hobby that does HPA. I'd personally like to learn HPA, and how to build a good HPA blaster. But that's not going to happen anytime soon as it's very secretive.....so I'm probaly gonna have to buy an HPA blaster from someone and figure it out on my own.

[@builderbb8767]

r/HPAnerf it's not so secretive anymore but you won't be handed a kit. It's also not something you can use outside of private/paintball fields so other than fun in the backyard it's got no place in public Nerf wars because of actual laws

[@childofthedarkrat]

High Pressure Airheads group on Facebook is an excellent resource. Also, the recent stream by Liam and Ryan was very informative. Google how a QEV works, as that's the primary component of most air blaster setups. Once you can understand that, it gets a lot easier from there. Double check local laws regarding paintball tanks. Some places allow them, others don't. And remember, the only difference between HPA and LPA is the energy storage system: the actual usage pressure inside the blaster is usually the same (between 0-100psi). Most LPA systems use a pump or compressor to create the system blaster, whereas HPA just draws the system pressure from a stored source. But you could easily connect an LPA blaster to a HPA tank, or vice versa. Check out Monkeytron Collective's Longshot build on KZbin: can be run from either a compressor or a HPA tank

[@thegoathead7538]

9:33 Look Gary, there I am! I made that concept back when I was a youngin' and didn't know any better. Now it haunts me to this day. Here's hoping when I actually do start integrations that I don't do something stupid like that.

[@faolan73]

My way of taking care of hot glue is to just remove it in general. I've found that if some hot glue is really stuck from the planning/layout stages of an integration that spraying it with glass cleaner helps to make it hold less to the plastic, and it's easy to peel off.

[@Bobololo]

2nd '5 More' video, but 1st in the comments.

[@df6695]

One thing I could certainly list that I am surprised you haven't is when people paint over a blaster without taking it apart. It's generally a bad idea because depending on the blaster, paint could gum up in some areas that could impede the function of the blaster. I can understand being new to modding and being afraid you may lose some parts and/or being unsure you can reassemble it when you're done. I know the feeling because I once had it myself and with some blasters, namely the Revonix 360, I still do. However, if I couldn't be bothered to take a blaster apart, then I simply wouldn't paint it.

[@Bobololo]

That and sticky looking paint get me so bad

[@df6695]

I feel you there. I generally don't like anything sticky really.

[@scottjs5207]

Yeah, my back up blaster, an Alpha Trooper, was painted by my friend and the mag release requires I pull back on both sides in order to get the mag out.

[@df6695]

@@scottjs5207 My sympathies to you. Fortunately, I don't think you'll have many issues fixing that. I hope you get that sorted out. I bought a camouflage Recon last year and I love it to death, however, the seller just painted over it without taking it apart. Although it functions just fine, my issue with this one is when I take the slide off, there is an area where the paint didn't even cover. Considering I am planning to get a pump grip for it, which requires I take the slide off completely, that's going to be a problem. Not the worst thing in the world, but it is yet another example of why I wish people would stop doing this. Not sure how I am going to paint over that without it looking "off" from the rest of the blaster's paint job, but I am sure I'll figure it out. It's going to get Retaliator internals eventually.

[@StuckOnAFireHydrant]

XD the relient Robin 😂😂😂. You showed the pic of feet and I had a flashback to a post NMW I made where my thumb was in the pic but the nail was cracked and bloody and really messed up looking lmao!

[@sergeantsriracha8295]

Bobo please upload more I love u!

[@neffomp]

I actually name all my things to be some sort of fantasy or mythical thing. Like Canagan, Farkas, Vilkas, and the Allfather One thing I hate seeing modders do is clout chase. Posting it on Reddit, Amino, Discord, Twitter, and Facebook just to get those sweet sweet internet points

[@thegoathead7538]

I honestly disagree with Honorable Mention #2. If I want to run around in a public park with a Zing Zax while wearing a soft shark mask and fancy suit, I feel like I should be able to. Not everything needs to be terribly practical as long as people have fun with it.

[@joebelcher4984]

OMG thank you for talking about the unsmooth putty! I've seen some amazing mods that were ruined in my eye by the putty work.

[@GrimzNerfWorks]

I friggen love these XD. keep it up bobo :) also i noticed the prototype ex codename typhoon cage in the backround.

[@yuriyturriaga3531]

Came for the indignation, stayed for the first honorable mention LOL!

[@RealBenAnderson]

Stripping the middle of a wire when wiring up flywheel motors.

[@Bobololo]

I don't mind when it's nicely heatshrunk, but the single wire method is def my favorite method.

[@hobbitosaurus8148]

Nerf guns are bold obnoxious colors for a reason. Keep things crazy, not dangerous. 100% agreement on all black paint jobs.

[@Blackeye808]

re PHOTOSHOP BLASTER. TAKE THE PHOTO YERSELF, PUT THE BALSTERS ON THE FLOOR, TAKE A PHOTO OF THEM TOGETHER( AND YOUR FEET). this keeps the scale correct and has helped me plan lots of cuts

[@bz4701]

Love the opening, great tips for noobs like me!

[@603foam]

I totally agree with you on all pionts Bobo. For me the two i would like to see stop happening the most. Is feet in pictures and all black paint.

[@shortcircut1sprkplg]

r/sneakybackgroundfeet is one of my favorite subreddits

[@patrickrowe5781]

Great to see you out here again man. I like the video, I don’t disagree with any of it really, great work man keep it up

[@Olorin323]

Bobo, 100% agree on the safety thing. I would plead with people, don't ruin our hobby for everyone else by doing something questionable. Too many good things have been ruined by folks. Just err on the side of caution.

[@homelee665]

Bobo is the real hero of Nerfdom. Out there saying controversial things so the rest don't have to. Wholeheartedly agree, good sir!

[@Preston_Wood]

Totally agree with the all black paint jobs. That’s my biggest worry when it comes to having nerf wars with friends.

[@blankettoys8533]

I honestly hate black paint jobs but when got three painted blasters from Kijiji along with many other stuff one is a strong arm black with brown and I’d green and that looked cool the other two not so much might repaint the other two

[@troythetinkerer]

He's for real about the rules on black blasters. One of the pages requires members to read and comply with the rules. Your post goes through without admin approval and if you fuck up, Bobololo will be there. He yelled at me for doing a dangerous battery mod and I couldn't be more thankful.

[@WolfMan-nf4lv]

Agreed on the black blasters thing. Now, with Airsoft it’s different because Airsoft is required to be played at sanctioned private fields or property, as high velocity bbs are not nearly as safe as foam. They’re even illegal to have outside at all unless you’re on private property. And even then, a lot of cops don’t trust them on Airsoft replicas because they’re so realistic sometimes, usually they check down the magwell, or look at the internals somehow. So external safety markings are neither required (once you own the Airsoft gun) or useful for Airsoft guns. But with nerf??? Absolutely a bad idea to make it look like a firearm (for regular public nerf events) since most events are held publicly in some sort of area where its not normally just a nerf field. It’d be different if there were sanctioned private fields or facilities. For example, in Georgia there’s SS Airsoft, which just started doing nerf events last year. That place would be absolutely safe for real steel nerf builds.

[@liamsomeone6333]

That longshot-demolisher-centurion-mediator-raider thing looks awesome (huge waste of a raider tho)

[@asliceofnerfpizza8549]

Don't like it when people take the time to comment about a video or mod and just say "cool". The OP would appreciate it more if you specify what you think is cool or something other than "cool", "awesome", "neat", or "nice". Doesn't really mean much. Hate it when people show off the same thing over and over and over again. People do it all the time in discord servers and it gets annoying. Also hate when people act like they've done something when they just add an attachment or 2. There will be a post with a billion pictures of the same blaster with various attachments and the OP will ask "Which one's your favorite?". Cool vid

[@Bobololo]

or comments saying "great video" when it's only been up for 5 minutes and is over 8 minutes long #truestory. I really enjoy reading comments on my videos and check multiple times a week out of habit. Seeing well thought out questions and feedback is always nice to see and is appreciated!

[@asliceofnerfpizza8549]

Great video. Can we be friends and can you sub to me?

[@DaikaijuProductions]

For putty you could put small greeblies or shell pieces on top of the epoxy that cover it.

[@SirBrass]

Yes! Less tactics and more practical!

[@LUCHATHOR13]

Great video, and overall, i agree with your points. Especially with all Black blasters being boring.

[@fatbastard708]

Good video,as usual.i agree on the feet in photos thing 100%, I'd like to add, I personally hate the whole hand writing a name or a saying or motto ect.gor example I once saw a famous youtuber make a very nice integration and great paint then ruin it by scrawling names on it. One thing is a signature another is shaky handwriting all over.and the other is tape being used to hold things together permanently, ugh, no tape.

[@epico5805]

I feel like asking for names has its ups and downs, for example you can get inspiration from the suggesting and the other time it's just troll names

[@AronFigaro]

Wood floors and feet: that's a gun thing. It's been a gun culture meme to post your guns on your nice wood floor for years, and it became a meme to get your feet in the shot. I don't know why. So you know a nerf modder is also a gun guy if they do that.

[@MGlBlaze]

Feet and shoes in pictures always sort of bothers me too. Especially if it's bare feet. I always tend to take the time to make sure my feet are out of frame, as a result. I also personally take care to make epoxy putty look good. It just takes time with sandpaper and a file, or even just a knife if it hasn't fully set up or it's a small section. It's not that hard, you're going to be sanding anyway to get paint to stick, so you might as well make sure it's mostly flat.

[@Eulemunin]

As a parent of two boys, No Black Blasters. But all they can see is the cool looks like gun thing. So yes let’s as a group just make all black anathema.

[@bricksassemble524]

yes

[@drflux]

Great video! Yeah i feel your pain... What do you think of my HAMPster?

[@df6695]

Good video Bobo. Although I like the look of some black blasters, I agree with everything else you said about them. I'd be afraid to carry one in some places even if it did have an orange tip. On a related note, what do you think of blasters painted camouflage? (namely army camouflage)

[@trulyirrelevant17]

I use a primary color of black and a secondary of white which looks better than it sounds

[@TheSybermedic]

Awesome Rant, keep up the great work! If enough nerfers complain then things will change.

[@David-us3xg]

I love your hardcore metal voice!

[@Tacodave1679]

I mean he's not wrong. I also like how he gives actual solutions rather than just complaining.

[@CryoCustoms]

Lol my vector stryfe from captain Xaviers diagnostics and repair. Although I purposely left the putty unfinished as it was meant to look melted

[@projectnerf7920]

Fully agree, once again, with the whole list my friend. Hopefully every one stays safe with there color choices of their blasters and the Covid thing. Keep the great content coming............................. Chris

[@LightningEagle14]

100% agree with everything in this video.... except Less practicool and tacticicool, more impracticool. That’s my goal with all of my best builds. Building something that looks cool or intimidating but not necessarily actually practical... 9:21 Heyyyyyy wait a second that’s my rayployven....I like how you cropped out berets comment lol To be fair I never intended to build that.... just mostly posted it as a joke. I didn’t even have a rayven at the time I posted that.

[@iron9973]

Jackhammer , perfect for people that slap on to much eputty

[@Orion5010]

Number 1 preach for those in The back

[@legoliker1]

***Preach for those who do great things but continually get ignored by the overall community

[@farmonious420]

Bobo is Metal. You should be too. Keep the great vids coming.

[@rob010976]

I couldn’t agree more Bobo, thanks for the post!

[@BlitzMekanika]

#1 thing that drives me nuts is ppl not sanding off the Nerf logos and safety warnings, then give them a cool paint job.

[@protomods4549]

idk bout you but that display board looks great

[@sethpriestman3246]

Please guys, rough cut masterkeys might look sick, but they're basically pointless. Let's see some more creativity.

[@clownienerf]

Fly-stamp? Is that anything like a mushroom stamp cause I looked that up and don't think the Romens wore helmets like that.

[@travelingspartan2035]

Amen to point #4 about gear. Some of the all-black """""tactical"""""" stuff that wouldn't even be taken seriously at an airsoft game I see is... yeah.

[@SaltLight7]

Yo! How'd you do that gold paint job? I can't get mine that polished/reflective.

[@Xtafa]

James Munoz it’s plated pretty sure

[@Bobololo]

DartZone sent out packages to Nerf KZbinrs with the special gold blasters and a in box Orbit that had our names on it,.

[@JoltKing627]

Noob modders need to stop just removing the ar from everything and calling it a day.

[@Matt-md5yt]

great video today. also great list. thanks for the tips and other things

[@vaipuluj]

Miata is always the answer

[@Blackeye808]

WARMONGER RULEZ!! I"M PUTTING IT (AND MY FEET) ON THA REDDIT

[@charlie156]

A fun thing with eputty, have a bowl of water around. Right after you apply the putty, wet your fingers and start running them on the eputty. The water allows your fingers to smooth out the eputty before it harden. It leads to extremely clean body work.

[@Bobololo]

I mention that in the video ;)

[@scottjs5207]

I literally started wetting my fingers when using epoxy putty simply because it kept pulling off of the plastic with my skin and then I discovered how good it is for shaping.

[@charlie156]

IAmBobololo I COMPLETELY missed it 😅

[@ALPHA.Mods.1]

honorable mention 2 is so true it is useless to look good

[@bricksassemble524]

all black can sometimes be dangerous if it looks too real

[@Terra_Stara]

I kinda agree and disagree with the concepting thing. I do it but I make sure I have a lot of reference images for size and scale like a blaster I have next to it for actual close scale then check for dimensions if available and similar integrations and how I plan to do it differently.but I agree with minimal information it won't work out as nicely with scaling as you would like. The feet thing, I dunno as much as a pet peeve than an entire do not do this it is awful. This is my opinion and two cents.

[@alaeriia01]

Strayvens should be illegal. Don't ruin a good Rayven to be an ammo holder.

[@scottjs5207]

All black blasters is as tacky as all black cars. They're overdone.

[@justajolt]

I'm going to tell Kit you said that...

[@scottjs5207]

@@justajolt did he have black rims and a 20% grade window tint? He at least had the red grill lights. lol.

[@justajolt]

@@scottjs5207 And he had the Hoff.

[@boostaddict_]

Kitt was cool. Taillights that are so dark you can't see light coming out on a cloudy day is not.

[@bricksassemble524]

and always put a orange tips

[@Korviliath]

I made sure to crop my feet out the other day. Also the only blaster I named is The Intergalactic Terror Vortex.

[@liamsomeone6333]

was he calling out Chaylo at honorable mention #2?

[@Cringemoment4045]

Agreed with the first one. Why the fuck would you ruin the hydrodip that took you 700,000 years to do with your feet

[@iammrbadguy9706]

I strongly disagree on the black blasters thing.As long as people keep them in privat they can stay as long as ever.There is a large pile of people who like to use clean, good looking black painted nerf-blasters for larp or private indoor play and don´t want their blasters to be painted in a colour they don´t even like, such as pink or lite brown. There are a lot of people who paint their blasters in dark colours, which is just as bad as black paintjobs, but they are not targeted because "they didn´t paint their blaster in noob-black" although they defiently look like a firearm. Lastly, not everybody is interrested in rustic paint jobs for larps.Some people, like me, genuiently like a black paint job for a certain larp style they attend and, if they take safety percausians and keep their blasters hidden from publicity, are allowed to paint their blasters black. Besides, black paint jobs often create a cleaner and more interresting visual image than some of the really colourful blasters, that honestly have so disturbed colour contrastes that one was better of respraying the whole thing in white base coat.

[@thanhavictus]

#EndN00bBlack

[@boostaddict_]

The feet in pictures thing has become a bit of a meme on the r/Nerf Discord lol

[@Burasta]

I'm guilty of feet in pics. But now I have learned.

[@Snow-ko5ts]

I dont go with black weapons I use all gold

[@eggbag4182]

it for the vine

[@NGOTB]

Here's my two cents: the biggest thing that bothers me is when people don't know what they are talking about. Referring to the blaster as a "gun" or the darts as "bullets". I think you already touched on this one @IAmBobololo. It's one thing to be new to the hobby, but take the time and study the language adopted by the rest of the hobby

[@scottjs5207]

I have a very different stance on the whole "blaster not g*n" deal. I do believe in context of a public park or other property a person should never use the g word even if they are a concealed carry holder not involved in Nerf but there's so many contrivances with it. I've brought it up to people who have nothing to do with Nerf and unlike car culture or sports, they just look at me confused as to why that's even a thing. We still use the terms Minigun, SMG, and shotgun for crying out load, if anything, I don't think the hobby space is committed enough, but I also hate it when someone gets on my case for slipping in the g word at a private event with no threat of misunderstanding what I'm referring to. Even Drac still uses the term and he's been in the hobby how long? Sorry for sounding ranting, I just like discussing stuff.

[@NGOTB]

@@scottjs5207 no no, you have a point. I don't think I can verbalize what I'm on about. Thanks for the other perspective, man.

[@scottjs5207]

@@NGOTB I 100% agree with bullets though, that's 12 kinds of annoying.

[@ssavman]

Need more bobo metal voice

[@godzilla51196]

But Bobo, how will the people of Georgia know I'm cool if I'm not wearing 30lbs worth of level iii+ AR500 plates in my black Condor plate carrier?

[@legoliker1]

LOL

[@Mizzinno]

Send Bobo feet pics. Got it.

[@TheRealMycanthrope]

MOAR FEET!

[@theoddone2675]

More toes

[@oggangsterprime9245]

Metal heads unite🤘🏻

[@Carcharodon]

He kinda looks like Dimebag Darrel

[@zherron42]

MoAr FeEt

[@angelsuarez5038]

Oh my gosh! The feet! Why! Every time I see a cool blaster someone has their feet in the photo! 😟

[@foamdataservices]

#1-Stop using big switches....

[@Bobololo]

Never!

[@foamdataservices]

IAmBobololo Also totally agree with crappy noob black. Stop people.