From cheap dart blaster to cosplay prop!

Links to things:
Dart blaster:
a.co/d/3ia5pgU
Wild wasteland studio
Instagram:
/ wild_wastelands_studios
KZbin:
/ @wildwastelandstudio

[@WildWastelandStudio]

I know that gun 😂. Thank you Rocket Coffin for the shout out!! Great content as always. I love watching your videos and your set up in the back every time. Chef’s kiss.

[@HauntedBonesYT]

Yoooo a series you make props for? Catch me watching every episode hell yeah dude! I've used Testor's enamel paint for detailing on my crafts before, and it's lustrous and does a great job being metallic but good lord does it stink! That leafing finish seems like a good alternative but maybe not a wicked shiny, I'll have to pick some up to try out. I'd love to see a vid where you test out different paints/techniques to achieve different metal effects. Paisley's so stinkin' cute!

[@rocketcoffinstudios]

@@HauntedBonesYT thank you for the support! It means a lot. Yea we re really trying with this series to make it look like it has higher production value since our budget is basically zero lol Yea sometimes I like doing experimental stuff as i can use the techniques later for other stuff. Like this style didn’t make the most realistic woodgrain but it would look great with a borderlands cel shaded paint job. But yea dude, thank you for watching!

[@dr_ischel3062]

Great work!

[@rocketcoffinstudios]

Thank you kindly!

[@falloutfangirl101]

Here from the show. staying for the props. Great work Rocket, going to have to go through your channel for con ideas.

[@rocketcoffinstudios]

@@falloutfangirl101 awesome! Glad to have ya!

[@Huckleberry600]

I can’t wait, dope ass shoty my guy.

[@rocketcoffinstudios]

@@Huckleberry600 thank you dude! Much appreciated!

[@calebbelina7909]

There's a $80-$100 one that is metal and thick nylon that hits around nerf blaster fps

[@rocketcoffinstudios]

@@calebbelina7909 yea this is like the knock off version of that one. I think that one is like white and purple or white and blue. Heard decent things about them, pretty much what you said around hasbro performance but with the cool shell loading gimmick. I think those ones have metal components too which would be really nice as the plastic on this one is so bad 😂

[@flewis]

another great video! audio in the intro was a bit muffled but the voiceover was a massive improvement from last time. Paisley is super cute! question: does the action stiffen up after you paint it? i used to paint legos and other stuff i had as a kid and fitting them together/using them as intended wasn't always as smooth as from the factory

[@rocketcoffinstudios]

@@flewis thank you! Yea I got a better mic again, just need some noise canceling stuff in the garage. I used a background noise reduction app thing on the voice over as my air conditioner was running in the garage so there was an annoying hum in the clip. The noise reducer totally eliminated it in the voice over but I think it over corrected the intro a bit and muffled it lol On Some blasters painting them will cause the action to stiffen up or even stick and not function. All depends on what sort of clearances the moving parts have and how much the additional layers of paint bulk up the part. This thing wasn’t affected at all by the painting but there’s like 1/4 inch gaps around the area the action moves through. On hasbro blasters I usually have problems with the trigger mechanism and the rev trigger on electric blasters. Anytime I paint hasbro blasters the triggers will get stuck to the rear due to the additional paint.

[@flewis]

@@rocketcoffinstudios thanks for replying so quickly! looking forward to the halo shotgun vid! (take your time tho i know you said it's a lot of footage)

[@WaterboardedDriftwood]

The thumbnail compression did it dirty lol

[@rocketcoffinstudios]

@@WaterboardedDriftwood yeaaaaaa KZbin likes to do that, dunno how to make it stop lol

[@QuandaleDingle5752]

Yooo

[@notfeedynotlazy]

yes, the wood grain is overkill. At a distance looks good, but on close up it looks like a cartoon painting of wood grain. Less overkill work would have also looked good at a distance, would have looked less cartoonish on close-up (*) and would have been less work and expense. On the other hand, the gunmetal work was superb, one of your best. (*: Even with bad cameras. If the exaggerated grain shows up on the one you used for this video, which surely isn't also a professional cinema camera, won't it likely also show up if you guys decide to have a very close hero shot of the prop for the show? I'm not trying to be a smartass telling you how to do your job, just offering unsolicited, unpaid and unpopular input of where you hit disminishing returns.)

[@rocketcoffinstudios]

@@notfeedynotlazy thanks bud!