Universal Nerf merges with NM&R!

We are pleased and excited to announce that while this blog won't see any further updates, we will be continuing our mission here at Universal Nerf at a much more visible home:  Nerf Mods & Reviews!  The modmin team from UN will be working with jerm781 at NM&R to continue to feature user-submitted works like we have done here.

Thank you to everyone who has submitted to this humble blog up to this point.  We have enjoyed featuring and sharing your works and we will keep this blog open to continue to feature those works.  Feel free to submit your new works to NM&R and the same friendly staff that worked for you here will get them loaded up on the international stage that this new home provides!  We are all so grateful for the support and interest you have shown to us here and we look forward to serving you at our new home!

Go to Nerf Mods & Reviews to submit your works to be featured!  Happy Nerfing!!

~The Universal Nerf Modmins

a Gray House - Custom Accessories: Modified tactical vest

This may appear to be an ordinary tactical vest. However, a Gray House has converted this vest to do more than just hold six dart clips, darts, and maybe a small pocket blaster.

We have a ton of pictures of this beast, so check out the details and images past the jump!

Pause: Modified Airtech 3000

Pause sent us this one in awhile ago and all three of our modmins have been slackin, so here's a not-so-new one!  Sorry for the delay!  It's a great mod on a classic blaster.  Click the link he provided for more info.

One of my first complete overhauls on a blaster.  This was a relatively quick and easy mod and the results are outstanding.  I suggest everyone find an Airtech 3000 to mod.  More info and pics at: http://nerfpause.blogspot.com/2012/02/modified-nerf-airtech-3000_16.html

 If you would like to see stuff featured on here, drop us a line at universalnerf@gmail.com with your submission!

a Gray House - Custom Accessories: Recon Holster

Wow. We have a HUGE submission from a Gray House, who sent us information and photos of his custom Nerf accessories. The email was so long, we decided to spare you a long post and give each accessory its own post! If the top image doesn't tell you already, these custom made accessories are sharp looking, so read past the jump for a better look at it!

BullsEyeNerf: Stinger Pumpsnap

This is the first homemade blaster we've had submitted and, while I'm usually not a fan of these, it's got a nice paintjob to go along with it.  It even has a mounting point on the back for capturing footage during games.  Check it out!

In the yellow circle I'm eventually going to paint a killer bee.

I did it based off NerfOMania's design. Love the performance (about 100ft flat with domes.)

For my first time taping and using vinyl dye, I say I did pretty good.

It's also my first homemade. Awesome camera mount to capture war footage. 

It doesn't really shake when priming of shooting. 

It came out really nice and I'm proud. 

There is foam on the priming handle and trigger for comfort.

It uses a hopper or anything else you can use with a  PVC coupler.

Over all it turned out really cool. 

Remember, Patience makes Perfect!

Check out BullsEyeNerf's YouTube Channel while you're at it.

Darthrambo: Firefly Alpha Trooper

Here's an awesome one from the realm of the Darthness.  It's a cosmetically modified Alpha Trooper with a bit of a neat twist to it:  inbuilt Firefly Tech.  Instead of having the clip charge your darts, there's an LED inside the Alpha Trooper that'll charge glow-streamlines in any standard clip.  Darthrambo's Alpha Trooper is a great looking blaster with a smart take on the Firefly Tech system.

"Just the standard stuff for functionality but I did some stuff cosmetically.  LEDs, Tac light tac rail attachment with UV LEDs, White LEDs, and laser.,  Faux leather grip and some paint. On a side note if i replace the led for the jam door with a UV, it will make this a firefly AT that can use any clip."

Neo Creations: Longshot CS-6

...Wow.

Well. Here's one spectacular Longshot. Painted by Neo Creations, this puppy took over six hours of his life, and it shows. That metallic blue is a great choice, and the combination of that with the copper and steel looks fantastic. If you're curious about the inside, it has received the basic AR and dart peg removal treatment, fixing its horrible swollen AR problem (ARitis, if you prefer).





More pictures over on his blog. He's planning on putting it up on Ebay later this week, so if you really like it, consider buying it! (And you'll be supporting the arts!)

Bazookafied: Long Spectre Project

So I was patiently waiting for Wal-Mart to get off their cushy tooshies and release the rumored Whiteout Series Spectre, but I've grown impatient (not to mention come to the realization that it likely won't happen now) and wanted to get my snow-inspired Long Spectre up and running.  So... I DID!  Gotta say I'm happy with how things have turned out.  Though I didn't actually replicate the Whiteout logos, the effect of a white rifle-style Spectre is pure eye candy to me.

The "Long Spectre", as I've come to call it, also is a deceptively powerful blaster.  While most would see the barrel extension and assume that it gets poor ranges, the Spectre has more than enough power behind it's modified double-spring internals to sling foam well beyond the barrel so as to not have it impede range like they usually do.  The second spring sits inside the diameter of the stock spring and gets excellent ranges, comparable to a Nite Finder with an upgraded OMW spring.  I was surprised to see this powerful change and it easily established itself as a great looking blaster with looks to boot!

The Long Spectre, in it's Whiteout Series style, can be seen at my blog, along with a video covering it's functions and abilities. Visit Tactical Tag to get more of a look at this blaster!

Peter Torres: Black Widow Longshot!

I'm not sure how all 3 of us missed this one!  Been in the inbox for over a month but STILL worth sharing! This one's a customized Nerf Longshot, and I must say I'm a fan of it.

If he's got any more of that red paint left, I'd put a "Black Widow" sign on it (the two red triangles that look like an hourglass) to really help sell the name on this guy, but it still looks great!  Here's what he had to say about it:

I just started modding Nerf guns and this is my first paint job I have done to a gun.  First I took it apart and modded the internals.  AR removal, new springs, padding the plunger...all that good stuff.  I wish I would have taken off the clip lock and the jam door lock but I can always pull it apart again if someone wanted.  I then sanded it down.  I spray painted it all black.  I decided to put a PVC barrel extension on the front of the gun so I glued that on to the attachment piece for some extra length.  I put PVC in the stock of the gun to help prevent it from collapsing.  After putting it all back together I liked how it looked but was not fully in love.  I was looking through my paint in my garage and found some red paint.  I love black and red together and think they look super sexy together...I decided to accent the gun with some red.  After it was dry I put my red dot on top (its a crossman red dot for an air-soft gun or something like that which is hot glued onto a mount for a Nerf gun) of the rail and chased my little brother around the house shooting him.  Good times :)

I really enjoyed modding this blaster and plan on doing more in the future!  

You can see more of Peter's work on his forum: Nerf Creations

Tactical_Tagger777: Urban Camo Mav

I think it's safe to say that 2012 is the "Year of the Maverick submissions" for Universal Nerf!  And rightfully so, as it just won the 2011 Boys' Toy of the Year in the UK, despite it being one of the oldest N-Strike Blasters.

I also gotta say I like this guy's name.  Something about it seems... familiar!

"Username:Tactical_Tagger777

Contact Link: www.facebook.com/NerfUnited

Description: This is actually one of my first paint jobs. I have since then moved on to a little broader paint jobs, and actually offer contracts. :)"

soloz1: Mc#'s overhauled AT3K

Here's something we haven't seen on UN yet: a non-modern modified blaster. soloz1 decided to completely gut his Air Tech 3000 from the popular early 2000's Air Tech series and fix it up.

The new internals feature PETG rebarreling (complete with the auto-rotation), a Hornet AS-6 air tank and tubing replacement, an improved seal, and a glued trigger spring.

The paint job was added after the original modification. soloz1 says this about the paint job:

The paintjob includes a black vinyl dye flat-black base coat, pink and green folkart detailing. Unfortunately, this blaster is no longer in service. I hope to revive this fun project one day.

It's a shame that his AT3K no longer works, as soloz1reported that the blaster's firing ranges were between 70 and 110 feet. Very very impressive! It makes me wish the blaster still worked.

You can read his blog post about the AT3K modifications here at Nerf Pause.

Bazookafied: Spectre Matching

 Earlier, I shared my Blue Spectre repaint to match my blue Raider Stock and Longstrike Barrel.  I had also repainted a Longstrike Barrel Yellow to match a stock Spectre with a yellow Raider Stock.  Well, now you get to choose: which one turned out better?  Blue or Yellow?

Megaman_90: Big Salvo Mod

Before

Today's Nerf Fans only really have two rocket/arrow launchers from the Nerf Brand:  The Titan and the Big Bad Bow.  But the Big Salvo was one of the baddest arrow launchers of all time.  Zachary_LJ linked me this on the Nerf Mods & Reviews chat and I couldn't help but think it could be shared here for all to see.  This one is built by Megaman_90 on the Oznerf forum.

Essentially, it turns a Quad Arrow Launcher into an 8-barreled Dart blaster.  It's potent and powerful!  Check out the writeup on the forum!

After

http://www.oznerf.com/t3166-8-barreled-big-salvo-mod

Bazookafied: Apocalypse Blaster

While not technically a Dart Blaster, it is still technically "Nerf", thanks to the Super Soaker line now being branded as such.  This blaster actually didn't take too long to complete and is non-functional.  It serves as a prop for my "Life after Humans" pictures.  Built primarily from a Super Soaker Rattler (2010), this blaster has 6 different colors of Krylon on it.  I also removed the front pump handle and installed a Maglite instead, as well as replacing the barrel with one from a Longshot Front Gun.  It's a fun little blaster and it's part of my photos that inspired me to start up the "Life after Humans" contest.

Head on over to Tactical Tag if you're interested in entering.  I figured folks who are fans of Nerf Modding could probably come up with some great entries for this contest, so this seemed like a great place for a shameless plug!

iModify: Epic BBB

Oh, whoa. This has been sitting in the "IN" tray for a while, here in the virtual UN office. Sorry, iModify!

Here's a Big Bad Bow mod. As you can see, it's got some pretty cool additions, however. Inspired by Pause, he added a stock, and (here's my favorite part) you can still fire the original arrow darts; a very neat addition. Overall, a nicely modded and nifty blaster. Way to utilize a good idea in a new way!

iModify says "it gets about 95ft angled with streamlines and about 85 feet with screamers."

More pictures after utilizing the space/time portal.

Bazookafied: Whiteout Sharp Shot

This one has taken me longer to complete, and I regret that for two reasons.  1: it's been stuck in mid-progress for awhile thanks to colder weather and me running out of white paint the second I started to apply the first coat.  2:  this was to be completed for Eagle1011 way back at the beginning of December as a prize for the Weekly Giveaway on Tactical Tag, so I feel bad for making him wait so long.  However, I am a fan of the finished product and thought what better way to get some more exposure for Universal Nerf than to post it here!

It's also been awhile since I've done a repaint.  I do lots of repaints for Laser Tag blasters, but not so much for Nerfing.  However, the shell-design of the Dart Tag blasters lend themselves well to repaints, so I went for it.  The end result?  A Whiteout-styled Dart Tag Sharp Shot!

Damon: Painted Mav

I didn't really have a whole lot to work with as far as material, but dang!  Who knew 2012 would be the year of the Mav?  It's even got that Green Tac Light (which I don't see much of these days).  Still, I liked this one enough that I thought it had to go up.  Plus we've never seen stuff from Damon before and I'm really kinda stoked he shares his Longshot project he mentioned.  I'll let the picture and his quote do the rest.

"...my first attempt none-the-less, hope you enjoy. I know my second one is going to be a Nerf Longshot (with a light strike assault striker for the insides...)" 

JohnsonArms: Wooden Maverick

Although he didn't explicitly send us a submission, I thought it was cool enough to share... not to mention take this time to plug JohnsonArms in general.  Yes, yes, I know it's another Maverick... but this paintjob is fantastic!  He's replicated a "Wooden" look to this old favorite.  It was posted on Urban Tagger's wall as a "progress photo" but it looks pretty close to being completed if you ask me!

And now I'll take this time to plug JohnsonArms, as I think he's one of the finest aesthetic modders out there!  Here's his profile off of his blog.

My 7 year old son gave me the inspiration to expand my art to NERF guns in September of 2010. The custom nerf guns and realistic props are a labor of love to be sure, but they just come out so cool that the time I spend just doesn't matter. I think I secretly wish I had been able to do this back when I was a kid :) Hope you enjoy the projects and feel free to contact me if you're interested in your own custom gun! Oh and sorry for the ads, but they help me pay for supplies :)

Not only is he a fantastic aesthetic modder, but he's just a great guy to work with.  Brian Johnson doesn't let his internet fame get to him one bit!  Go check out his blog and store!

Ice³: Magstrike attachment for Nerf Titan

Here's an integration you don't see every day.  A little ingenuity saved this Magstrike from the trash can. Ice³ has done some work to his Titan and Magstrike to have some unusual teamwork!

"As it turned out there was a leak in the connection between the pump and bladder (Of the Magstrike). I tried fixing it with hot glue and then later I tried epoxy putty. It still leaked. So I decided to bypass the pump AND the bladder. How? By using epoxy putty to seal an air hose into some CPVC. I then ran that hose to the trigger, and the trigger runs to the firing mechanism. The result? A full auto Titan attachment. I also attached my mini-longshot stock, it's much more comfortable."

IronJaw: Recon Recolor

Continuing the stream o'aesthetic mods, here's a nicely painted Recon by IronJaw. Thisn' is his first painted an' sold blaster. Its got a really nice muted color scheme, and really, is quite artfully done. The overall feel of the blaster is clean... but at the same time, rugged, which really appeals to my (not at all) inner woodsman.

He says:

"I went for a lighter color combination than Johnson Arms, but his "Halo" theme was a major draw to me. Sadly the colors turned out a LOT lighter than I had anticipated, but it turned out all right in the end."

  Personally, I think it turned out more than all right. 

Neo Creations: Steampunk'd Mav

Our first Steampunk submission is a Maverick, easily one of the most popular blasters to undergo this kind of treatment. It's aesthetics really lend itself well to it anyways. Neo Creations of DeviantArt has done a nice job with his! (note the barrel mod too!)  He has been doing steam punk paint jobs for a little over a year now and has over 40 completed blasters under his belt.

"I have removed the AR and done a revolver mod to extend it farther for easier reloading. I try to mod most of the guns I paint. My goal is to establish Neo Creations; my own little business for customizing nerf guns and other things. This includes steam punk paint jobs, but I also want to get into game type and movie replica and representation paint jobs. I have done one other maverick so far in a Mass Effect style, and loved the turn out."

Lookin good to me, Neo!  This Mav is just the tip of the iceberg for his creations though, so head on over to his DeviantArt channel and check them out for yourself!