A soft spongy death to the undead
I just got the invite to the zombie walk in July. That gives me a few months to come up with a sexy zombie hunter costume. I've also been thinking about using a nerf gun instead of a fake gun for 2 reasons:
#1. I hate zombies and I want to actually shoot them, not just carry around a gun in a threatening manner. If you're going to dress up in a scary way that frightens innocent children on the street (and the zombie walk is done in public without any warning to families with children in the area) then I think you deserve to get shot in the head with a nerf bullet.
#2. Apparently modifying nerf guns to look cool is an underground rage I knew nothing about. For example, here is a nerf gun modified to look steampunk:
And here is another super cool modified nerf gun:
I would like to learn how to modify a nerf gun and buy a mega-ton of nerf bullets for this event.
#1. I hate zombies and I want to actually shoot them, not just carry around a gun in a threatening manner. If you're going to dress up in a scary way that frightens innocent children on the street (and the zombie walk is done in public without any warning to families with children in the area) then I think you deserve to get shot in the head with a nerf bullet.
#2. Apparently modifying nerf guns to look cool is an underground rage I knew nothing about. For example, here is a nerf gun modified to look steampunk:
And here is another super cool modified nerf gun:
I would like to learn how to modify a nerf gun and buy a mega-ton of nerf bullets for this event.
I would still be cautious about carrying it, especially around an event that may or may not have all its ducks in a row with the city, from the sounds of things. You don't want a cop to get the wrong idea, even if it's a Nerf weapon.
I think the Zombies will go for it. Regrettably, their heads won't explode when you hit them. That would be COOL!
Or a gladiator-style casting net?
Then when children were scared, you could intervene and save them :)
AFAIK, that particular nerf gun had a kind of steampunk shape to it, which was hard to find in toy guns, so it became popular in steampunk circles to modify and paint it to look like a steampunk gun, simply because this was easier and quicker than creating a gun from scratch.
(That's the sort of thing that bothers me about what steampunk has become, but it's part and parcel with it becoming accessible, so it makes sense).
I would prefer not to disturb or interact with the zombies. And I think a soft sponge shot at their chest will allow me to poke fun at them without disturbing them or forcing them to interact with me.
If it's okay, then you can get the NERF Maverick for about $7 at Target. It comes with suction cup darts, but you can get the other type of dart (with a soft orange tip) separately. And you can get a boat load along with an ammo case to put them in.
Of course, for NERF weaponry against zombies, I recommend this little number, which looks and acts like a drum-fed shotgun. And a shotgun to the chest will take out a zombie (plus you don't have to worry about nailing someone in the eye).
But there's still one thing that can get you in trouble. Note the color at the ends of the barrels on the pics you posted. Notice that they're not orange? That could be a big "no-no" in your state -- I know it's illegal here. So if you do get a gun and steampunkit, make sure that barrel end is still orange.
The alternative is that you can get the smaller magazines (sold separately) and "flip" links, so you can connect two magazines together -- when one goes empty, you flip it to the fresh one.
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