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NERF N-Strike Elite Cosplay Conversion Mod

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It's already time to start thinking about the 2015 Zombie Walk to benefit Feed the Humans. Last year's Baron Samedhi costume was a huge hit, but this year I thought I might try something a little different. How about a bit of steampunk mayhem? Given the popularity of books and movies like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies  and Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter , my accomplice and I have decided to be the hunters instead of the hunted. Let the modding begin! The image above is a sketch I made of the Hammershot, part of the Nerf N-Strike Elite, Zombie Strike Series. I have one of these little joys and it still works famously. The plan is to alter the Hammershot to make it resemble a more realistic weapon suitable for a monster hunter. With the digital sketch, I can test drive different mods without destroying the weapon. I have to say that when rendered in black and white instead of safety orange and stripped of the Nerf logos, this so-called toy looks much less like a toy and...

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Pentech RSVP medium weight ball point pens on cold pressed paper.

Canyons

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Canyons Expressionist portrait of a young African woman drawn with Pentel R.S.V.P medium point ball point pens on cold pressed paper. Artist - M. L. Smith