Mando Mercs Costume Club
General Discussion => Events & Charity Efforts => Topic started by: Omega Zero on Apr 28, 2018, 08:53 PM
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I'll be attending Comicpalooza this year and I read the safety rules and they state that all prop firearms must have an orange safety tip. What would I use for adding a temporary tip/cap to the end of my props for the convention?
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Well, you could use some orange tape, like Duck tape.
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Depends on the muzzle size, but you could use a gatorade bottle cap. Those are orange, and about the size of the muzzles on some of my blasters.
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A small orange balloon can slip over the end of most prop blasters and this won't damage the paint job. I carry a pack in my bin for the reason along with a roll of orange electrical tape.
Most of the cons I have been to will also place zip ties through the trigger guard and give you a wrist band.
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If you have access to a 3d printer, and can mod your weapons a bit, you could print new barrels in orange and swap them out. I use magnets to hold mine in place. Both of my Westars have both a "normal" barrel and an orange one. Eliminates the risk of tape jacking up the paint job.
(http://i.imgur.com/h7poPYX.jpg)
Or just print caps for your existing barrels and secure them with something relatively safe for paint like blue tac.