Let The Painting Begin

Now the dart gun and my set of goggles have been dissasembled and made ready for the great painting.  This was pretty easy on the goggles since it mostly just meant taking off the elastic head band and then unscrewing the locking rings that hold the lenses in place. 

The gun on the other hand was a little more complicated than that.  I thought it would just be a matter of about eight phillips head screws but it turns out that the orange plastic ends on the barrels were glued in place and it made it impossible to seperate the two halves without breaking something first.  I finally took a metal exacto knife and completely cut the ends off of the barrels and shaved these areas smooth once the pieces were removed.  This was only about 1/8th of an inch of plastic and if need be I can always glue something else on the ends to give a different effect anyway.  There was also a long orange plastic piece that fit into the back of the gun that you had to pull back to get it ready to fire a dart.  I was able to take this apart for painting but with it being bright orange I may have to do a few more coats to get it completely covered.

What is pictured below is the gun with only the first coat of black paint and the goggles have two coats.  I am using Krylon Fusion which is made specifically to stick to plastic.  If you start with regular spray paint first there is a good chance of it not sticking or flaking off over time.  Interestingly though, the flexible part of the goggles that presses against your face is still sticky to the touch even after drying almost 24 hours.  This will most likely mean that I will have to treat the goggles to a couple of coates of clear sealant even before adding any steampunk stuff.