Customizing and Painting the Hasbro Nerf M41A Pulse Rifle Aliens Colonial Marine Mod Relax & Paint

Welcome, Alien and Nerf enthusiasts alike! Join us in a relaxing painting journey as we customize and transform the Nerf M41A Pulse Rifle into an incredible Aliens Colonial Marine-inspired prop ready for display or cosplay. In this extended video, we take you through the disassembly, preparation, base layer painting, detail painting, and final touches of this iconic foam blaster.
Sit back, relax, grab a cuppa tea and enjoy the process with us!
For a more in-depth experience, make sure to check out our channel, where we will be posting a longer one-hour version of this video.
Timestamps for easy navigation:
00:00 - Intro
00:12 - Disassembly & Prep
04:37 - Base Layer Paint : Rust-Oleum Camouflage "Ultra Flat Black"
06:44 - Base Layer Paint : Rust-Oleum Camouflage "Earth Brown"
08:36 - Reassembly
10:45 - What Not to Do, AKA How to Fix Mistakes
13:33 - Base Paint Completed
13:58 - Detail Painting - Dry brushing Leadbelcher
18:14 - Detail Painting - Dry brushing Rhinox Hide
19:24 - Detail Painting - Wear Detailing with Stormhost Silver
22:22 - Using a Sponge for Paint Scuffs using Stormhost Silver
24:05 - Adding Shade with a Nuln Oil wash
26:11 - More Shade with an Agrax Earthshade and Nuln Oil wash
26:44 - Magazine detailing
27:22 - Finished!
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[@darklander47]

I got to say I stumbled across this video by accident, I’m not usually into Nerf stuff. But after seeing the effort put into it compared to the low view count I am shocked. I hope you get more traction soon, I like what you did with this pulse rifle!

[@ProtoYo7]

Super cool tutorial. Love the final product. I have a lot of cosplay friends that would be jealous of your skills!

[@Torbtastic]

Thank you so much!

[@britpodnews]

Thanks for the video! I got mine from Hasbro finally but want to make mine cool! Got the camo spray on order as I type ❤

[@saiku8003]

Forget this one existed

[@FullpowerStudio]

Looks great! The only thing I would add is: have you considered giving it a coat of satin Clear? Both for protection of your weathering job, and also because the M41As in the film do have a bit of shine to them.
I feel your pain on the forgetting screws/fiddly electronics too.

[@Torbtastic]

Thanks for the comment! Yeah, I think I will be doing that, I wasn't planning on it as it was going to be hung on a wall, but even the occasional handling gets some of the original plastics showing through.

[@Burtronic]

Hello, I can’t get Rustoleum in the UK, do you know if Krylon Camo is any good for this project? Thanks

[@Torbtastic]

Krylon is usually well regarded for sticking to plastics so I think it'd work great!

[@Burtronic]

@@Torbtasticthanks! Just need to decide on the shroud colour now!