Hacking toy firearms for Halloween costume

My position for the Haunted House is as the greeter and drawbridge operator so I don't usually dress up a lot, it's generally still warm here in Florida for Halloween so makeup tends to run and having a conversation with our guests while wearing a mask just doesn't work for me. This year I'll be channeling Dr. Von Helsing (the elder) One thing the doctor has is plenty of weapons, I have several crossbows in various sizes but I wanted some kind of firearms so here's a few I've hacked from off the shelf toys.

WARNING : modifying toy firearms to look realistic can get you in real trouble with the law, it can even get you SHOT ! Seriously, police officers don't play around, they WILL SHOOT YOU if they think you are going to point any kind of weapon at them !

Step 1 The pistol and holster

I found 2 cowboy style .45's at the dollar general, they cost about $5.us for the pair. A small screwdriver removed the screw holding the bright orange don't shoot its a toy cap from the barrels and the conversion to an illegal weapon was finished. For the holsters I covered one with my favorite concoction of tissue and acrylic paint and added a piece of ducttape where the belt will wear on the loop, for the second holster I took the cardboard sleeve apart and turned it inside out before giving it the same treatment. A final coat of flat black paint and these are done !

Comments

[tinker234]

a futher step could be to sand off the labels and make a faux wood grain