Buffalo Rumblings
I’m back again to tell you all the tale of how my Buffalo Bills-themed Mandalorian armor is going. It all started with a gifted Black Series helmet and my insistence that things become very complicated. I know some of it has dragged out thanks to a variety of reasons (me screwing up, weather, schedule).
To get you hooked again, this edition has a finalized accessory that might also end up inspiring some of the final paint on the breastplate.
Previous installments for this project:
Buffalo Beskar Part 1
Buffalo Beskar Part 2
Buffalo Beskar Part 3
Buffalo Beskar Part 4
Buffalo Beskar Part 5
I was kicking around the shed and stumbled across the Nerf guns my youngest and I occasionally break out, which led to a very obvious idea: Paint one to match the Mandalorian armor. But which one?
We had three types to choose from, but with cropping the third is hard to see (orange one on the bottom right). Being candid, that one was never really in play as I don’t believe it matches my style at all. After asking for some opinions, I decided to go with…
The other style looked like something a Storm Trooper might use and would have fit the Star Wars vibe, but this one has a little Wild West flair to it, which fits much of the Star Wars universe too. One of the most profound things I’ve ever seen was someone pointing out that all Han Solo needs is a hat to be full-on cowboy. This was also the one I purchased specifically for myself to duel my daughter, and was the favorite of the group as far as function went.
With the blaster selected…
This is what I tried to do with the helmet, but couldn’t due to a couple stubborn clips that might have led to me breaking something. With the components separated, painting becomes a breeze and the end result is better than taping. There’s one pro tip I have for you though when disassembling anything with mechanical parts…
Photograph the way it came apart to make reassembly considerably less stressful. On that second picture, that tiny little spring has a very significant portion of the trigger function attached to it and looks haphazard all things considered. I was very glad to be able to confirm where it went.
This was a good side quest for the project because it was overall low stakes. Nerf guns can be found cheap and it let me do two very important things.
That second one was a big reason this got done. I wasn’t about to risk the helmet in cold and damp weather as my painting has to be done either outside or in the shed, which isn’t much better aside from blocking wind. I used...
