Tactical_Tagger777: Urban Camo Mav

I think it's safe to say that 2012 is the "Year of the Maverick submissions" for Universal Nerf!  And rightfully so, as it just won the 2011 Boys' Toy of the Year in the UK, despite it being one of the oldest N-Strike Blasters.

I also gotta say I like this guy's name.  Something about it seems... familiar!

"Username:Tactical_Tagger777

Contact Link: www.facebook.com/NerfUnited

Description: This is actually one of my first paint jobs. I have since then moved on to a little broader paint jobs, and actually offer contracts. :)"

Damon: Painted Mav

I didn't really have a whole lot to work with as far as material, but dang!  Who knew 2012 would be the year of the Mav?  It's even got that Green Tac Light (which I don't see much of these days).  Still, I liked this one enough that I thought it had to go up.  Plus we've never seen stuff from Damon before and I'm really kinda stoked he shares his Longshot project he mentioned.  I'll let the picture and his quote do the rest.

"...my first attempt none-the-less, hope you enjoy. I know my second one is going to be a Nerf Longshot (with a light strike assault striker for the insides...)" 

JohnsonArms: Wooden Maverick

Although he didn't explicitly send us a submission, I thought it was cool enough to share... not to mention take this time to plug JohnsonArms in general.  Yes, yes, I know it's another Maverick... but this paintjob is fantastic!  He's replicated a "Wooden" look to this old favorite.  It was posted on Urban Tagger's wall as a "progress photo" but it looks pretty close to being completed if you ask me!

And now I'll take this time to plug JohnsonArms, as I think he's one of the finest aesthetic modders out there!  Here's his profile off of his blog.

My 7 year old son gave me the inspiration to expand my art to NERF guns in September of 2010. The custom nerf guns and realistic props are a labor of love to be sure, but they just come out so cool that the time I spend just doesn't matter. I think I secretly wish I had been able to do this back when I was a kid :) Hope you enjoy the projects and feel free to contact me if you're interested in your own custom gun! Oh and sorry for the ads, but they help me pay for supplies :)

Not only is he a fantastic aesthetic modder, but he's just a great guy to work with.  Brian Johnson doesn't let his internet fame get to him one bit!  Go check out his blog and store!

Neo Creations: Steampunk'd Mav

Our first Steampunk submission is a Maverick, easily one of the most popular blasters to undergo this kind of treatment. It's aesthetics really lend itself well to it anyways. Neo Creations of DeviantArt has done a nice job with his! (note the barrel mod too!)  He has been doing steam punk paint jobs for a little over a year now and has over 40 completed blasters under his belt.

"I have removed the AR and done a revolver mod to extend it farther for easier reloading. I try to mod most of the guns I paint. My goal is to establish Neo Creations; my own little business for customizing nerf guns and other things. This includes steam punk paint jobs, but I also want to get into game type and movie replica and representation paint jobs. I have done one other maverick so far in a Mass Effect style, and loved the turn out."

Lookin good to me, Neo!  This Mav is just the tip of the iceberg for his creations though, so head on over to his DeviantArt channel and check them out for yourself!  

Portal: Golden Maverick

We're closing out 2011 with some shiny blasters, thanks to our recent submissions.  Spread the word and have your blasters featured here on the blog!  It's what we're here for!

Though I'm personally not a fan of "Dowse the blaster in one color" paint jobs, this Maverick that was given to Portal has that "Trophy" look to it thanks to the Golden paint job.  All it needs is a pedestal and you could give it up as an award of some sort!  It's not a perfect repaint, but it's still nice.  Portal had this to say about it>

"This is a golden spray painted maverick that a friend gave to me. You have no idea how cool it looks in person. It still has stock internals although I plan to change that. As it was spray painted the paint job wasn't done correctly. It serves its purpose but it needs to be refurbished. No areas were missed accept the barrel here. It's pretty cool. When and if I refurbish it it might have a little easter egg here or there. If I do that a little hint is that I got the new Zelda game game. Gold and Zelda equals awesome."

See you all next year!  Have fun on this last day of 2011!

TestamentSeven7: Maverick Mod

Another submission! Thisn's done by TestamentSeven7, just in case you have an irrational fear of titles and automatically skip them. ;0)
Also, just in case you have a strange aversion to photos along with your fear of titles, it's a Maverick, painted redn'black and with all yer yummy internal mods done an' the barrels separated.

TestamentSeven7 says,

"This maverick was a thrift store find, and was inspired by Drac's "Fanger" maverick, minus the LED's

The AR's and dart pegs have been removed, barrel drop mod, 3 pennies behind the spring, barrel separation mod, and black/red paintjob thats...fairly mediocre but i like it.

The tactical rail on the priming handle is unpainted, because it worked.  The barrel piece is also unpainted, for obvious reasons."

I like this blaster. The color scheme is a nice choice, and I really like the rings of red around each of the barrels. Nice job, Testament!

Pause: Modified Titan/Maverick Combination

Our first article has been submitted!  This one is from Pause, who has his own blog you can find here.  What strikes me most about this mod is how clean the integration is.  There's something to be said about a blaster that could pass for being stock and, while the design looks a bit unorthodox, it's got a nice stock-looking finish to it.  Pause had this to say about it.

Not much has been done to the Titan, the main mod here was re-shelling it into the Maverick shell.  All that was done to the Titan was adding a coupler and plugging the pump (which I regret doing). 

You can check out the full details and photos of this at his blog.