If you want to bring pieces of your favorite game to life, sometimes all it takes is a little bit of paint and your favorite toys.
Redditor DrBeakerMD posted the above photos of four Borderlands 2-inspired weapons he created for his "end of high school celebration." But before you worry about danger and gun violence, all four were crafted from completely harmless Nerf guns.
Borderlands 2 is a shoot-and-loot FPS where you can pick up hundreds of thousands of guns; the box copy actually says "bazillions", DrBeakerMD picked four models and created detailed replicas. He described the process on Reddit, saying he disassembled the gun, sanded off the Nerf logo, and then applied different coats of paint.
To create the smaller details, DrBeakerMD said he used dry brushing, a technique where you use a minimal amount of paint on your brush over the finer details. He did this give the guns a more dirty, rugged look.
DrBeakerMD used the gun with his Mordecai costume -- a playable character from the first Borderlands who appears in the second game.
To make sure the guns didn't look too real or upset any law enforcement personnel, he said he checked all the standards of model weaponry with his local police precinct.
Check out all the images of the awesome toys above.