Answers.Body: <p>You could create one with parts from a hobby store or craft store, and paint them the correct color of gray.  Model your gun replica off of a specific existing gun that you find photos of online. Figure out ways to shoot the scene so the viewers don't see the gun too much:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>keep it in shadow</li>
  <li>only have it on screen for 1/2 second at a time</li>
  <li>keep it moving, especially if this is an action or chase sequence</li>
  <li>show it from a distance</li>
  <li>keep it out of focus (while something "more important" is in focus, like a person saying a line of dialog)</li>
  <li>train the camera on the face of the person with the gun and the reactions of the potential victim</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Also use visual effects (as suggested by bret7600 in his answer) and sound effects. A Foley artist once said he uses a door deadbolt to simulate the sound of a cocking handgun.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: You mentioned paint, do you happen to know if there is a paint that washes off plastic?
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Answers.Text: I don't know if there's paint like that.  Were you thinking of painting the Nerf gun? If so, maybe you could cover it with gray/black tape instead of paint, so you could remove it later. Or you could paint it black/gray, and after the shoot paint over that with orange or whatever color it was before.
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Answers.Body: <p>Please try an application like Adobe After Effects. With this app, you should be able to make a realistic gun flash, as you can mask different objects and key frame them accordingly. See link for tutorial. <a href="http://www.surfacedstudio.com/tutorials/how-to-make-great-gun-fire-muzzle-flash-effects" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.surfacedstudio.com/tutorials/how-to-make-great-gun-fire-muzzle-flash-effects</a></p>
  
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Answers.Text: This does help, but is there also a way to make the blue and orange nerf gun black and gray?
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Answers.Text: If you map a colour filter with a mask, you should be able to do.
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Body: <p>I am recording a scene in which a "gun" is involved, but I do not have the budget for a realistic gun, so I am using a nerf gun. I am wondering how I would make the nerf gun look real</p>
  
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ThreadText: # Changing the effect of a certain object but not anything else
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-11-13)
  
  I am recording a scene in which a "gun" is involved, but I do not have the budget for a realistic gun, so I am using a nerf gun. I am wondering how I would make the nerf gun look real
  
  **Tags:** effects
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-11-15. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  You could create one with parts from a hobby store or craft store, and paint them the correct color of gray. Model your gun replica off of a specific existing gun that you find photos of online. Figure out ways to shoot the scene so the viewers don't see the gun too much:
  
  * keep it in shadow
  * only have it on screen for 1/2 second at a time
  * keep it moving, especially if this is an action or chase sequence
  * show it from a distance
  * keep it out of focus (while something "more important" is in focus, like a person saying a line of dialog)
  * train the camera on the face of the person with the gun and the reactions of the potential victim
  
  Also use visual effects (as suggested by username_2 in his answer) and sound effects. A Foley artist once said he uses a door deadbolt to simulate the sound of a cocking handgun.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: You mentioned paint, do you happen to know if there is a paint that washes off plastic?  
  > **username_1**: I don't know if there's paint like that.  Were you thinking of painting the Nerf gun? If so, maybe you could cover it with gray/black tape instead of paint, so you could remove it later. Or you could paint it black/gray, and after the shoot paint over that with orange or whatever color it was before.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2016-11-14. Score: 0
  
  Please try an application like Adobe After Effects. With this app, you should be able to make a realistic gun flash, as you can mask different objects and key frame them accordingly. See link for tutorial. <http://www.surfacedstudio.com/tutorials/how-to-make-great-gun-fire-muzzle-flash-effects>
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: This does help, but is there also a way to make the blue and orange nerf gun black and gray?  
  > **username_2**: If you map a colour filter with a mask, you should be able to do.  
  
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