You wait you are from Quebec, that explains the giant foam weapons......
...I don't get it.
Posted 10 April 2009 - 07:27 PM
You wait you are from Quebec, that explains the giant foam weapons......
Posted 10 April 2009 - 07:44 PM
You wait you are from Quebec, that explains the giant foam weapons......
...I don't get it.
Posted 10 April 2009 - 09:18 PM
You wait you are from Quebec, that explains the giant foam weapons......
...I don't get it.
Me neither. Make a giant Lollipop
Posted 10 April 2009 - 09:33 PM
You wait you are from Quebec, that explains the giant foam weapons......
...I don't get it.
Me neither. Make a giant Lollipop
Dude, your the one that said it....Does your brother or something get on your account?
Posted 24 April 2009 - 07:46 AM
Posted 24 April 2009 - 10:52 AM
Posted 24 April 2009 - 11:30 AM
Posted 24 April 2009 - 03:16 PM
You folks are getting really close to convincing me that this "melee" stuff really can fit into (my personal view of) the spirit of nerfing. The sheer goofiness of the big foam claw hammer at Toys'Я'Us is starting to really appeal to me. I could almost picture myself being willing to wield a mid-sized foam shield made to the bloodied appearance of The Comedian's happy-face button. In fact, if I see those oversized frisbee-like flying discs at Big!Lots again ... I might just buy one to use as a base.
This stuff definitely was "not my thing" a few weeks ago. But I'm budging. Keep it up!
Posted 24 April 2009 - 03:19 PM
Posted 24 April 2009 - 03:31 PM
Posted 24 April 2009 - 03:40 PM
Nerd time.
Blade doesn't use a katana. It is a more chinese influenced sword, think of the precursor to the Katana...
Nerd time over.
You INSPIRED me. I Have been now working on some foam weapons and whatnot, just because for the indoor wars, they would be so fun to use. I have no idea where to begin or how to start. Any suggestions?
Posted 26 April 2009 - 01:00 PM
As cool as making that would be, it's nearly impossible for me to make battle-ready. I could make a weapon that looks like it and all, but it wouldn't stand up to any beating.
I do have a 3 foot end-to-end windmill-esque shuriken sketched out, but it'll be more costly and even less practical than the Ringblade. The Ringblade is being sold for 60 dollars for the girlfriend of the guy who bought the Red Queen.
HOWEVER,
I have made small shuriken. a couple different kinds, weighted in their tips with lead shot fishing weights embedded in the foam. The fly pretty well and are fun. I sell those for 2-3 dollars a pop. I actually made a Pac-Man shuriken when I had some left over foam from another project that resembled him.
Posted 26 April 2009 - 05:44 PM
Edited by CaptainSlug, 26 April 2009 - 05:45 PM.
Posted 26 April 2009 - 11:20 PM
As cool as making that would be, it's nearly impossible for me to make battle-ready. I could make a weapon that looks like it and all, but it wouldn't stand up to any beating.
I do have a 3 foot end-to-end windmill-esque shuriken sketched out, but it'll be more costly and even less practical than the Ringblade. The Ringblade is being sold for 60 dollars for the girlfriend of the guy who bought the Red Queen.
HOWEVER,
I have made small shuriken. a couple different kinds, weighted in their tips with lead shot fishing weights embedded in the foam. The fly pretty well and are fun. I sell those for 2-3 dollars a pop. I actually made a Pac-Man shuriken when I had some left over foam from another project that resembled him.
Well, if you do want to make very fiddly and thin weapons that won't flex and are light; you could use graphite shafts.
Either going to your local Goodwill/Valu Village/Amity and buying cheapo graphite golf-shafts or actually ordering graphite kite-spar from online vendors, or if you have a specialty store that deals with RC modelling/building and the like, they often also have kite-building supplies, such as kite-spar.
I've been interested in LARPing for a long time, mostly because when it's all said and done, you've got some really good stories to tell. I've only played a few times in the last couple of years because of work and school, but the few times that I have shown up I've had a good time.
However, a lot of it is very physical, you're usually walking all day long, or for many hours; for the 'big' fights you tend to be fighting for a good hour or two non-stop. Although sometimes you're merely waiting a few minutes before the next wave attacks and you've been fighting for four hours, and not ending until it's 3 in the morning.
The designs that you've made are pretty impressive Yazzah, you've got some very good looking weapons made here. If I knew that they were perfectly safe I'd even reccomend you trying to sell some of them to LARPing players.
Your sheilds look pretty safe though; and light (a heavy sheild carried for 12+ hours in a day is really fucking annoying; however it does encourage LARPers who play tanks in game to actually work out on their own time out of game). So you could try selling them to LARP groups near where you live.
I'm also curious as to how much time it took you to set up those "Yazzah" letters. I might want to do something similar for a friends sheild, she's got this minotaur character and putting the labyrinth symbol on it would be pretty interesting.
Posted 02 May 2009 - 08:08 PM
Edited by BritNerfMogul, 02 May 2009 - 08:08 PM.
Posted 03 May 2009 - 12:11 AM
Posted 03 May 2009 - 12:28 AM
PVC + Foam + duck tape = thick.
It's a foam weapon made for foam battles.
If you want something thin, I'd suggest you stay away from such battles, because they can potentially hurt... A lot...
Consider this: I made a Ka-Bar of duck tape and a bent hanger. Some cardboard in it, too. I was sheathing it, and in doing so, the tip, which had exposed itself through the duck tape (And was the point where I had cut it with some bolt cutters) went and lacerated my side. God, that hurt like a bitch.
So, the moral is, more padding more better.
Posted 03 May 2009 - 09:22 AM
Posted 06 May 2009 - 11:10 AM
It looks a little unwieldly, but I like it. Alot of detail and effort present. Every tried anything a little thinner? I'm a little put off by the thickness.
Posted 06 May 2009 - 07:21 PM
Edited by splat, 06 May 2009 - 07:22 PM.
Posted 06 May 2009 - 07:23 PM
Edited by RVMVTVProductions, 07 May 2009 - 08:22 PM.
Posted 06 May 2009 - 08:19 PM
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