Awesome Weapons

Man at Arms caps the year off with a much-awaited project. Tony Swatton and his crew made a life-size replica of the Falchion, Chrom’s sword from one of the year’s best games Fire Emblem: Awakening.

A battery-operated rubber band gun that can carry up to 672 bands and fire up to 14 at once. But perhaps the best feature is not in the gun itself. It has an accessory that makes reloading much easier and faster than if you did it by hand.

The most bizarre gardening tool we’ve ever seen. Designed by Studio Total, Flowershells are 12-gauge shotgun shells that are loaded with flower seeds instead of deadly metal pellets. Perfect for rounding out your arsenal. This is my bloomstick!

YouTuber cheekflapperer used his Google Glass to record part of his practice session at a gun range. However, he said that he doesn’t actually recommend wearing the device while shooting because it was distracting.

For his latest build, swordsmith Tony Swatton replicated Kratos’ iconic Blade of Chaos weapon from the God of War games. He had to shrink it a bit to make it wieldable, but it’s no less deadly. We only wish he had made a pair. On fire.

Profiles in History is auctioning off Han Solo’s weapon of choice. Harrison Ford (and perhaps Mark Hamill also) used this non-firing DL-44 Blaster in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.

While many gamers are struggling to get their hands on Microsoft’s new console, RatedRR just went and blasted his Xbox One to bits by shooting it with a sniper rifle then searing it with detonating cord. Twice. Flame on at 3:50.

Armorer Tony Swatton continues to build out his arsenal of melee weaponry with Thor’s mighty Mjölnir. Swatton built this impressive hammer with a hollow chromoly steel head so he could actually lift it, though it still weighs about 20 lbs.

Slingshot master Joerg Sprave is working on a zombie flick, and he needs serious weaponry to take down the horde. While we thought his minigun slingshot was plenty, Joerg wanted something with a little more stopping power.

Prop maker Tony Swatton and his crew make real-life versions of the hidden blade and the pirate cutlass from Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. The Assassin’s favored weapon turned out to be a pain in the ass to make.

Videogame prop maker Triforce is obsessed with the quality and fidelity of their products. That has earned them the respect of game developers, so much so that they’re now designing 3D models for games. See more of their work here.

So you’ve got a problem. Two bad guys are getting away, and you’ve got just one bullet in your gun to take them down. What do you do? If you have a knife like the guy in this Filipino movie, your problem has a simple solution.

Harrison Krix of Volpin Props shows off his incredible replica of the Needler from Halo 4, as it goes from concept to completion in this time-lapse. The gun measures 31 in. long, weighs 10 lbs. and is lit by 54 LEDs. Build log on Tested.

Swordsmith Tony Swatton continues to crank out impressive weapons, replicating the massive, multi-pointed Zenith Blade, donned by Leona in League of Legends. Though Tony refuses to dress up in her purple and gold bodice.

While many of us have grown tired of zombies, Joerg Sprave remains ever vigilant. You see, he’s “concerned” that conventional arrowheads “might not destroy enough brain matter.” So he made a better one. Keep the beard, Joerg!

Rated RR exacts revenge against the finicky beer keg for all the foam it’s sprayed in countless parties. Trusts us, there’s a keg somewhere in that cloud of flame. Detonation cord gets rid of the foam, but it gets rid of the beer too.

Never run out of ammo again with this battery-powered pack capable of holding and dispensing up to 1,200 paint pellets to your marker, eliminating the standard hopper from paintball guns. Prototype rapid-fire demo here.

Weapon maker Joerg Sprave shows us how bundles of spaghetti noodles can be used to make deadly weapons. Though the knife blades and nails are a bit of a cheat. Kill a guy with a single wet noodle and we’ll be truly impressed.

DIYer DaveHax shows us how to take an ordinary banana and turn it into a not-so-deadly – and still kind of edible – weapon. When you’re done, you can throw the banana peel on the ground to make any pursuers fall on their butts.

Madman Joerg Sprave demonstrates how a simple power drill can be used to power a deadly weapon, capable of flinging bearings with tremendous force thanks to a spiral acceleration track. We can’t wait to see the full-auto version.

In honor of Shark Week, Richard Ryan gives us some fascinating and artistic info, as he shoots hollow point and 9mm ammo underwater and presents it to us in the glorious slow motion.

While you can now buy your very own Half-Life 2 Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator, we much prefer the version that actually picks stuff up – even if it is just through the magic of special effects from the guys at Corridor Digital.

Sword and Stone’s Tony Swatton forges a replica of Link’s Master Sword. Tony calls it Zelda’s sword, but we’re not going to correct someone with an arsenal of deadly weapons and has access to molten metal.