Awesome Weapons

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.

Swordsmith Tony Swatton continues to crank out impressive weaponry – this time replicating the deadly detachable sword that Hit Girl wields in the forthcoming Kick-Ass 2. We would not want to run into Tony (or his crew) in a dark alley.

This limited edition 3D Combo Blu-ray box set of Star Trek: Into Darkness comes with a life-size phaser replica. Made by Quantum Mechanix, the phaser’s barrel can be switched between stun and kill mode.