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Handmade Steampunk Rayguns From the F/X Guys at Weta

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the zap-zap-pew-zap-pew-pew dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Wired is presenting a gallery of artwork that inspired Weta's collectible rayguns, plus exclusive photos of the retrofurist sidearms. The article offers more than just images; each weapon has a description of where they were inspired from, as well as possible uses. 'In this illustration by Greg Broadmore, a hunter poses with his latest kill and his elegant retrofurist rifle ... "I started drawing these things just for fun," says Broadmore. "I did dozens of designs, all really stylized and Flash Gordon looking. I remember those black and white serials playing on TV as a kid and the imagery always stuck with me. Really hokey, but really scary and weird at the same time. And, of course, if you're a fan of classic rayguns you'll see the influence of the old toy rayguns. The Buck Rogers disintegrator pistol -- of course directly referenced in Han Solo's blaster in Star Wars -- is iconic, and that original raygun, along with many others, inspired me massively.'"

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  1. Safety compliant? by badzilla · · Score: 1, Funny

    Where's the orange plastic blob at the barrel end?

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    1. Re:Safety compliant? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Mmmmmmm donuts filled with LSD. Why do you have 3 heads Marge?

  2. Okay, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    inquiring geeks want to know if they work or not. :)

  3. Re:Steampunk = trendy tard-speak by Suertreus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, at least we don't say "tard-speak."

  4. Retrofurist? by Handyman · · Score: 4, Funny

    What the fsck is "retrofurist"? It's even in TFA. I'm guessing they meant to say "retrofuturist", but being lysdectics they had an excuse to use this abbrevion...

    1. Re:Retrofurist? by jcr · · Score: 3, Funny

      What the fsck is "retrofurist"?

      Someone who's furious in a retrograde manner?

      -jcr

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    2. Re:Retrofurist? by famebait · · Score: 2, Funny

      What the fsck is "retrofurist"?

      A person who identifies with or is sexually attracted
      to old-fashioned stuffed toys and/or anthropomorphic
      animal characters in fiction and illustration.

      Derived from "furry", denoting the similar but more common
      inclination that accepts, and is chiefly oriented towards,
      more modern depictions. Adherents of retrofurism mostly
      use only "furist" to denote their group, feeling its
      clever variation on "furry" suffices to convey the archaic
      aspect. "Retro" is added mostly by outsiders to the group,
      or in communication with them, in order to avoid
      misunderstandings.

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  5. Re:I'd rather see a firearm by atrocious+cowpat · · Score: 4, Funny

    "planetary princesses whose costumes are held up solely by centrifugal force."

    I think you meant: "held up [...] by the gravitational pull of their tits."

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  6. Re:I'd rather see a firearm by WormholeFiend · · Score: 2, Funny

    But you need a permit to buy a firearm.

    Not so with a laser.