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Handmade Steampunk Rayguns From the F/X Guys at Weta
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.'"
We all have a few years worth of time to burn on useless projects, dont we?
This actually reminds me on the theory that proves its impossible to work for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week (by the oh-so-great-one, forever may-he-live - Hugo Rune):
Days in year - 366 (for convinience sake)
Eight sleeping hours a day - -122 days
Left : 244 days
Eight resting hours a day - -122days
Left: 122 days
Free from work on Saturdays and Sundays: -104 days
left: 18 days
1 hours lunch break - -10 days
Left: 8 days
At least 1 week holiday a year - -7 days
Left: 1 day
And that day is Christmas.