Badass rayguns: postapocalyptic, steampunk, deadly
Skunk, a bicycle parts sculptor, has turned out a couple of seriously bad-ass rayguns -- one's all steampunky, the other extremely post-apocalyptic. Ideally, you'd wear one on each hip. Link (Thanks, Ruuskado!)
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Is that a clarinet? Imagine the horror you could unleash with a shoulder-mounted basoon!
excellent use of a clarinet... too bad it looks like it's plastic instead of wood. you could use all sorts of instruments to get that bell shaped barrel look. tuba bazooka! (trombone would probably work better but it doesn't rhyme)
Imagine the havoc unleashed with a bassoon, period...
(I jibe. I played both the clarinet and the bassoon.)
This is pretty as hell.
Next - the BFT9000!
[Big Friggin' Tuba]
To me, this just hasn't been processed enough. It still looks too much like a clarinet for me to take it seriously, or even seriously playfully.
> Imagine the havoc unleashed with a bassoon, period...
> (I jibe. I played both the clarinet and the bassoon.)
Q: What's the difference between a clarinet and a bassoon?
A: The bassoon burns longer.
Actually, I cannot see the picture as anything more than a dressed up clarinet. It's hard to see it as a weapon. But it is damn clever, nonetheless.
Reminds me of Rogan Josh's gun from Fleetway's Revolver comic of the late '80s/early '90s.
You're right, the barrel is still a little too much a clarinet to be taken seriously. However, the handle and the "firing mechanism" are both superlative. I mean really impressive.
Awesome. Roland from Dark Tower, on a budget.
No, that's the difference between an *oboe* and a bassoon. Or violin and viola. Potentially oboe and English horn.
Bassoons are so much fun. I miss it.
When I was in high school, our orchestra played a medley of James Bond music. While the strings were doing their thing, the brass section went wild. Trumpets were pistols, trombones were pistols and occasionally rifles, and the tuba won.
Maybe it's because I played in band when I was a kid, but if someone pointed this at me I would laugh uncontrollably... even if it really produced a laser.
Well, it is called the "Kenny G Eliminator" on the website. So using a clarinet is pretty appropriate. Of course, Kenny G plays clarinet as well as the sax.
Pshaw. Everyone knows that the alto sax is the deadliest of all instruments, especially if you sharpen up the lip of the bell--you can knock a man's head clean off with that. Seen it happen.
Am I the only one feeling steampunk-ed out?
He likely could've faux-finished it if he wanted, but given the name and description I think he intentionally left it mostly recognizable.
@#7 Gilbert Wham: Were those the same as the ones in Rogan Gosh: Star of the East by Peter Milligan and the insanely talented Brendan McCarthy, published by DC/Vertigo? The sitargun is such a stylin' weapon.
This is going to be one of those annoying comments in which I, a pseudonymous commenter too lazy and late to the game to have a highly-read blog of my own, take it upon myself to tell someone else what they should be posting to their own blog. Just wanted to be up-front about that; okay, ready? Here goes:
Aaaaaaaaaghhh! Enough with the frickin' steampunk already! And while I'm at it, enough with that one guy's steampunky clocks!
Whew, I know *I* feel better now. Thank you for your kind indulgence.
It's a clarinet. Nothing special. A trombone, now that would make a weapon.
@Sparkdale:
So what you're trying to say is...
No moar steampunk! Do not want!
I mean if it's something especially unique or interesting then alright, but just because something is steampunk doesn't mean it's especially unique or interesting. And I don't find these particularly well done. Maybe I'm being a snob.
I reckon a better use of a clarinet would be to use it as a clarinet.
Skunk's work rocks! He mixes steam-punk and humor to make magic devices to thwart teh evil-doers! He is also the founder and captain of SCUL, Boston's bad-assest bike gang. SCUL members pilot a fleet of handcrafted ships to keep the Boston starsystem safe for bike-pirates of all flavahs... do not doubt their awesome power!!!
As a clarinetist I thought a clarinet was already relatively steampunk looking itself to start with. Not too much to add a lever, a hook, and a handle.
I think it's brilliant.
Wish I had one during all those strenuous hours of marching band practice.
Take THAT, drum major!!
Skunk and SCUL are awesome and his Disco Ball Bike is something to see!
I can't wait for summer when they ride by my house around midnight on Saturdays. !VIVA SOMERVILLE!
From the Devil's Dictionary:
CLARIONET, n. An instrument of torture operated by a person with cotton in his ears. There are two instruments that are worse than a clarionet — two clarionets.
It's true, it does remind you too much of a Clarinet. However, I believe if the clarinet was spray painted to look more brassish, it would seem a little more steampunk to me.
Except then i'd be worried it'd look like a trumpet, so you'd have to keep some simple designs on the clarinet such as the stripe. It'd be kinda difficult to paint though, it is a clarinet and you'd have to find a way to avoid all the extra pieces(the ones on the clarinet made of metal).
http://www.skunkadelia.com/artwork.php?id=31
Here's a link to another "ray gun" by the same artist. This one is called the "Kenny G Eliminator" and is described as:
Reminiscent of a pirate's flintlock, this little beauty is a sure-fire hit for all defenders of descent music. Never a foul note with the eliminator!
Special Features: For cryin' out loud, it plays Louis Armstrong when you pull the trigger!