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Glass Rayguns by Joe Blow Glassworks

Joe Blow Glass Rayguns

Reader Jim was reminded of the Raygunz of Joe Blow Glassworks recently when the Raku Rayguns were shown. I do admit a little weakness for rayguns (especially the Weta ones) so while they may well be seriously pushing the bounds of ‘Steampunk’, I’ll post anyway.

Made from glass, both painted and naked, as well as metal accents and found objects, the rayguns are brightly coloured and beautifully smoothe. If they could see to doing some with brass accents instead of chrome, and in more muted colours, then I think I would be in a great deal of financial trauma – but they are quite lovely as they are! I can just imagine someone running around the surface of Mars and diving behind a crater lip before returning crystal-coloured fire from one of these handsome display pieces. Pesky Martians! (No offence intended to any Martians reading this.)

This entry was posted on Saturday, May 5th, 2007 at 4:51 pm by Tinkergirl and is filed under Steampunk Images.

  • Hey Amanda
    Thanx for doing the blurb on the gunz.
    Jim sent over the link this A.M.
    How did you find out about them?
    I would still love to get my hands on one of the weta originals.
    Maybe a trade for one of my glass Gunz???
    Thanx again.
    Jeff Burnette
  • I am not an Imposter!
    The Libelous outrage!

    To begin with... well Mercury is a politically sensitive matter during this long war on Venusian Terrorism and so we choose not to include that in our title at present.

    Secondly typing with tentacles is difficult. Some errors are inevitabgle. If it matters so much to your person, please do devise a machinery that will facillitate the use of the superior 'Martian Analog Lever Technology' to interface with these disgracefully primitive computational devices. Keyboards are clearly not designed for the use of beings substantially larger than humans, especially those whose organs of tactile instrumentation are dextrous tentacles aranged in two bunches of eight each and having to operate under the profoundly exhausting discomfort of excessive terrestrial gravitation only exacerbates an already difficult task.

    Lastly please allow me to educate you on the matter. The true Overlords of Mars, while evolved from primative bipeds such as yourself, are very much without claws and are well endowed with tentacles. Might I direct you to the writings of Herbert George Wells who has several insightful writings on our kind (although his account of our past military tragedies is somewhat simplistic and biased). Also perhaps you may like to explore www.geocities.com/supreme_martian_overlord where you may find amongst other things photographs of myself and information on how to be a Good Collaborator thusly avoiding being marked as a F.O.O.D. catagory human under the future Glorious and Benevolently Brutal Rule of Mars.
  • Cylver
    Impostor!

    First, the full and correct title is "Supreme Overlord of Mars, and the Ventuian Colonies, and Protector of Mercury"

    Second, there's a g in physiognomy.

    And third, (some would argue this the most damning) Martians have spindly spider claws, not tentacles!
  • cenoxo
    True and honorable Barsoomians may rely upon swords first and radium pistols second, but I would like to see a brass & glass version of the Jules Verne/Tom Swift electric rifle [PDF].
  • As the ruler and Supreme Overlord of Mars, the Venutian Colonies and, soon, all of Earth, I say that there shall be no retribution heaped upon your physionomy at this time.

    Be pleased. You have not yet been catagorised as a F.O.O.D. catagory human. There is still time to become a Good Collaborator.

    So says the Supreme Martian Overlord who will rule you all with an iron tentacle.
    You! Obey the Tentacle!
  • Here's a guy who makes mechanico-animal sculptures out of old cogs and metal...

    http://www.joepogan.com/
  • That looks very star trek influanced! Very much like the Type II phaser from the TOS series!
  • Angus Mesmer
    Imagine these in bank-desklamp-green, and brass...
    http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Images/Products/siz...

    *drools*
  • Kiskolou
    As a martian, i speak for us all that your statement does not offend, but it does bring back horrible memories of that greedy imperialist buck rogers. And we taught him how to make space corn! Ungrateful. Whatever, at least we still are able to run casinos.
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