Comments on: Making your own Steampunk/Pulp Rayguns http://brassgoggles.co.uk/blog/200801/making-your-own-steampunkpulp-rayguns/ The lighter side of Steampunk Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:23:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ninja-Pirate-Zombie-Robot Lair » Blog Archive » Geekout - 01/31/08 http://brassgoggles.co.uk/blog/200801/making-your-own-steampunkpulp-rayguns/#comment-182550 Ninja-Pirate-Zombie-Robot Lair » Blog Archive » Geekout - 01/31/08 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:57:14 +0000 http://www.brassgoggles.co.uk/brassgoggles/?p=682#comment-182550 <p>[...] Brassgoggles: Make your own rayguns. [...]</p> [...] Brassgoggles: Make your own rayguns. [...]

]]> By: Dr Dan H. http://brassgoggles.co.uk/blog/200801/making-your-own-steampunkpulp-rayguns/#comment-97210 Dr Dan H. Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:46:39 +0000 http://www.brassgoggles.co.uk/brassgoggles/?p=682#comment-97210 <p>If you make a gun like this, don't repeat the mistakes of the Weta team. Their guns look lovely, until you see someone holding one, then the sheer awfulness of the ergonomics becomes obvious.</p> <p>Compare these dire horrors to, say, a flintlock pistol. The flintlock sits in the hand beautifully, the trigger is ideally placed (Weta, take note!) and the whole thing feels like it fits and belongs in your hand.</p> <p>What steampunk is trying to do is mimic the artistry of mostly Victorian engineering, and the one thing such engineering, especially that of their bespoke firearms, was known for was that it fit the user very, very well.</p> <p>If you're going to imitate it, get it right for goodness sakes!</p> If you make a gun like this, don’t repeat the mistakes of the Weta team. Their guns look lovely, until you see someone holding one, then the sheer awfulness of the ergonomics becomes obvious.

Compare these dire horrors to, say, a flintlock pistol. The flintlock sits in the hand beautifully, the trigger is ideally placed (Weta, take note!) and the whole thing feels like it fits and belongs in your hand.

What steampunk is trying to do is mimic the artistry of mostly Victorian engineering, and the one thing such engineering, especially that of their bespoke firearms, was known for was that it fit the user very, very well.

If you’re going to imitate it, get it right for goodness sakes!

]]> By: Aeronaut http://brassgoggles.co.uk/blog/200801/making-your-own-steampunkpulp-rayguns/#comment-94610 Aeronaut Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:23:20 +0000 http://www.brassgoggles.co.uk/brassgoggles/?p=682#comment-94610 <p>I daresay, Raygun Two is clearly the more robust and sturdy design. Raygun One could fall to pieces at the merest touch. One would greatly prefer to trust one's life to the more reliable armament.</p> <p>^Beaty</p> <p>They "ruined perfectly goo[d] BRASS by sp[r]aying it a ho[ke]y silver"? You must not have seen the pre-painted pieces, which employed a motley assortment of materials and clearly BENEFITED from their coats. The grey hue of said paint also implies material strength.</p> I daresay, Raygun Two is clearly the more robust and sturdy design. Raygun One could fall to pieces at the merest touch. One would greatly prefer to trust one’s life to the more reliable armament.

^Beaty

They “ruined perfectly goo[d] BRASS by sp[r]aying it a ho[ke]y silver”? You must not have seen the pre-painted pieces, which employed a motley assortment of materials and clearly BENEFITED from their coats. The grey hue of said paint also implies material strength.

]]> By: Beaty(was 'Electric Draughtsman) http://brassgoggles.co.uk/blog/200801/making-your-own-steampunkpulp-rayguns/#comment-89375 Beaty(was 'Electric Draughtsman) Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:14:32 +0000 http://www.brassgoggles.co.uk/brassgoggles/?p=682#comment-89375 <p>Fantastic - this has completely rekindled my interest in SteamPunk (been in one of those creative droughs)...</p> <p>I shall be searching my towns junk stores this weekend.</p> <p>Only criticism I have of the ones they made i the film is that they went and ruined perfectly goo BRASS by spaying it a hoaky silver!</p> <p>;)</p> <p>(Nice find!)</p> Fantastic – this has completely rekindled my interest in SteamPunk (been in one of those creative droughs)…

I shall be searching my towns junk stores this weekend.

Only criticism I have of the ones they made i the film is that they went and ruined perfectly goo BRASS by spaying it a hoaky silver!

;)

(Nice find!)

]]> By: Mr. Natural http://brassgoggles.co.uk/blog/200801/making-your-own-steampunkpulp-rayguns/#comment-89038 Mr. Natural Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:54:36 +0000 http://www.brassgoggles.co.uk/brassgoggles/?p=682#comment-89038 <p>Here's the ray gun I am building: http://informiorium.blogspot.com/2008/01/update-on-ray-gun.html</p> Here’s the ray gun I am building: http://informiorium.blogspot.com/2008/01/update-on-ray-gun.html

]]> By: gorgo http://brassgoggles.co.uk/blog/200801/making-your-own-steampunkpulp-rayguns/#comment-87039 gorgo Sun, 10 Feb 2008 03:44:34 +0000 http://www.brassgoggles.co.uk/brassgoggles/?p=682#comment-87039 <p>^^^^ agreed, should not have painted it.</p> ^^^^ agreed, should not have painted it.

]]> By: Oh dear http://brassgoggles.co.uk/blog/200801/making-your-own-steampunkpulp-rayguns/#comment-83697 Oh dear Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:54:49 +0000 http://www.brassgoggles.co.uk/brassgoggles/?p=682#comment-83697 <p>So he had something that was brassy, and he sprayed it silver?</p> <p>Surely that's not right? Anyone with me on this one?</p> So he had something that was brassy, and he sprayed it silver?

Surely that’s not right? Anyone with me on this one?

]]>