Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Man-Blender


A personal favorite and a commission, this is the man-blender. At around six and a half feet long, this weapon is so bloody heavy and awkward just from parts alone. Agin, designed for the larp, it's supposed to resemble a piece of farm equitment. The two heads on top are open cell over pvc and pipe foam and the shaft is dual layers of pipe foam over pvc. Down at the bottom, hard to see, are the two handles. The simple straight one closer to the head is loose, giving your front hand an adjustable grip that allows the entire weapon to rotate when you turn the back handle. It turns the entire shaft and head, causing destruction amongst enemies. Everything is covered in a full full of black duct tape except for the handles which are wrapped in grip tape so you don't drop the weapon. Awkward and ungainly, its a beast of destruction once you get a bit of momentum.

Intergrations


NF Bonesaw
15” Overall Length
9.25” x 7.5” Blade (1/4” teeth)
4” Handle


This is the second integration I did, after a prototype NF Sword boffer. This particular design worked a bit better then the sword because of the size of the weapon barrel. The sword prototype had the nite finder set up high in the blade but it required an excessive amount of foam to cover, not to mention it unbalanced the sword. This was again done for a larp for a friend who's character is a medic. The handle is the nf handle cit to strips and rewrapped for a cleaner grip and the blade is completely open cell foam. The barrel is pvc attached with cement and the nf itself has been gutted. Not a primary weapon but as a secondary, it can stand up to many other boffers, as well as the advantage of having the blaster inside. Overall very successful and reliable, not to mention safe as all pvc has been covered with foam.


Bearded Axe Blowpipe Hybrid
25.25" haft
6.75"x6" blade

The second blowpipe integration I did, it's a very simple yet successful weapon. Using a two foot length of pvc, I wrapped it in pipe foam, making sure it extended above and below the ends of pvc. The bottom was designed as a makeshift bushing, using foam instead of a pvc piece. This makes the blowpipe an easier weapon to use and increases the range a bit. The axe head is open cell wrapped in duct tape and the handle is done in e-tape. Again a very successful design, the only thing that needs adjustment is the bottom bushing and the boffer will work very well.

Monday, December 3, 2012

Throwing boffers

Hatchet
13.5" handle
7" x 5" blade
The first of two throwing weapons I redesigned for the larp. The rules are to have a weapon under twelve inches and no pvc core. Surprisingly the weapon is weighted well and can be thrown quite accurately. A very simple design, the handle is double pipe foam with grip tape and the head is open cell with duct tape.
Ripper
12" overall
7" blade
An improvement from my original throwing knife design, the slight curve helps with the spin. The handle is double pipe foam and grip tape, the blade open cell and duct tape. The grip tape helps to weight the trowing weapons, making them fly a bit farther.

Babylon


This is me showing off just a bit, a break from boffers. I had a trashed longstrike and wanted to do a singled titan mod so I figured I'd just put the two together and apply a large hammer. The entire inside was gutted and the little ridges were cut out with a dremel. The back had a hole cut out to fit the pump through and the front was pretty much cut off to cement in the titan barrel. The barrel itself was drill out, cleaned up and had a bushing cemented on to attach the barrel. The barrel is the longstrike false barrel with a two foot length of pvc cemented inside. The trigger is attached to the front barrel by way of a metal angle I formed with some sheet metal and duct tape. The stock is cut apart and replaced with a duct tape dump pouch since the rifle no longer takes clips. Because most of the screw holes are stripped, the weapon is sealed shut and the handled held shut with e-tape. The from grip is from the stampede. The titan is sealed and due to some sort of glitch, the weapon only fires elite streamlines of suction darts, nothing else. I have no idea why, it just does. The ranges are incredible, easily a hundred feet and it can definitely shoot farther. It does have an incredibly slow rate of fire though

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Axe boffers




Chaos Axe
38.75” haft
18.75”x 10.5” axe head
This axe can be used as a one of two handed weapon. It has a very slim profile that allows it to be swung very fast and the E-tape handle is a slightly better grip. It's much faster then most of my axe designs and considerably lighter. It can be used as a counter to other long boffer weapons but can be overtaken if you swing to long and leave yourself open or have the weapon countered on the back swing.

Thunder Hammer

40.75" haft
8"x9" hammerhead
5.5"x6.75" hook
Another new design, this one hasn't been tested yet. The entire head is open cell as is the hook. It can be wielded with two or one hands but is designed for two hands, using the haft to block and parry. The force behind the weapon can disarm most opponents and the hook is for catching other weapons on the backswing. The bolt is open cell wrapped in E-tape


 Dual ST Axes

31.5" haft
16.5"x6" front blade
8.75"x4" back blade
An upgraded version of my axes, they are again designed to be dual wielded. They hold most of the force in the axe head but are lighter so they can be swung with much more force. Upgrades to this design included the tops which allow other weapons to be caught and blocked much easier along with being longer overall, letting them be a much better counter to other boffers. E-tape handle.


Dual Marl Axes
26" long haft
11"x 5.5" blade
4.25" spike
The first boffer weapons I designed. They are a lot heavier then they look because of more duct tape then necessary. They work best against other dual wielded doffers or two handed staff boffers as they have the force to keep your opponent off balance with heavy hits from two directions. In a fight you need to keep closer to you opponent, especially if they have a longer weapons. The handles are E-tape and you should never wield only one at a time. These boffers are designed to be dual wielded, one blocking and the other attacking.

Monday, November 26, 2012

Sword boffers


Kunai prototype
Overall Length-20"
Blade-11"x4.5"
Handle-5.74"
This boffer was designed as a secondary weapon. The handle is wrapped in E-tape and naked PVC instead of wrapping it in pipe foam like normal. The blade and ring are shaped with open cell foam. It works well as a defensive weapon when dual wielding.
 Kukri

22" Overall Length
17"x 4.5" Blade
5.25" Handle
Again designed as a secondary weapon but it can function as a primary. A very simple design, its a PVC core, pipe foam and the blade is shaped with open cell foam. The handle if wrapped in E-tape. All boffer weapons are designed not to hurt too much when hit. However for the same reason a kukri is a successful design, with enough force behind it this boffer can sting like a bitch because of all the force being concentrated on the front curve of the blade.

 Skulltaker Sword
(commission)
40.75" Overall Length
32.5"x 5" Blade
8" Handle
This design was done recently done for a friend for a larp. He wanted a utilitarian weapon based on a machete. Again similar to the kukri, all the force is concentrated on the top curve of the blade, giving it enough force to push aside most other boffers with less resistance. Handle is covered with grip tape and the blade is shaped with open cell over pipe foam and a PVC core.


Dragonslayer
53" Overall Length
43"x 7" Blade
6.5" Handle
16” Hilt
This boffer was designed as a two handed weapon though it can be wielded one handed with a bit of effort. I based the hilt on a crusader design and the handle is grip taped. The colored portions are colored E-tape and the hilt itself is stiffened pipe foam. The blade is again open cell foam. The sword itself looks awkward but is fairly easy to use. It can't do fast attacks like a fencing saber but it doesn't lack raw power. However you have to be careful to to over-swing and leave yourself to fast boffer attacks.

 Merah Point Short Sword
35.5" Overall Length
20"x 4" Blade
8.75" Handle
A test weapon in more uniquely shaped blades. The blade and guard are one piece of open cell but because its just duct tape over foam, the guard tends to flop around when fighting. It's not a bad weapon and as a proof of concept it's successful. The weapon won't hold up for long against full size boffers but for hit and run attacks or outflanking it can work well. The handle is again E-tape.

 Black Fang Blade

28" Overall Length
19.25"x 4.75" Blade
4" Handle
Again another test weapon like above. This one was less successful and doesn't have as much force to be used as a primary weapon. Even as a backup or secondary weapon it doesn't work as well as it should. The points can't block other boffers without bending in half and the balance is off for some reason. E-tape handle.



Blackfist Radier Swords
46" Overall Length
38"x 4.5" Blade
4.5" Handle
5.5” x 3.25” Hilt (1.25” spines)
A very successful pair of swords, the guards are pipe foam wrapped in duct tape and the handle is covered in E-tape. Unlike the Dragonslayer design, these are designed for faster attacks and to be dual wielded quite easily. They are single edged but for getting around two handed staffs or other dual wielded weapons they work incredibly well with much for range and a wide hitting edge


Clawed Longsword Commission
A commission for a friend for the forscythe larp. A simple longsword, the hilt isn't designed as much for blocking weapons but more for appearence. The sword is heavier then it looks due to an excessive amount of duct tape. The handle is done with grip tape. A successful weapon and my friend was happy with it.