Sometimes in the midst of a really big project, it's hard to stay motivated. In the fine-tuning stage, weeks can pass without really giving me something to brag about. When this happens, it's time to focus on a smaller tangent project.
This is one of those tangents:
This is the "chainsword," the melee weapon of choice from the Warhammer 40,000 universe. If a lightsaber was "an elegant weapon, from a more civilized time," the chainsword is the other thing. Big, ugly, and brutal, it exemplifies everything I've always liked about Warhammer 40K.
In a game where the Imperium of Man makes the "evil empire" of Star Wars look like something that belongs in Disneyland, the chainsword is a perfect fit. There's no notion of a kinder, gentler anything. It's simply made for carnage.
More pictures and a thorough description of how it was made after the jump.
This is the "chainsword," the melee weapon of choice from the Warhammer 40,000 universe. If a lightsaber was "an elegant weapon, from a more civilized time," the chainsword is the other thing. Big, ugly, and brutal, it exemplifies everything I've always liked about Warhammer 40K.
In a game where the Imperium of Man makes the "evil empire" of Star Wars look like something that belongs in Disneyland, the chainsword is a perfect fit. There's no notion of a kinder, gentler anything. It's simply made for carnage.
More pictures and a thorough description of how it was made after the jump.
