Rayguns – Reality vs. SF
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A few days ago, I was searching some pictures on Flickr and by mistake I found the rayguns of Lockwasher. They are pretty interesting, even they are not real. They remind of the old SF movies I was watching when I was little.
Photo Courtesy Lockwasher
I started putting these intergalactic self-defense mechanisms (ray guns) together after being totally inspired by Clayton Bailey, artist/gunsmith. I also draw inspiration from old 50′s and 60′s space movies, TV, toys… anything retro cool! I hope you enjoy looking at these as much as I did creating them.”
But it seems he’s not the only one who has the strange passion of making toy rayguns.
Photo Courtesy Lawrence Northey
and…
Source: Joe Blow Glassworks
Why rayguns are fictional, as far as is generally known
* In many science fiction scenarios, the laws of physics and nature of matter and energy are different from in the real world (i.e.: the fictional Minovsky Physics, which operate in the Gundam universe.)
* With current technology, the amount of power that they would need is beyond the capacity of any handheld device[citation needed]. Actual energy weapons are large and cumbersome and portable versions are barely powerful enough to be considered weapons.
* Many of them need non-existent materials.
* For laser guns, see Directed-energy weapon#Problems with lasers.
* Many fictional ray guns fire a beam which (unlike lasers) is visible in vacuum and sometimes also travels much slower than light.
* For plasma rifles and similar, see the possibility of plasma rifles existing in the real world (from Wikipedia)
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Rayguns are a strange passion? Who knew? Whenever I think of a “strange passion” I think of people that get turned on by women’s feet. Something for everyone I guess…
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What a cool collection of steampunk ray guns!
If you’re into space opera–a staple genre featuring ray guns–check out http://raygunrevival.com.
I love the ray guns they have at Weta, but don’t have that kind of scratch for a make believe weapon:
http://www.wetanz.com/holics/index.php?catid=4
This is fun! The RayGuns are cool and I really enjoyed trying to recognize the parts that the guns were made from!
Making rayguns is waaaay more fun than making real guns (I’ve done both), and sometimes the wilder & crazer the better. My latest ones I tried to extrapolate what a real ‘energy pistol’ might look like, but yet tried to keep a bit of the classic raygun appearance. Check out my site: http://www.rayguns-r-us.com.
I’ve got two Weta rayguns and four raku rayguns from West Magoon. what I am issing are two Northey’s (and maybe a joe blow or two) how about it lawrence?
I’ve definitely got a thing for rayguns – not feet.
i like the glass ones!!..and i can see the fun in the others, and what there made from…hmmm…might check out the crap pile at some shops!!
Very effective against zombies.
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