inspiration d and d (part 2)

holy shit, I actually have a part 2.

okay so sherry lee's line "think gold times ten", is a solid reference to d and d (advanced) or at least that's how I remembered it(okaay,maybe not so solid) (it takes 10 gold pieces to make 1 platinum piece) (currency for said game) (....) (ha). additionally I seriously doubt i would know what the hell platinum was(is) if I hadn't played the game.

inspiration: Bus Ride

So, with guns on the mind...so to speak, I hop on the bus to get to work(Hey! where's this goin?!), I almost didn't take the bus, I had enough time to walk, but it was cold, and I needed to pick up some supplies(that's me, being funny, supplies=milk + tea, for my shift). When I get on the bus, it's almost empty, (the 10pm Division Bus on a Sunday Night usually is), Okay, almost empty...except, where I usually sit; the back of the bus. so I sit somewhere else, when I sit down, I notice the graffiti(I tend to, normally...I was a graffiti writer, a billion moons ago, so it's in me blood)...this Pic is what I saw...okay...so here's where the inspiration, comes in to play. I've been wondering how to rename "submachinegun"...I liked the idea of MP as in machine pistol...I also liked the idea of "rapid fire" in some form. So when I saw the tag "RPK", it spoke to me. In that instant I knew "RFP", rapid fire pistol. I'm titling this phenomenon "an omen of influence"...It's happened before, in which, I'm uncertain or indecisive about some detail I'm working on, then something will happen and I get an answer...so from here on out "RFP's", for many a weapon of choice.

INSPIRATION: Dungeons and Dragons (part 1...maybe)

Truth be told, I was a crappy player...most of the time, disruptive(sorry Mel,the DM), always making with the jokes(albeit, I had a partner in crime on that; R.I.P. Ronnie)..anywho, Of course, I was a hypocrite, because as a DM, do you think I would want some joker playing...well, it depends...no, of course not...anywho(x2), my point is that, preparing a campaign, I found to be quite rewarding making up stuff...naming towns, making maps(I like maps), making up magic items...,more than inspiration, really, it was a way to work...
to put it another way: "Asmodeus is in the Detail"...

* FYI that fiend to the left is "Asmodeus"...in D and D terms, no one to Fuck with...

yet another....

yeah-yeah-yeah's....
the third and final Prototype submachinegun...this one is for our "heros"...
a little background: much like the Lokian ancestors a.k.a VIKINGS, wood handles are needed to carve or burn in runes(futhark)and stain with blood. Hence the sawed off-ness...
wood is used not only for ease of adding runes, but wood also has magickal properties.
so within "AT"(that stands for Among Thieves) lore/doctrine, Lokians are relegated to use weapons with enough wood material for runic purposes*...

* this is open to debate, and generally only applies to Orthodox Lokians, do to the fact that metal can be used(for runic inscriptions),and forgoing the use of blood staining as well as not caring about the magickal properties of wood(hey, it's their funeral, scratch that...pyre)

Below is a spearhead dated from the early 3rd century, found in Kovel,Ukraine and sidenote; of course it was stolen by the nazi's..of course, and of course those fuckers would lose it...shhhesh



Additionally, about the gun design...inspired by the MP5K, I originally had a handle in the front like the tommygun, making it closer to the MP5K, I might bring it back...that's why it be a prototype...

another gun "design"

"gun of Choice" for worshipers of the Flying lizard god Quetzalcoat.
(a combo of a Sten MKII and Sterling L2...)
P.S. I donut have a name,caliber,manufacture, or country of origin...yet...yet

A gun design For "Memphis Blood"

So, piggy-backing on previous post, here's a prototype sub-machinegun. This will be the Set(h) worshiping mobsters, gun of choice. I've avoided using the drum magazine, even though it's iconic(it was featured on the Tommygun)between casting and wardrobe, I think my point will get across(that they're mobsters)...
Below are the three sub-machineguns that I used to make this one. I started with the Russian one, then the Thompson M1A1(a WWII modified/stripped down version of the "Tommy gun", to speed up wartime production)...finally, I took the barrel from the MP18...it looks meaner than the M1A1 Barrel. Since this is a prototype, I might lose the wood foregrip, or at the very least change it so that it's not so "Thompson-y"...oh, yeah I also used the barrel sight from the Russian gun...

Its not a GLOCK 26...but it is

what the hell does that mean, you might ask....
Well, the prop IS an airsoft version of a glock 26, and yes the dialog states that it is a "Glock 26...", but in an early draft it was a "Wilks Type 8", which is a made up ... I changed it, because I wanted to give the scene some weight in reality. I wouldn't do that now, Because I would use this situation to add a layer of otherworldly uniqueness(to coin a phrase) also, in a perfect world I would have made/designed a "Wilks" for the scene...but at the time I didn't think I could do that...get a gun prop made, now I know different.

this was shot with the SONY XD-CAM by Paul Priciple and sound was handled by Travis Bird.

The "Star Wars Effect" AKA Prespective within Inspiration.

Okay, when I was seven, I saw "Star Wars" for the first time. Now, among many elements of this movie, I was affected by the weapon design(s). It's an inspiration that I've carried with me to this day. It's a detail,(I guess) that resonates...Han Solo's gun(blaster) looked "Cool" to me... It still does(kinnnda), as did, all of the weapons throughout;I call it: the "Star Wars Effect"...Here's the however part, within the last year or so, I've been causally, researching guns(to a large extent WWII guns)...so with a little knowledge, I come to find, Han Solo's blaster... not... so...original(basically, a Mauser "Broomhandle" w scope and flash suppressor) ...so what, it's original enough, and the only thing that matters is that it inspired me to design my own weapons for this "series"...I guess what I'm trying to say is, the fact that my perspective changed, it can't change me initial drive(feeling)...Art is transitory, and although, I look on that movie with different eyes...it got me here...or there...I'm not quite sure what the point of this post is..."everybody be hate'n on Lucas(?)"..."don't turn your back on the earlier you"...oh wait! inspiration is a gift..."moment-moment-monent"...blahhhhhh

we shot here....

Short on Story, Long arm of the Law

when you don't have much of a story you find other ways to pad. I used dialogue, pertaining to "The Crews" History, and that came with naming locations i.e.counties. Retrospectively, three is a bit much, but live and learn, live and learn...I mean I would now stretch that over a couple of episodes.