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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2009 1:21:48 GMT
Hmm, just to clarify a quarterstaff is different to a bo staff, a quarterstaff has both ends shod with steel and is thicker and heavier, so I think a quarterstaff can definitely take a guy in full armour with a claymore (define full armour?). I can't see you hacking through a quarterstaff in the hands of someone who knows what they are doing, too thick and often moving way to fast. I wish there was a way to make a quarterstaff out of axe breaker, not even a claymore would go through that stuff because it eats chainsaws and axe for breakfast.
Scotsman: Looking for to seeing your two weapons, what makes your battle trident different to a normal trident?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2009 14:43:43 GMT
mock my claymore all you please, you will all be awed by its greatness in a matter of weeks when its completed. and I shrunk the blade dimensions to make it weildable. ill post videos demonstrating its uses as an ultimate pole weapon and two handed sword. the battle trident i designed will be completed soon also. pictures and videos will follow. Just because some of us choose not to agree with your assessment does not indicate we are mocking you. Just pointing out the fallacies in your argument. For instance, you mentioned that the claymore would just cut through the shaft of the scythe- but wouldn't that mean the other wielder needed to stand still in order for you to do so? What're the odds of your opponent being that still? Or hold his weapon in such a manner as to make it easy for you to cut in half? You yourself said that you'd laugh at someone trying to attack you with a scythe, that it'd be the easiest weapon to avoid and disarm people using it. What do you base that on?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2009 15:24:38 GMT
You are correct that the opponent would not be standing still, i never said such a thing would be going on, however, repeated contact with a thicker than average claymore blade such as mine, will surely eventually break the opponents staff. i never said my foe would hold, stand, or by any means make it easy for me to cut said staff in half, i just said i would do it. i base that on my claymore having specifically designed parts of it to ensnare and rip weapons from opponents hands, this sword is not of a complex design, just simple things i added to a regular style that will give me the upper hand of range, quickness, power, and disarm capability. there is sooo many ways to use the hooks on the end of the blade i wont even start to go into them, you guys will understand soon enough. My battle trident is different in alot of ways to a regular trident. first, my battle trident can deliver horrible hacking damage being used like a double bladed axe, and with the low, penetrating 3 inch blades on the sides it has armor penetrating capability. u can use it like a spear and do everything a spear can except better because there is the two spaces between both of the hacking blades and the main spearpoint shaft and the hacking blades will funnel weapons strikes between said blades. all i have to do from there is a twist in either direction and said weapon is broken or not in opponents hands, or is still in your hands but you have your legs hacked out from underneath you. on the non-bladed side we have trailer hitch balls set in a + sign shape with one coming straight out of the main shaft at the bottom. or a pretty big single shotput ball havent decided yet. warhammer smashing side. and to top it all off, if i really want to get crazy i can bolt a double barrel pump shotgun to it and give it 20 rounds of some combat loaded buck-shot-slug projectile range. But you know, other than that its just a regular old trident. the trident was invented for zombies, but would be great either way. the claymore was designed for killing anything. the trident is double sided so it could be spun or twirled, but i prefer to hold blades out in front and swing the mace head around every once in a while. Blood, what is axe breaker? some kind of crazy wood?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2009 15:51:47 GMT
Axebreaker is a type of wood yes, australian and probably one of the toughest woods in the world though I don't know the botannical name otherwise I'd look it up, also fire hardened mulga and mallee is what the Indigenous Australians make there weapons out of and they are hard enough to make spears that will kill a full grown kangaroo and even a wombat. Now you might not understand the significance but wombats give 18 wheeler trucks difficulties when they hit them.
Also I think you overestimate your sword a great deal, first of all if I am fighting you I am going to strike at your vunerable points that are the hardest to defend so not going to come into contact with your sword, second of all, not going to let you lock me up with your sword or spear and looking at your sword I can see two or three ways that you trying to rip your opponents weapon away could end up with you losing your own. Also I am not sure that your claymore is going to be a very viable option because dynamically it doesn't look like it would wield with any more finesse than a big lump of heavy iron or possibly a hole digger. I don't see any quickness or power in this weapon, a simple claymore would be far more effective. The point is too wide to effectively stab anything unless you are ridiculously strong and even then, it looks like an anime sword that is all bark and no bite. If I were to take a simple longsword against your claymore you would soon find out why your claymore is so ineffective, all the works and jerks you have added only succeed in hindering your ability to fight against a normal weapon. Against a spear or a polearm you would be in deep doggy doo. The claymore will only kill an opponent who is unskilled or stuck to the floor, not mocking you mate just letting you know the limitations of your weapon. You could design it alot better to do what you want it to do, but at the moment, it is really just a big hunk of steel that will leave you vunerable to faster swords, against a rapier you would be dead before you could bring your weapon of doom into play and you are not going to get near the rapier to damage it or rip it away because your sword is not fast enough.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2009 17:54:19 GMT
I look forward to your demonstrations, Scotsman. Who knows...maybe a duel or two, showing us what you've been telling us?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2009 20:07:39 GMT
in a previous post you'll see that i took the basic design and shrunk it, blade width quite alot. and the reason its soo huge was because i was going to have it made and just hang it on the wall. now i have decided to make it usable. its still 7 feet long, but its blade is not near as wide as originally planned. its still big, still going to be heavy, but not heavy enough to be fast, its not even made yet, but when it is i still have to refine it to exactly how i like it. the handle length of three feet may shorten a bit, and the width of the steel overall may change also. its a work in progress. i havent completed a prototype of it yet but when i do ill definately put up some pics and stuff for u guys. i think when its all done how i meant for it to be, it will be a great weapon. also, i have developed a particular style to using this weapon that only works when using this sword and the trident i designed. i dont think it will be as hard to disarm people as you think it will. and i dont think it will in turn lead to me disarming myself, thats not going to happen, even if it did, i carry several handaxes and a mace that are quick grabs. so even if i dropped the two hander ive still got something to throw and smash heads with. the picture of what im holding in your head is still as it looked before i shrunk blade dimensions. its the same but different. weight estimate is around 10-12 lbs. i have made a pvc pipe trainer to use and practice with. ill try to get something posted soon. trust me, this is a never ending debate, even amongst my local friends.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2009 20:18:59 GMT
Wombats arent even that big, i could see a full grown red kangaroo give a semi some trouble, they are man-sized. do wombats have some kind of rediculously strong hide or something that i do not know about?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2009 5:20:08 GMT
Wombats are balls of muscle and because they have such a low centre of gravity and are so compact they are very hard to injure. Hitting one is like hitting a large stone and wombats are probably bigger than you think and they are heavy buggers.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2009 9:55:27 GMT
Wombats are what happens when you feed your hamster radioactive materials.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2009 16:06:58 GMT
So, Scotsman, what's the full kit looking like? You have a 10-12 lb claymore, a mace, several hand axes and I'm assuming some form of armor. That's alot of weight to carry around, so you must be pretty big and strong...which is good if you're going to wield a 7 foot sword. As I said, I look forward to pics, man!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2009 16:42:24 GMT
well the idea for the apocalypse is fairly simple. i dont plan on carrying all that semprini at one time, im building an apocalypse truck. big tires, lots of cargo capacity. already got mah crew. theres going to be a weapons rack on the truck so ill only carry what im fighting with and a small medkit with some rations and water in case i get seperated from the truck. the truck is going to have bio-converter so we can make our own gas out of anything organic. lined with steel and this thick plexiglass stuff that is bullet-proof for the winders, it will seat about 6-8 inside. there will be a battle platform on top that zeds will not be able to reach, you can just swing down on them or shoot from up top while being unable to be touched. the step up bars on the bottom in between the wheelbase will be hydraulic and be able to shoot out and break the legs out from under anyone standing next to the vehicle, making for and easy finish after their legs are broken out they will be twice as easy to dispatch. basically the truck will be a mobile armory and base. still debating if i want the top platform to be half-fenced or caged in. the truck will have a lift and no one of average or even a little bit above average will be able to grab at you if your on the top. the doors and riding compartments will be seperate from each other. in other words the riding compartment is big enough for you and thats it, they are boxed in and seperated by thick clear plexiglass stuff. so if you dont get in the damn truck and shut your door, you could possibly get dragged out. but at least if one door remains un-closed they cannot get to the rest of the crew also. so inside the seat compartments theres a bucket seat with a shotgun or AK on each door able to fire out safely. still drawing up plans for it and whatnot, but yea, i dont plan on carrying all that semprini at once. haha! If i dont have the zombie buggy complete by the time the semprini hits the fan, i'll have something more lightweight for on the move feet only travel. which is a big likely hood. melee is a must for zombies, especially when trying to collect supplies and and food in suburban areas, you dont want to make alot of noise unless you have to. gunshots will alert more of them to where u are....thats why i have been rapidly devolping an all in one, gun-melee weapon. you dont have to drop your gun and try to grab something else if a zed comes at you while your reloading just melee the semprini outa him with the head-crushing stock or the axe blade bayonets. its a double barrel pump shotgun that holds 20 rounds, with a battle stock made entirely of steel that encases the guns to protect the magazine tubes from dents and dings.(what good is a 20 round shotgun if you cant load it all the way?) and that will be made relatively soon. just need the left handed shotty. any more questions?
EDIT: i shortened the length of the handle about 8 or 9 inches because i couldnt swing it back and forth without sliding my hands down the handle because it was too long and would hit my side when trying to backswing. so now its a 6 foot claymore. thought ya might like that. the design is still undergoing changes but it should be completed in a few weeks.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2009 1:14:26 GMT
Related to the beginning topic, I think that a scythe would be an effective weapon once you thickened the blade up a bit. Have you ever seen/played Soul Caliber? One of the characters uses a scythe in the game, and if you watch how he uses it, it seems as though, with training, a scythe would be a terribly effective weapon. Granted not one you would use on a normal battle field, but deadly none the less.
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