Toy chainsaw + Nerf gun + time = DIY Gears of War gun

by Christopher Grant { Jan 23rd 2008 at 1:00AM }

We're not sure if it came to him in a vision or if he was visited by an angel, but when forum-goer Forsaken_angel24 played Gears of War, he paused the game and told the Dom to his Marcus that he was going to build a Lancer, the game's memorable assault rifle slash chainsaw.

That's right about where we imagine his friend politely excused himself and phoned the local police, but even that couldn't stop Forsaken_angel24 from following through with his dream: he combined a Nerf gun with a toy chainsaw and copious amounts of free time to create a believable enough copy of the Lancer. How believable? The chain on the chainsaw actually moves, the lights actually light up, and it shoots totally realistic Nerf bullets. Still curious, peep the video after the break. Oh yeah, there's a video.

[Thanks, Phillip]

Tags: DIY, Gears-of-War, mod, Nerf

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Chris @ Jan 23rd 2008 10:52AM

I hate when all the people who think something is a "waste of time" and "sad" get to post first because it immediately takes the wind out of the sails of these stories.

No one is calling you pathetic for being the first poster on a video game blog site.

It's the same for those people who freak out when someone says they think a fictional character from a game is hot. People just need to relax and enjoy the world around them.

This guy has a hobby, just the same as model building or putting together puzzles... or PLAYING VIDEO GAMES.

In any case, good job man it looks awesome, and I'm not even a big Gears guy.

SGT Grumbles @ Jan 23rd 2008 3:21PM

Took the words right out of my mouth.

Moakieuk @ Jan 23rd 2008 11:57AM

Gotta say, hats off the man. Great work.

Now I want one...

Zegim @ Jan 23rd 2008 12:54PM

I'm impressed. Great work.

Neebs @ Jan 23rd 2008 1:34PM

The original gun is so much like it...did he mold it any?

Grant @ Jan 23rd 2008 3:13PM

Dear Mom and Dad,

I'm not moving out of the basement until I am good and ready. I will get a job next week, this time i swear i'll actually go look.
My hobbies are not a waste of time! I got a bunch of uber geeks to think i am l337 on the internet for 15 minutes. Now i know what god must feel like when he P0wnz newbz.

Zeus.:God @ Jan 23rd 2008 5:47PM

Thats a great job, but whoever is producing the Halo laser tag guns need to make something thats actually cool... Like this. They need to make a scale Lancer and produce it for the masses...

Farseer (GDI) @ Jan 23rd 2008 1:08AM

ummmm yeah...

seriously, though, you have to hand it to him. That turned out really well.

Beatz @ Jan 23rd 2008 1:25AM

I like the way he hides his face. Like even HE's ashamed to know that he had that much spare time to waste.

Still, props on the the nerf-lancer. Can't wait to read about how he stopped an actual robbery with that thing on Digg. You know it's gonna happen.

magicswordking @ Jan 24th 2008 5:29AM

This guy's something of a legend in the nerf-mod/nerf-war community. He's known for his elaborate and innovative mods. He includes extensive how-tos on the Nerfhaven boards for those so inclined.

http://nerfhaven.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10596&st=0
That's the how to on the Lancer. Check out his other stuff, too, its pretty righteous.

quickshade @ Jan 23rd 2008 1:30AM

thats awesome.

rv @ Jan 23rd 2008 12:34PM

Now, can you run around at full speed while the chainsaw is revved by holding down the rev button? OR did he fix that glitch?

Huey2k2 @ Jan 23rd 2008 1:30AM

You know, he is a pretty big nerd for putting that much time into something so useless...

But at the same time, I am pretty sure I am an even bigger nerd for being jealous.

DangerMouse @ Jan 23rd 2008 1:34AM

Not my cup of tea, but it sure beats that blu-ray laser star trek crap.

Ranus Studios @ Jan 23rd 2008 1:37AM

PFFT.

I did that in my webcomic like a year ago.

Low quality of my webcomic notwithstanding.

paul @ Jan 23rd 2008 11:09PM

your a moron, doing it in a webcomic and doing it irl arnt the same thing.

thelastbook@gmail.com

dramamoose @ Jan 23rd 2008 1:41AM

Not accurate enough. He should rewire it so that every time the thing is bumped, the chainsaw shuts off. I'm pretty sure he can also fire while chainsawing. Tisk-tisk.

colin @ Jan 23rd 2008 1:42AM

probably wearing a mask so jack thompson doesn't find out he let his 12 year old play gears.

Ritz @ Jan 23rd 2008 1:48AM

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Chase @ Jan 23rd 2008 1:49AM

The chainsaw is backwards. ;]

But I'll give it a 'B' for effort - and 'backwards.' ;D

Beatz @ Jan 23rd 2008 2:06AM

Actually in that picture the chainsaw isn't connected yet, it's just the two things he's about to connect, but the perspective of the picture makes it look like the chainsaw is connected, and backwards. Gotta learn to click the link before you summarize the whole thing.