Works in 2010

Whilst creating all the weapon props, I started to think outside the box. I liked the idea of having a weapon that can transform into something else or extend itself to become a larger weapon. I had several ideas, but many were just too impracticable for me at the time. I started with something simple. I took one of my unfinished pistols and thought of what I could do to it so once transformed, it doesn't look like a pistol anymore. The following words were what went though my head at that very moment "What if I can make this transform into a rifle of sorts" and as bizarre as it may sound, I made it.

I used tubes to create extensions that would be pulled out of the central section of the gun. I did this for both barrel and the stock where as the ammo clip would sit in the handle before it gets pulled out and inserted into the ammo slot.

I had several other designs which involved a weapon transformation. For example this tiny sniper rifle that could extend the barrel to twice the weapons length. The silencer was placed in the stock area.

Along the guns, I also wanted to do something more medieval-like. I love the LOTR franchise and I was always fascinated with bows, crossbows and swords and in one of the designs I decided to mix up a piece of forearm protection with a crossbow. I really loved the Orc bows which were sometimes made from bones and I tried to create limbs of the crossbow to resemble those.

I never tried to make this fire any arrows, but I did create bows in the past out of bamboo sticks and wire to create a strong bamboo bow and used firework sticks to create arrows. I usually took pens apart and used the metal part at the tip and attached it to the arrow to give it a better look and for it to work. 

I also loved future warfare and I was fascinated by futuristic gaming and concepts of weapons that came with them. I was especially interested in the Halo franchise which had a huge arsenal of Alien weaponry as well as futuristic man made weapons. 

I loved the Halo franchise enough to decide on creating several suits of armor. This was certainly a new challenge as at this point it was about 2 years since the last time I made a suit so I approached this carefully and experimented more than ever before. 

In the long run, I created 2 entire suits of armor as well as 3 helmets to go with them. I was extremely proud of these costumes as not only were they from my favorite franchise, but they were hand made.

Around that time, I was attending conventions and decided on going to one with my armor. I would dress up in my house and walk all the way to the train station with my costume on as I didn't want to carry it in a bag and before I realized, a joint that held my utility up broke off and I had no way of repairing it and that was a very big shock for me as I put tons of staples into that just to prevent that from happening, but it seemed that wasn't the most efficient way of getting around the problem. I got myself a glue gun. I had them in school and I always said to myself that I can borrow one, but I preferred to own the equipment. Having a glue gun at disposal, I opened myself new ways to create more amazing props and costumes.