Fictional firearms

[Excalibur]

That I completely agree with. Drawn fictional guns are not necessary because they are based on nothing. Same with sci fi guns in Halo even though they shoot bullets, but have no basis on real life guns at all.


But apparently we don't have an official rule on fictional guns so I think we should do it.

[Rockwolf66]

Originally Posted by MoviePropMaster2008

Well, I have a bias, working in the industry, but it's cool to see what REAL GUN was used to build a fictional weapon. And it's interesting to know what real gun, if any, was used as the platform for a completely fabricated sci fi weapon. Also it's good to be able to educate the public that something which may seem real, is in fact, not.

But drawn fictional guns are ridiculous. The public will never care because the artist has so much leeway, plus it doesn't exist in real life. A real 3 dimensional 'I can hold it in my hands' prop is much more deserving of a page to tell people its genesis than a drawn prop.

What I am refering to is guns like the Serenty Mateba revolver. Very little has been done to disguise the fact that it's a Mateba. The Taurus used by mal is a whole nother matter because the prop effectivly covered the entire gun. That is what IMPO the Fictional Firearms pages should be used for... Those firearms that you could never guess what the host weapon was if you knew little to nothing about firearms.

[ManiacallyChallenged]

I'm just going to throw some kerosene on the smoldering embers of the Halo problem and mention... the handgun is sorta kinda maybe a bit based off a real weapon. The grip is that of a P99, at the very least.

[Excalibur]

The developers had openly said in an interview that their assault rifle had a coincidence resemblance to the F2000, but it was not intentional. They didn't say anything about anything else

[ManiacallyChallenged]

Hey, doesn't the M41 Pulse Rifle have an ammo readout too?
Could be the Halo AR is a mashup.
Marathon AR, M41 Pulse Rifle, FN F2000...
Too bad it shoots so poorly for a CARBINE in 7.62x51.

[Excalibur]

The ammo reader has popped up in other sci fi games too. In Starcraft we see a cutscene of a Marine firing his rifle at the Zerg had an ammo counter on it.

I wouldn't call the Halo assault rifle MA5 series a mash up with the M!41A Pulse Rifle because it looks nothing like it. It just got an ammo counter that most likely was inspired by the pulse rifle.

It's really annoying that it DOES shoot a 7.62 and is inaccurate as hell and when fired, it has somewhat light sounding gun shots. the Halo 3 version of the rifle was a bit more accurate