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Making prop weapons for 2K: Part 3

Making prop weapons for 2K: Part 3

We have been chronicling our prop building for 2K’s Evolve video game, and we are down to the last two weapons! We journaled the Lazarus Device and the Harpoon Gun and all the final weapons will be revealed next week! The Laser Cannon: All these guns have followed the the same basic building steps. Simply put, Shawn sends the 3d […]

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Making videogame weaponry real: The Harpoon Gun from Evolve Pt 2

Making videogame weaponry real: The Harpoon Gun from Evolve Pt 2

  In case you haven’t been following our little Make: Believe project with 2K, we’ve taken up the challenge of recreating four weapons from the game in real life (based on art files provided by the game developers). That’s largely thanks to the help of Shawn Thorsson’s maniacal work ethic and165 pounds of rubber molding […]

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Making videogame weaponry real: Evolve’s Lazarus Device

Making videogame weaponry real: Evolve’s Lazarus Device

In case you didn’t see it last week, Make: magazine announced we are working with 2K to build real-world versions of some sci-fi guns for their upcoming game, “Evolve”. Prop builder extraordinaire, Shawn Thorsson, walks us through the first weapon he’s creating, The Medic’s “Lazarus Device”: The Medic Here is the medic class, explained by Evolve’s […]

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Video Games Get Real With Evolve

Video Games Get Real With Evolve

Evolve looks like a pretty cool game. We’re not a gaming blog though, so I won’t even get into how interesting I think the ideas are behind the gameplay. Just a hint, this was made by the same team who created Left4Dead. What we like here at Make is making stuff. There must be a […]

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