Found a picture of pistols and assault rifle:


few more on this blog

And here's another picture in fine resolution of James Cameron with "AVPAT" pants.

I would love to have a costume from Avatar, but getting the BDUs would be real pain, as you said, Riceball. And with body armor it would be about ten times worse.

This one? I'm planning buying that one and few others, too. Looking forward to the pictures.

I don't recognize the cover, but, I think it's this one yes, cause I've French edition ^^

I found this wiki :

http://james-camerons-avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Avatar_Wiki

it is a very good and reliable source for info about weaponery in Avatar, and other cool stuff !

Just a few observations…

First, they didn't even try too hard to hide the obvious M-60 look to this weapon:



And I just didn't get the whole atmosphere thing. Sure, plants don't need a atmosphere exactly like Earth's to grow, but as someone who did a LOT of time in MOPP4 (the chemical suits) on active duty, I know that an atmosphere you can't breathe would have eventual impact on the rest of your body. Strapping on a O2 tank won't quite cut it here. You'd eventually have some physical impact to your body by having skin exposed to an atmosphere of that type. But then again, that's the movies for you.







Can't help but wonder where the ammo storage it on this aircraft. Something like that would eat a lot of rounds the way they were shooting. But like I said earlier, sci-fi movies rarely show the reality of the day-to-day things of military life that wouldn't change. Things like ammo storage, water, food and logistical support rarely ever pop up in such movies.

Guns, Guns, Guns!

Pretty much all the "small" arms in Avatar can be customized or attached to one another "Lego" style.
The bullpup firing action is the only constant between the weapon types. Each base unit can be modded
with different barrrel and rail assemblies.

Assault rifle with long foregrip.



Assault Rifle with SMG barrel and under barrel laser foregrip.



20MM Pump Action Shotgun with long barrel, muzzle break and laser front grip.



Assault Rifle with long barrel and RIS mounted under-barrel Shotgun



(L to R) Long barrel AR with RIS mounted foregrip, Shotgun with long barrel, Long barrel AR/Shotgun combo with scope/optic sight, AR-SMG barrel with scope.



Even LONGER barrel ARs and shotguns. Comparing the tabletop pic of the size comparison between the long barrel foregrip AR and the shotgun,
it looks like the ARs in the picture below have perhaps socom style suppressors attached to them?



Flame Thrower/Incinerator




Best video image I could find of the darn pistol...

Rook: Do you have a link to the video from which the screens of weapons are from?

It's on youtube. It's the "hardware" video. Pretty much what you see in the pics is the best there is of the weapons unfortunately.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv3lRl8HO9M...=PL&index=1

Russ

Well, that's a shame.... Thanks for the link anyway, Russ.

Here's a compilation of the best weapon pics.
Also, it should be noted that the MAJORITY of the weapons used in the Videogame are a completely diffferent
design than those used in the film. The AR, Shotgun, Flame Thrower, etc. are all different. Vaguely similar in
that they're all a thumbhole stock design, but there the simularities end.



The long barreled AR's foregrip is completely flat when viewed from the front. The perspective from thhe above photo
makes it seem like the foregrip is smaller in front than the rear, but they appear to be exactly the same.

Dr. Rodney, were you going to post any of the pictures from the book you have?

EDIT: Photobucket compressed the pic in my album too much, so I re-uploaded it to Dan's. Download times will increase...
a lot. It's a frakkin' huge picture.

I just came home today Rook, so I can scan what I have tomorow. I have not as much pics as you posted today, but some good views I think.
So, tomorow morning, I scan them

Ok, these are the pics I have in my book.
They are very interesting, because on the photos, we can't read what it is written on the weapons, so there, we can ^^
And I also have a picture of the revolver, Wasp model.

If the quality is not suffisant cause of photobucket resizing, pm me and I will send you the original san.


Here are them ! :

You. Are.A.God! Thanks a ton for those!

How many pages is that book? What's the actual title?

Russ

Rook: Well, judging from the design of the font on the pages and number of pages it should be this one:
Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pandora, 224 pages

This topic was/will be a split from the Avatar Costumes thread.

I think you forgot to put the topics in, Russ.

Finally got it done. Enjoy! Discuss! And, have another possible picture...

While they're really not exactly the same, the trigger grouping on the 3 barrel MG looks similar to the Mauser sniper rifle.
Possible inspiration?



Russ

The WASP Pistol

Images courtesy of the RPF...

Someone posted a new weapon comparison pic on the RPF. Can someone grab it and post it here?

I can't from my phone.

Russ

Rook, is this the one?

http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=76202

Russ, are that these?





Picture courtesy of Sith Sheriff Brody, RPF: Picture 1, Picture 2

Yep, those are the ones. Thanks everyone!

Just something I want to mention regarding this real quick. The reason they didn't try to hide it, from what I have gathered from the descriptions of the gun in the game itself, is that it is basically a heavily upgraded M-60.

The game weapons are pretty different than the designs of the film weapons. But I can see your point about the M60. Plus, it looks more like an AR-15 when weilded by a 10 foot tall Avatar.

Russ

Anyone gotten a set of these yet? I might get one, just in case...
http://www.play.com/Gadgets/Gadgets/4-/125...g/Product.html#

Right general shape but wrong color I think, assuming the one shown on AVTR.com is a screen used one.




Edit: Never mind, it looks like what I have pictured is the science version, the one you linked to is the military version.

Thought you guys might like to see this.

After seeing the film for the first time my mate really loved the PDW rifle design and asked / commissioned me to build him one.
Reference material was alittle thin prior to the build and both cost and time were a major factor so some liberties / compromises were taken with some details in order to produce it quickly and cheaply for him, but anyway...

Sorry for the quality of the pic, it's from my mobile, you can't really make out the graphics on the mag or some of the details. it's also missing the peice behind the large muzzle section in this photo, which has been added since, but it's the only photo i have for now.


I am looking at making the RDA semi-auto pistol for myself next, which I intend to make a accurate replica of the movie one, if anyone has anymore detailed pistol pics I'd be very greatful...

Cheers

This one is very great !!!

Nice, job Did you use and existing airsoft for the base?

Cheers guys. It built from sheet abs and styrene, metal tubing for the front muzzle and a length of RIS rail from my spares box. I would of like to have made it an exact replica but there were limitations due to time mainly.

Well, I might just get a set just in case as I doubt they’ll be around for very long. Does anyone know what they put into the window on these?

Looking at a pic of Cpl. Wrainright(?) your picture goes in the window.

There is a shinning barcode too no ?

Nice job. Are you considering making an assault rifle, too?
btw. how expensive was making of the PDW?

Thankyou for the compliments.

I won't be making anymore of the bullpup rifles at the momment, perhaps later, but for now I am concentrating on the RDA semi auto pistol.
Cost wise to make the rifle cost about £35 in materials, for the sheet plastics, glues, fillers, paints etc. Actual price for the build including my time was significantly more though

That's pretty impressive! What did you use for the base item? P90? MP5?

Do you have any in progress pictures from when you were building it?

Again, great job!

Russ

There's no base gun in this build, it's completely scratchbuilt from 2mm sheet styrene and 4mm sheet ABS plastic. The sides and top part are just built up as boxed sections then shaped, the handgrip and the curved sections are multiple sheets sandwiched together to the correct width then sanded down to a smooth curve etc.

Ah, okay. I was under the impression it used an airsoft gun as the base.

Of course, since it doesn't, that makes the build up even more impressive!

Russ

You're a boss !!! You rocks !

Hey guys, thanks for the positive feedback.
I have done some work on the RDA semi-auto pistol replica over the past few days, as I mentioned earlier.

Attached is a quick photo of it's current "in progress" state, that I thought you guys might like to see, again it is taken with my not so great phone camera.
It is my intention eventually to mould it and the holster, which I am also working on, for casting.

Please ignore the fact that it's a rather nasty shade of green that's just a basecoat to see what needed sanding etc. it will be painted to match those shown in the prop display photos eventually. There are some tweeks I still need to make, but overall it's not far from done, construction wise.

Edit: Picture removed. Latest picture added to post #44

That looks terrible! You should send it to me for disposal. My shipping address is...

Just kidding mate, that looks pretty sweet!

Russ

Wow, that's just amazing !!!

Just about finished the RDA pistol to a state where I'm happy with it, it's missing some yellow text down the front of the pistol grip, but I have no idea what it says, so left it off.

Dang you are good! I was looking in to taking a shot at it as well, but I don't think I could have cranked it out that fast! Unless you are going to be offer these for sale, I guess I'll still have to make a master to pull a mold off of so fans can get one for their own costumes.

Great job!

Cheers mate.

The RDA pistol took just over a week to make; a few hours each day. The rifle took about two weeks work, again a few hours each day.

I may be looking at taking a mould from this pistol in the future as I would like to make copies available. At the momment I am working on the "Grip vice" holster for it though.
Unfortunately I don't think it will be likely it will be easily removeable from the holster, due to the design of the holster itself. More likely I will take a casting and build one "holstered" and leave the other "un-holstered" so too speak.

Really accurate models, compliments!

What kind of glue have you used to join (it's right word?) the plastic sheets?
Do you have any making-of photos?

Btw, i would build the "Hydra" Cannon and i 'll start designing it soon. I hope there are good ref of it in "A field guide to Pandora", artbook recently bought online - if i'm right, the same one which some pictures have been taken from.

(I apologize for my bad English )

Maybe we can work out a sort of licensing agreement, if we can pull a mold off of yours and offer them for sell inside the USA. We can work out a fee per unit or per time period. Saves folks overseas shipping fees, which sometime can be more than the price of the prop.

As far as the holster, did you ever think about eithe velcro or better yet, powerfull little earth magnets? Or somesort of spring loaded hinged clamp.

Many thanks,
I use industrial grade cyanoacrylate adhesives to bond the plastic sheets together as it's very strong and seals gaps easily.
Unfortunately I don't have any making of photos for the rifle other than one showing it with just a primer coat, but that really doesn't show anything else.

The hydra cannon will be one good sized prop.... I say go for it The pics posted earlier are from the field guide book.
It'd probably be easiest to make the the majority of the Hydra from MDF as it's easy to shape and holds up for model use well (though you'll need masks etc. to work with it )
If you have access to any mould making equipment you could make one of the tri barrels and cast copies for the others as i think they are symmetrical.



Once I have sorted out moulding the pistol, I will look into options for casting it etc. I will keep in touch on that front as it develops.



I'll have to look into these once I have started properly on building the holster, these may be an option.

Attached is a picture from the client of the finished PDW rifle, with the mantaza logos etc. which ended up being handpainted as you can't print white decals on a home printer...

Wow. Very impressive workmanship. Great details. Keep up the good work.