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SpiritedDreaming wrote: I thought of a violin and bow that become a bucker and rapier. I also thought of an electric cello that becomes a scythe, because just because Ozpin only knows of Qrow and Ruby being of that 'skill' doesn't mean there aren't a few people flying under the radar with them. Haha a violin is on the list and I thought of exactly that^^ But I think I'm gonna end up with a crossbow-violin instead, thought of keeping the buckler aspect of it when the crossbow arms are not deployed but thought it would end up being less practical and / or sturdy. Make it full metal and have it perform defensive functions without even requiring a transformation would be a nice solution for the crossbow as a last resort defense strategy tool, but in case you want to use it alongside a melee weapon, a deploying buckler layering over the back of the instrument would be better : you want your violin to be fully hollow for it to sound like a proper violin, so I don't think you could rely on a cage frame as easily as with a guitar, and without that, an aluminium frame would bend under impact (wood and carbon fiber would shatter).

Well, you could also sacrifice a bit of coherence for the sake of the thing existing in a universe where land masses can float mid-air thanks to a bunch of crystals. I'll probably have to do that if I keep the nunchaku-tonfa flute I'm thinking about for one of the VNIL characters.

Also imagined a harp integrated into a bow, could potentially be a very elegant object. I'm not going to go further with that concept so feel free to do something with that idea.

EmBELLEm wrote: I did not know aluminum guitar strings were a thing, then again I never explored what they're made of.

Hmm, an instrument weapon that uses the strings as garotte wires.... I'm not talking about the strings (although metal strings are pretty common), but the body.