Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-14610890-20140105053250/@comment-24260323-20140112024718

173.71.44.114 wrote:

PEGLEG: Cool, except what about the cannonballs? (insert innuendo here)

LANTERN: Lanterns are unnecessary, nobody wears mail, swords don't usually break in RWBY from what we've seen, that's pretty short for a longsword, aren't a shield and gauntlet somewhat redundant?

ARKAN'S SWORD: Is it double-edged? I think you could easily put the bullets in a sort of drum-hilt and put the machine gun to the side of the center of the blade (in the third dimension considering: the blade's length, and the blade's width, and the blade's girth axes, side-to-the-center girthwise) For the Pegleg, I was thinking that it would be a muzzleloader that fired pre-made paper cartridges of ammunition (normal shot, grapeshot, etc.).

For the Lantern shield here's a better reference image:

The mailbreaker is that it is meant to penetrate renaissance era plate armour as well as flesh, and the bladebreaker can also be used to "catch" weapons for redirecting attacks or as a dagger. And the lantern could be replaced by a singleshot grenade launcher or maybe a pistol sized flamethrower if Dust really is a do-all resource. The hole in the shield is where the "lantern" was exposed to the opponent which was supposed to blind them in dark locations (Could also be used as a gunshield if a flamethrower is installed). To be perfectly honest, it was only made to deter muggers of Renaissance Italy and was probably not even useful in combat aside from intimidation.

As for the sword/lance/gun (I need a better name for it), it should be double-edged for versatility (I guess one can use the upper D-handle to protect the hand no matter which side it is used when used as a sword). I like your recommendation for a drum mag. for a hilt...

Actually, instead of a drum mag, how about 2 pan-style magazines, whose edges are parallel to the blade, can be attached to a machine gun located on each side of the weapon? The entire weapon will have two guns, twin-linked of course (I love DAKKA), whose barrels end midway of the blade for the purpose of penetrating an opponent, lifting them into the air, all while firing point-blank.