Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-172.250.39.94-20131203204915/@comment-24042984-20140604135011

While your inclusion of other factors involved with the utilization and creation of the weapon is admirable, I do believe the OP is asking if it is possible to create a real life WEAPON based off RWBY designs that also has similar capabilites as its fictional counterpart (and without legal and monetary limitations).

It would seem to me that a 25mm flare wouldn't be too accurate and is quite large. After reviewing Episode 16, it also seems to me that Melodic Cudgel has a very straight trajectory and the cane is too narrow to accomodate a 25mm projectile. At most, it looks like it is able to accomodate a .50 cal or a 15mm projectile, likely a high explosive tracer round with possible tailfins to create the whistling effect. As there is no visible magazine, I'd assume the gun would be electronically fired as well.

Your approach to Wilt and Brush is a good attempt, but I would have to say that it is effectively impossible to recreate a real life equivalent due to how the blade is stored and the significant transformation changes needed for it to work.

Cardin's mace should be quite easily replicated, but the durability of such a weapon is quite questionable.

A real life StormFlower could be recreated quite accurately, though it would have to be less accurate and fatter to achieve a similar effect to what is shown in the episodes. On a less relevant note, is it just me, or is lack of a safety on the gun (based off images from the page's Image Gallery) quite concerning...? o_O