Man, I wish they still made the combow. I’ve been on a quest to find a blaster that would make a good base for a gunblade and this would be perfect, but they’re like $130 now…
Mount the axe on bottom, if possible add a pistol grip if you so chose, this also allows you to have a "Spear" or long sword and a closer range axe, or you can have a scope, its really your choice. I think its a good idea because you can be EVEN more modular with it, but it would be more of an axe gun, but you can mount any sword you like.
I kinda want to see someone integrate a hammershot into this shell/or for the stock-grip-thingy to be grafted onto a hammershot... AND then integrate a real final fantasy like blade onto it. Btw I LOVE the X-Colorscheme for this blaster, it looks so neat.
I would suggest an inverted V-shape blade with a top-fin like blade (built around a rail mount) and two bottom blades like that of a Brute Spiker from Halo. That would create a slashing, stabbing, shielding, shooting weapon.
Captain Xavier I've said it before, and I am 100% certain I'll say it again... You, sir, are a madman, and we love you for it. Hmm... other gunblade ideas... Perhaps creating a blade mount that is angled to run in line with the pistol grip? Then you wouldn't need to change your hold to comfortably fence, the blade would already be in the position you're accustomed to having with a sword. Or perhaps add a second mount on the stock, facing the rear, so you can use it with two blades- Nerf Jedi beware, Dart Xavier has taken the field!
+Nathan Talisien the current katana and light saber blades allows for that technically. I will deffinitely be trying the Energy Sword idea to allow better melee without switching the grip.
Captain Xavier i have a strikefire/crossword. It was my first blaster. However, after years of use, it broke, the prime hook. Since you have cannibalized them, and have possible no use for the internals and pieces, I was wondering if there is a way that I can acquire them from you?
I know you like modularity, but I have found that cutting off the handle of most nerf guns will allow you to access the catch mechanism. For instance, on the recon, part of the stock attachment point can be drilled out allowing for a sort of pvc handle to be attached. By doing this, you will essentially have sort of a guard and handle. In addition, the placement of the handle allows for quick access to the catch mechanism which a person adapted to this unusual design can easily press while still having the gun able to be used for melee. I sincerely hope you see this comment because I would love to see how you take it. Formally, your private, Morethanasuperhero
Captain, My Captain,Pardon me for wasting your time with such inconsistent squabble, but I must ask. Have you ever thought about naming your blasters after X-Men characters considering your name is Xavier? It would do me such pleasure if you would respond to another one of my inferior comments.Formerly, your private,Morethanasuperhero
So, now I want to see some sort of combination of the grip on this with the break action feature of the new Mega Tri-Break, because then you could build a blade over the break action portion and use it as a sword, then drop it and fire, flip it back up and have a sword again.
I thought the same thing. Maybe use the shield attachment he turned into the extra long foam sword, and just dont remove the shield. Also could use the weapon in a reverse grip with said shield in a flat position as an actual shield, with an offhanded pistol-like blaster or something
You could saw off the barrel at the front where it won't interfere with priming then you could add a hinge action to the front to make it break action so you can put on the big blade that wraps around and still easily reload
Maybe to make a blade that’s around the barrel you could add a larger side breach to one side that you can fit your hand through to reload it, obviously that part would be plastic but you could layer that in a piece of foam
Personally I'd try to make the blade sit flush with the front of the reverse rail slide thingy by cutting the back out but refitting the size of the stop or extending the reverse rails size so it's the exact length of the handle of the blade
Could you use zip ties on the trigger so you could still fire it while using it as a sword? I've done similar stuff with rayven attachments, while still maintaining regular trigger function
Hmm.....take the pool noodle/zip tie lightsaber attachment, secure a piece of CPVC inside of it, should still be fairly light, PLUS you could turn it into a blowgun AND have the added benefit of the plastic keeping the noodle from wearing out and drooping into the gun's line of fire. Double modularity.
Yassss please do the Halo power sword! That would be amazing. I’d imagine you could use styrene or plastic strips to connect the two blades to the attachment point.
You could go for an axe that goes from the tip of the barrel (top) to the end of the stock (bottom) would use the blade as a hand guard, and "shouldn't" get in the way when using it as a blaster to much. In this way though it'll give you more points of contact with the blaster for stability, so a bigger blade could last longer
a gunblade out of a pool noodle XD your a madman... i approve X3 you know, come to think of it, the way you were holding that, and how the handle is shaped, in theory it shouldnt be too hard to make something like a drawstring trigger to fire the blaster while you use it like a blade. its probably been done already but i felt like sharing cause i thought it was neat
Hey man! I've been watching your stuff since this channel was much smaller and I must say that you are easily my favorite modder in the whole community. On another note, you should do more collabs with walcom to give him some much needed attention and love from the non shitty parts of the Nerf community.
I like blades on my guns...or guns on my blades, nice vid. For extra ideas maybe cover a magazine in foam and be able to use it as an attached blade? Don't know if it'll break your magwell, might need some reinforcement just in case
You could make a breeched barrel like a Sledgefire and custom make a blade or axe around it with camp mat like more traditional larp weapons. The only down side is a core big enough to not impact the darts would be heavy and very solid so it would need to be well padded. It may make it bigger than you want for a pistol. Although if you think about it as a big axe with pistol capabilities it would be reasonable but I think that would suit something else better. Like say a big axe that fires demolisher rockets out the end...hint, hint, please, please
Maybe make a gun blade sort of like Ezra's lightsaber from Star Wars Rebels (an animated Star Wars series), where the gun blade is in the shape of a sword but still has a built in blaster in the handle.
Not saying u would but u could put some reverse rail on a n-force merader long sowrd, warlock battle ax, the mace, or heck the stone wall shield if you were able to find them at a goodwell or other thrift shop.
Captain Xavier, have you thought of maybe trying to attach a modular rail to the head of an axe and attaching it that way to the top of the gun?? Just a thought and I've only recently started watching your videos, unfortunately over here in the UK we don't have as much selection of Nerf guns as you do in the US, and same with the idea of Nerf Wars. Mind you that being said, I'd LOVE to try and help introduce the idea to the UK lol. Keep up the crazy works and may you keep modulating your equipment! ☺
Another great video. Hope Walcom is OK.. As a fan, I'm starting to worry and hope he's ok. Maybe a video and invade casa de walcom with an impromptu nerf war??? Maybe time for another Capt Xavier and Walcom team up video?
Why not a gun-mace? Or even put it on the end of a pole to make some kind of gun spear? Just wrap the whole thing in foam and extend the priming bar and trigger all the way down the 'haft' and make it the gun-maul-pike-thing-blast-5000.
Could you add something to reinforce the noodle, and extend it to be a hand guard like Ezra Bridger’s lightsaber? The priming handle would be a bit obstructed but you’d have a really long noodle-sword
I’ve been thinking about this for years... i think it would be really cool to have a blade coming from the bottom, not the top... look up RWBY for ideas, namely, Ren’s pistols
if you cut just the head of the axe off and attach it like as if it was on the handle but on the rail so when you attach it to that gun it would face away from you
Maybe make the blade hinged on the front end so you can shoot normally, then when in melee flip the blade up and lock it in place and when you want to go back to shooting you unlatch it and flip it down to the stowage position
Concerning melee weapons. Maybe look at some LARP Gear shops. These weapons are safe to use and affordable. There are a lot of core less weapons as well.
Out of curiosity, have you played Final Fantasy 8? I know that Gun/Sword combos did historically exist during the transition phases because every time new technology comes out, there's gonna be that guy who's just like "but what if I run out of the thing needed to make this work" but a lot of people in the modern day were introduced to the idea of a Gunblade, specifically in the "handgun with a sword on top" variety due to FF8 (even if the two Gunblade wielding characters in the game feel like they never bloody use their Gunblade as a gun and almost always for the blade part...) Edit: Also, the Regulator barrel you can attach things to with rail I will always feel like part of the point was so that kids who might go online and see these crazy integrations and masterkeys and whatnot can safely imitate that without risking hurting themselves on the power tools rather than for silly but awesome uses like Gunblades.
It's a really cool idea; it's just that none of those options are cosmetically pleasing. You should totally look into finding the time to make an attachment that actually melds with the weapon rather than looking like something that was just thrown on. That would be really awesome. As far as nerf goes, I must admit I'm a bit of a snob. I know form follows function, but for the RP element of wars, I really just can't bring myself to use equipment that doesn't look good or fitting to the character. But hey, as long as you have fun, that's the whole game, right?
That's fair. Still a very cool concept. If I ever get my hands on this segment of the combow, I might take a whack at turning it into a gunblade. The energy-sword esq. two-bladed design sounds like it'd turn out pretty gnarly. I think something like Stryfe's gunblade would be interesting too. Although, one thing is for sure; whatever I go for, it probably won't be modular haha. That's one love you and I don't share, but it's still pretty cool to see how you employ modularity in your projects :P
You could make an attachment where the front of the gun theirs your katana or pool noodle blade and the back of the gun you could attack your axe to it so you can switch between gun, sword and axe
What about a blade made out of foam that gous around the barrel, and that has a pivit at one point (top or bottom) and a locking point at the other side
hey xavier have you ever considered the nerf volt vigilante with a sword built into the breaking barrel? it's already been done, sure. but i'd REALLY like to see your take on it!
Pretty sure the vigilante is not Nerf. But, no I have no. A friend of mine did it. The issue for me is the poor performance of the blaster itself. If I ever get one I might try it. The last few I saw at Goodwill were broken.
for your idea around the barrel, what if you just use the back of it for the grip but integrate a revolver into the front with a drop barrel so you can easily reload
Try and concoct a blade that uses the actual barrel. No gun but after 4 shots you load it up, voila a less unwieldy melee weapon that has all the sick aesthetics of the gun blade.
Man, I wish they still made the combow. I’ve been on a quest to find a blaster that would make a good base for a gunblade and this would be perfect, but they’re like $130 now…
Now to make it shoot axes.
Fatty Botchi lol
Borderlands 2 has a gun in it that shoots exploding swords..... swordsplosion lmao
That sound so lit a tomohawk launcher
nah go full YT weapons channel meta, make it fire sword pommels.....
Mount the axe on bottom, if possible add a pistol grip if you so chose, this also allows you to have a "Spear" or long sword and a closer range axe, or you can have a scope, its really your choice. I think its a good idea because you can be EVEN more modular with it, but it would be more of an axe gun, but you can mount any sword you like.
you're projects and creativity are INSANE And i love you for that
I kinda want to see someone integrate a hammershot into this shell/or for the stock-grip-thingy to be grafted onto a hammershot... AND then integrate a real final fantasy like blade onto it.
Btw I LOVE the X-Colorscheme for this blaster, it looks so neat.
man, I'm getting serious Final Fantasy Squall gun blade vibes from this thing, I love it
I would suggest an inverted V-shape blade with a top-fin like blade (built around a rail mount) and two bottom blades like that of a Brute Spiker from Halo. That would create a slashing, stabbing, shielding, shooting weapon.
JJ KAZM that's a great idea. HEY XAVIER U NEED TO DO DIS
Something told me to check out your channel first thing in the morning. And all i can say us niceeeee
Captain Xavier I've said it before, and I am 100% certain I'll say it again...
You, sir, are a madman, and we love you for it.
Hmm... other gunblade ideas... Perhaps creating a blade mount that is angled to run in line with the pistol grip? Then you wouldn't need to change your hold to comfortably fence, the blade would already be in the position you're accustomed to having with a sword. Or perhaps add a second mount on the stock, facing the rear, so you can use it with two blades- Nerf Jedi beware, Dart Xavier has taken the field!
+Nathan Talisien the current katana and light saber blades allows for that technically.
I will deffinitely be trying the Energy Sword idea to allow better melee without switching the grip.
Captain Xavier i have a strikefire/crossword. It was my first blaster. However, after years of use, it broke, the prime hook.
Since you have cannibalized them, and have possible no use for the internals and pieces, I was wondering if there is a way that I can acquire them from you?
Why not add a bit of rail to the bottom and make it modular as well. If nothing else you could turn the blaster around and still have melee potential.
I need to get my hands on the combow and paint it up I love the attachment it’s amazing great job captain
If you don't make the blades too long, you could use that blue board they use in construction. They do make it in varying thicknesses I believe.
With the shape of the blaster as soon as I heard blade all I thought was the scissor blade from kill la kill
Please make this (if possible)
Tactical Jolt..... GUNBLADE EDITION!!!!!
You could likely seat something in the small gap to hold the energy sword in place.
I am not surprised. You have done it all. You win CZcams.
Save the Walrus.
I know you like modularity, but I have found that cutting off the handle of most nerf guns will allow you to access the catch mechanism. For instance, on the recon, part of the stock attachment point can be drilled out allowing for a sort of pvc handle to be attached. By doing this, you will essentially have sort of a guard and handle. In addition, the placement of the handle allows for quick access to the catch mechanism which a person adapted to this unusual design can easily press while still having the gun able to be used for melee. I sincerely hope you see this comment because I would love to see how you take it.
Formally, your private,
Morethanasuperhero
That sounds awesome! I will have to try that!
When were you one of my privates?
About 2 weeks ago, sir!
Captain, My Captain,Pardon me for wasting your time with such inconsistent squabble, but I must ask. Have you ever thought about naming your blasters after X-Men characters considering your name is Xavier? It would do me such pleasure if you would respond to another one of my inferior comments.Formerly, your private,Morethanasuperhero
There's an idea. You could make one called magneto and attach it to your harness magnets. :P
So, now I want to see some sort of combination of the grip on this with the break action feature of the new Mega Tri-Break, because then you could build a blade over the break action portion and use it as a sword, then drop it and fire, flip it back up and have a sword again.
Why not make it into a gun shield?
I thought the same thing. Maybe use the shield attachment he turned into the extra long foam sword, and just dont remove the shield. Also could use the weapon in a reverse grip with said shield in a flat position as an actual shield, with an offhanded pistol-like blaster or something
You could saw off the barrel at the front where it won't interfere with priming then you could add a hinge action to the front to make it break action so you can put on the big blade that wraps around and still easily reload
Awesome gunblade man
Awesome Video!!!!Awesome Creation!!!!
I think the most said thing that Captain Xavier says is "I like all things modular"
WE GET IT
Yeah...that is how catch phrases work...also, I'm pretty sure I've said, "Can it take a k26?" more times...
A break action gun blade?
Swipe up when reloading to swipe vertically
I need that in my life
Hold up I now what you need
PRESENTS DOOM ETERNAL SUPER SHOTGUN
Maybe to make a blade that’s around the barrel you could add a larger side breach to one side that you can fit your hand through to reload it, obviously that part would be plastic but you could layer that in a piece of foam
If you are having problems with stability use the rival rail attachments, they work really snuggly with the rails
+SMH Productions yes but they are not .99 at goodwill... :(
This looks E P I C nice builds mah dude
I was thinking an underbarrel bayonet like the machete you had or on can it take a K26 episode 26 blaster with bayonet. Ideas?
You've just given me a crazy idea once I've made it I'll send it your way Cap
Personally I'd try to make the blade sit flush with the front of the reverse rail slide thingy by cutting the back out but refitting the size of the stop or extending the reverse rails size so it's the exact length of the handle of the blade
Could you use zip ties on the trigger so you could still fire it while using it as a sword? I've done similar stuff with rayven attachments, while still maintaining regular trigger function
Instablaster.
I honestly think that you need to add a second trigger so you can fire it without having to move your hand back to the 'shooting' position.
Before 1,000 club! Also, EPIC! You're absolutely AMAZING! Also, I MUST make one of these someday.
The top-rail-mounted blade looks silly as fuck, but overall its still neat. Hell, you made a gunblade *practical*. Awesome.
I love your intros there awesome looking
While watching this video I had my first exploding head syndrome attack
Hmm.....take the pool noodle/zip tie lightsaber attachment, secure a piece of CPVC inside of it, should still be fairly light, PLUS you could turn it into a blowgun AND have the added benefit of the plastic keeping the noodle from wearing out and drooping into the gun's line of fire. Double modularity.
Yassss please do the Halo power sword! That would be amazing. I’d imagine you could use styrene or plastic strips to connect the two blades to the attachment point.
You could go for an axe that goes from the tip of the barrel (top) to the end of the stock (bottom) would use the blade as a hand guard, and "shouldn't" get in the way when using it as a blaster to much. In this way though it'll give you more points of contact with the blaster for stability, so a bigger blade could last longer
a gunblade out of a pool noodle XD your a madman... i approve X3 you know, come to think of it, the way you were holding that, and how the handle is shaped, in theory it shouldnt be too hard to make something like a drawstring trigger to fire the blaster while you use it like a blade. its probably been done already but i felt like sharing cause i thought it was neat
Hey man! I've been watching your stuff since this channel was much smaller and I must say that you are easily my favorite modder in the whole community. On another note, you should do more collabs with walcom to give him some much needed attention and love from the non shitty parts of the Nerf community.
+Jesse Graham I would but we have not heard from him in a while. We are about ready to kick his door in...
Captain Xavier He commented on a jangular video yesterday, so he's still there.
I like blades on my guns...or guns on my blades, nice vid.
For extra ideas maybe cover a magazine in foam and be able to use it as an attached blade? Don't know if it'll break your magwell, might need some reinforcement just in case
You could make something like U shaped. Like a thick tube all the way around the blaster, but leaving a space underneath for reloading
You could make a breeched barrel like a Sledgefire and custom make a blade or axe around it with camp mat like more traditional larp weapons. The only down side is a core big enough to not impact the darts would be heavy and very solid so it would need to be well padded. It may make it bigger than you want for a pistol. Although if you think about it as a big axe with pistol capabilities it would be reasonable but I think that would suit something else better. Like say a big axe that fires demolisher rockets out the end...hint, hint, please, please
This is a definite good. I LOVE IT.
OMG it’s so modular 😮
Maybe make a gun blade sort of like Ezra's lightsaber from Star Wars Rebels (an animated Star Wars series), where the gun blade is in the shape of a sword but still has a built in blaster in the handle.
the blades from the boomco brute spiker i think its called has good blades that are almost axe heads with a littttle foam the might work well
Not saying u would but u could put some reverse rail on a n-force merader long sowrd, warlock battle ax, the mace, or heck the stone wall shield if you were able to find them at a goodwell or other thrift shop.
Why stop at two blades why not four go all the way around the blaster??
looks like someone wants to run with scissors
Tactical jolt.... GUNBLADE EDITION
Speaking of Halo weapons, if you chopped the sword handle off and added blades either side of the barrel, it'd be a legit brute spiker
Captain Xavier, have you thought of maybe trying to attach a modular rail to the head of an axe and attaching it that way to the top of the gun?? Just a thought and I've only recently started watching your videos, unfortunately over here in the UK we don't have as much selection of Nerf guns as you do in the US, and same with the idea of Nerf Wars. Mind you that being said, I'd LOVE to try and help introduce the idea to the UK lol. Keep up the crazy works and may you keep modulating your equipment! ☺
Another great video.
Hope Walcom is OK.. As a fan, I'm starting to worry and hope he's ok.
Maybe a video and invade casa de walcom with an impromptu nerf war???
Maybe time for another Capt Xavier and Walcom team up video?
Sam Willis i hope he’s ok too
Why not a gun-mace? Or even put it on the end of a pole to make some kind of gun spear? Just wrap the whole thing in foam and extend the priming bar and trigger all the way down the 'haft' and make it the gun-maul-pike-thing-blast-5000.
Could you add something to reinforce the noodle, and extend it to be a hand guard like Ezra Bridger’s lightsaber? The priming handle would be a bit obstructed but you’d have a really long noodle-sword
mount a rail below the barrel and turn the axe head into a sort of halberd bill for shield hooking
I’ve been thinking about this for years... i think it would be really cool to have a blade coming from the bottom, not the top... look up RWBY for ideas, namely, Ren’s pistols
you could create a flipping mechanism that flips the blade back and fourth
if you cut just the head of the axe off and attach it like as if it was on the handle but on the rail so when you attach it to that gun it would face away from you
You should use the bow, take of the arms, and add a blade. That ways you can due;l wield blasters w/ melee weapons.
Maybe make the blade hinged on the front end so you can shoot normally, then when in melee flip the blade up and lock it in place and when you want to go back to shooting you unlatch it and flip it down to the stowage position
+Sen Kanashimi I would like to avoid adding additional steps as that will lokely get me tagged.
you could put a zombie strike sword on it, they're rare, but it would work.
IDEA, use the axe as part of the stock
Do a reverse axe stock. Pretty easy upgrade, I have done it to a lo of my blasters.
Make a air powered double bladed axe blaster
Concerning melee weapons. Maybe look at some LARP Gear shops. These weapons are safe to use and affordable. There are a lot of core less weapons as well.
Out of curiosity, have you played Final Fantasy 8? I know that Gun/Sword combos did historically exist during the transition phases because every time new technology comes out, there's gonna be that guy who's just like "but what if I run out of the thing needed to make this work" but a lot of people in the modern day were introduced to the idea of a Gunblade, specifically in the "handgun with a sword on top" variety due to FF8 (even if the two Gunblade wielding characters in the game feel like they never bloody use their Gunblade as a gun and almost always for the blade part...)
Edit: Also, the Regulator barrel you can attach things to with rail I will always feel like part of the point was so that kids who might go online and see these crazy integrations and masterkeys and whatnot can safely imitate that without risking hurting themselves on the power tools rather than for silly but awesome uses like Gunblades.
BIG CHAINSAW.
wonder if they drop darts when hit?
It's a really cool idea; it's just that none of those options are cosmetically pleasing. You should totally look into finding the time to make an attachment that actually melds with the weapon rather than looking like something that was just thrown on. That would be really awesome. As far as nerf goes, I must admit I'm a bit of a snob. I know form follows function, but for the RP element of wars, I really just can't bring myself to use equipment that doesn't look good or fitting to the character. But hey, as long as you have fun, that's the whole game, right?
Also, you should keep in mind, not every shares your views on what looks "good."
That's fair. Still a very cool concept. If I ever get my hands on this segment of the combow, I might take a whack at turning it into a gunblade. The energy-sword esq. two-bladed design sounds like it'd turn out pretty gnarly. I think something like Stryfe's gunblade would be interesting too. Although, one thing is for sure; whatever I go for, it probably won't be modular haha. That's one love you and I don't share, but it's still pretty cool to see how you employ modularity in your projects :P
There is the alien ax that came out recently at toys r us.
You could make an attachment where the front of the gun theirs your katana or pool noodle blade and the back of the gun you could attack your axe to it so you can switch between gun, sword and axe
you could make a breakaction gunblade. the barrel is made of blade
Now you gotta make a gun that shoots swords
my idea is attach a rail to the bottom of the slingfire the grip near the gun bearl and make something like that
You should make the bow thing shoot mega or some kind of other dart and make a nerf club attachment to use for just whaling on people
The max force manta ray shield.
Build the energy sword
That is too cool
Have you tried a Mega Twinshock? If not, I would like to see if it can take a K26.
you should make a way to pull the trigger from the sword grip
With the axe mr x you can minimise the back and it shouldwork
+Legacy Gaming yes, but I don't want to cut up the axe. I would rathet make a blade from scratch.
Captain Xavier ok
What about a blade made out of foam that gous around the barrel, and that has a pivit at one point (top or bottom) and a locking point at the other side
I like that.
Ive got two of those pistols with the reverse rail and i didnt know what they're called before now...
hey xavier have you ever considered the nerf volt vigilante with a sword built into the breaking barrel? it's already been done, sure. but i'd REALLY like to see your take on it!
Pretty sure the vigilante is not Nerf. But, no I have no. A friend of mine did it. The issue for me is the poor performance of the blaster itself. If I ever get one I might try it. The last few I saw at Goodwill were broken.
Axe on stock maybe? Use the axe an some sort of extended stock
for your idea around the barrel, what if you just use the back of it for the grip but integrate a revolver into the front with a drop barrel so you can easily reload
+William Roberts so...use a completely different blaster? I mean I could easily attach the katana to a Hammershot or even a Stryfe.
Captain Xavier I just ment because you wanted the shape of the grip, I thought that was the important part lol
Cover it in foam and use it as a Melee weapon
Why not make the Star lord blaster a halo energy sword style weapon? Where the sword blades retract making the barrels accessible?
That gun needs to be an iberian falcata
If you saw off the back of your axe and then put on the shield attachment itl stay on the rail and be flat
why not attach a small foam blade blade to the "stock" ? (btw this is awesome, and now i want one :D )
It totaly needs an axe head!!! The entire build screams boarding axe! You could take of the back of the last axe you showed 😉
Try and concoct a blade that uses the actual barrel. No gun but after 4 shots you load it up, voila a less unwieldy melee weapon that has all the sick aesthetics of the gun blade.
Nice wery wery nice
Bangarang
you should put another on the bottom of the gun
You should 100% try adding that foam mace to this, maybe attach it on the underside of the blaster? idk Lmao
Base it on Squall's gunblade from Final Fantasy 8.