Fan replica of Fallout Plasma Rifle

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In celebration of the imminent release of the game Fallout: New Vegas, Ryan Palser made a replica of the A3-21 Plasma Rifle from Fallout 3. As Ryan says, "It is one of the only weapons still manufactured after the great war." He's posted a fascinating series of build photos over at Flickr. A3-21 Plasma Rifle

David Pescovitz is Boing Boing's co-editor/managing partner. He's also a research director at Institute for the Future. On Instagram, he's @pesco.

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David Pescovitz

yes, fixed! thanks!
Donald Petersen

Yeah, I saw the headline, then the picture, and thought, “looks more like an Enclave plasma rifle from Fallout.” Then I saw the text body and felt better.

Headline typo notwithstanding, a nifty find. Want!
tsl99

amazing detail! very creative… i wish it could really blast some plasma! :) Watch Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Online
Donald Petersen

…and is that yellow thing on the bottom a Ford V8-sized PH8A spin-on oil filter? Now I gotta check the link in more detail!
Ratdog

I forgot to mention that they did an amazing job doing this. The detail is insanely good.
Thac0

Amazing, i wish i had the know-how to make such cool things.
Geoff

This is one of the cooler looking weapons in the game, and it looks like he did a bang up job with it.
Shaddack

IMPRESSIVE!!!

…on a second thought… it’s a perfect housing for a high-power laser… :D
ViolettVerq

Looks just like the Plasma Rifle I love so much :)

Thanks for this find.
peterpan

Thanks a lot for very unique post! Once I found something like this on essay sale and I liked it as much
Anonymous

pew pew pew!
chineseboy

That looks freakin’ awesome! That guy is really talented. I can’t wait to play the new Fallout.

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Anonymous

Uh… why is the title saying it’s the Halflife rifle and not, say, the Fallout 3 rifle?
Rooker

OMFG NERDGASM!!

FYI, the tweetmeme button sent to RSS still has it as halflife instead of fallout.
jason

wow a fan made this? this is unbelievable i cant stop staring at it.
Ratdog

In the title, you say it is from Half Life. In the description, you say it is from Fallout.

Judging from the description, you meant to say Fallout in the title.

However, it does kind of look like the laser gun from the first Half Life.
Art

Well Done! Especially the rusted, oily finish.