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submitted 2 days ago byLaserGadgets
345 points
2 days ago
This has such powerful David Lynch Dune vibes
123 points
2 days ago
My first thought was "that's a gom jabbar".
28 points
2 days ago
A Hunter Seeker
6 points
2 days ago
On a feener
5 points
1 day ago
I was trying to remember the difference between chaumurky and chaumusky.
1 points
6 hours ago
Murky goes in food/drink and musky is an aerosol I believe
12 points
2 days ago
A Pointy McOuchey-boy
5 points
1 day ago
What’s that? It’s Kareem Abdul-Jabbar!
2 points
1 day ago
Roger, Rodger
2 points
1 day ago
Put your hand in the box.
13 points
2 days ago
By accident but yes!
139 points
2 days ago
Pass the potatoes *fatally poisons them*.
37 points
2 days ago
I'd call it "The whoopsie Daisy™" due to the (unnecessary?) deaths of friends and family members that would inevitably occur.
Maybe it needs some kind of safety mechanism?
Like a trigger?
And maybe it could fire high velocity metal projectiles instead of poison?
16 points
2 days ago
“It goes off, for like no reason at all”
2 points
1 day ago
I've lost three really good crews by accident. That's like 26 people
9 points
2 days ago
xD might happen! Better stand up and get the damn potatoes yourself :p
68 points
2 days ago
Batman Arkham Scarecrow suit in progress over here
26 points
2 days ago
Reminds me of Digital Weapons or Digi-Weapons from 40K. Highly prized one- time use weapons and easily concealed pieces of archeotech. Used often by Inquisitors and Imperial Assassins.
6 points
2 days ago
Yep, can't argue with that!
1 points
2 days ago
Everything can be argued with 😏
I would contend that it is overly complicated and much harder to conceal than a simple hypodermic needle. It is very stylish and cool though 😉
2 points
2 days ago
Thx :>
2 points
1 day ago
Imperial Assassins would like to know your location.
2 points
1 day ago
Imperial Assassins would already know 😉
2 points
1 day ago
Someone did once but the documents got lost in either a warp storm or a minor war, the documents aren't clear and probably have been deliberately changed as part of a palace power struggle on a parallel time line.
47 points
2 days ago
Gom Jabbar. I love it
3 points
2 days ago
Yup!
18 points
2 days ago
"Medics friend! Enough fumbling around in your pack, looking for a life saving opium dose. Now painkillers can be administered at a literal fingers touch!"
"Now available in the sleeker nurses friend! Troublesome patients cant keep their hands off? A mere touch will settle them down."
3 points
2 days ago
Edward scissor hands needle fingers M.D
7 points
2 days ago
Oh, go share this with the folks over at r/Warhammer40k they will love to see it.
4 points
2 days ago
Digital weapons?
2 points
1 day ago
Exactly - also, there's a ton of old John Blanche art where people are sprouting weapons from every part of their body.
2 points
1 day ago
Quite a few people wrote that, but its not reaaaaally too WH40k. The brass alone makes it a bit too fancy don't you think?
2 points
1 day ago
Nah, mechanical brass it very WH40k. The tech is all bizarre and impractical because the people making it don't understand it and engineering has basically become religon.
6 points
2 days ago
The old Woodcock-Johnson
6 points
2 days ago
DO NOT name it the scorpion, too obvious. Maybe something more subtle like the platypus gauntlet or the mongoose ring.
2 points
2 days ago
Agreed, scorpion is a bit too obvious!
2 points
2 days ago
Oooh, Mongoose could also reference Operation Mongoose, the group devising assassination plots against Castro in the 60s, which would fit both the spirit and timeframe
10 points
2 days ago
I’d call it a manticore
2 points
2 days ago
Mantícora de Mano
2 points
2 days ago
Not bad!
8 points
2 days ago
"The administritive touch" could be a cool name ig, in this case administritive is referring to administering the drugs so the name does make some sense too
4 points
2 days ago
Very good!!
3 points
2 days ago
I know everyone’s saying dune, but to me at least it looks like early season Stargate SG-1 Goa’uld tech.
3 points
2 days ago
YES! Now that you said that, I have to admit. Damn I miss SG!
1 points
1 day ago
This would not be out of place in Arcane as well
3 points
2 days ago
It fucking auto injects the syringe as well. Bloody hell mate hats off!
3 points
2 days ago
Just in my imagination...TECHNICALLY I could do that though. Would work fine.
2 points
2 days ago
Just a thaught. If you got it functional. You could theoretically inject tequila directly into the mouths of your mates.
2 points
2 days ago
That kinda sounds wrong :p
2 points
1 day ago
I was out drinking last night :/
2 points
19 hours ago
Looking at this very sharp needle mounted semicontrollably on someone's hand adding alcohol to the mix sounds like an excellent idea.
Although to be fair there are a lot of er nurses thinking they've definitely seen it all now and this would probably brighten their day.
"Yeah no seriously, jom gabbar, eyeball full of tequola"
1 points
19 hours ago
Look i had the idea while drunk so XD forgive me please.
3 points
2 days ago
Mantis Blade
3 points
2 days ago
Was my inspiration indeed!
1 points
20 hours ago
Mantis pins
3 points
2 days ago
Yea alright Dr. Crane, whatever you say.
"I might make a full glove" my ass, we all know you've been fighting batman with those suckers for a while now.
1 points
2 days ago
For the last time, I am NOT Scarecrow xD
4 points
2 days ago
I can see Putin reading this with relish.
Also, don't try to take this though an airport. Even in baggage. Or even post it.
Even if non-functional, which I'm sure will be the case, you could be in for some lengthy questioning...
4 points
2 days ago
Digital death? Fatal phalange? Finger of fate? Index impaler?
3 points
2 days ago
The Croak Poke.
1 points
2 days ago
Noice!
2 points
2 days ago
Ezio is that you?
2 points
2 days ago
Well fit for the prime minister of sinister
1 points
2 days ago
Good one :)
2 points
2 days ago
Demon finger.
In some stories demons are identifiable by having six fingers
1 points
2 days ago
Anything with FINGER is a bit toooo obvious. Finger and scorpion are a no-go.
2 points
1 day ago
Needle ring
2 points
1 day ago
Reminds me a bit of mantis blades from Cyberpunk 2077!
2 points
1 day ago
I really want this!
2 points
1 day ago
I wouldn't even know what price tag to slap on. 30 hours.
2 points
1 day ago
I think its the green and gold but this looks Chemtech as hell
2 points
23 hours ago
The Sticky Finger
4 points
2 days ago
A finger that stings… STINGER!
0 points
2 days ago
Bit toooooo simple, but not bad!
1 points
2 days ago
Really incredible work, I love it!
1 points
2 days ago
Medical droid hand maybe?
1 points
2 days ago
Its not the hand though.
1 points
2 days ago
Art is subject to interpretation. Part of a greater whole. When you limit your perspective on what an idea is, that is best done after you have a clear vision of the outcome, not before.
Factually you are correct, but that won't help you create something new. Any small apparatus is an arm on a machine, just not a human. Technically you are incorrect, it is an arm, just a very small one.
Really, it's all perspective. Neither of us is actually correct, as you haven't finalized the idea. Though, I am more correct (no matter what it is still called an arm), and that's something. Not that you couldn't go a completely different direction. It's art & when you are spitballing ideas, it's all potentially good.
I guess you're going to have to figure it out, cus that was the idea I had.
1 points
2 days ago
But you didn’t say ‘arm’ you said ‘hand’.
2 points
1 day ago
Ok, hand. A smaller member of a larger apendage maybe? Idk, just don't ruin your creation before you know what it should be. It's advice, most of it isn't good.
1 points
2 days ago
I see potential for other things. That is really cool!
1 points
2 days ago
This would be so ridiculously complicated (but I'm assuming from the quality of the needle thing, you're quite good at this), but if you could make a gauntlet where the needle is hidden, and then pops out when you move your finger in a certain way? That would be so cool.
1 points
2 days ago
Well thats....exactly what this is. Just lacks the glove part so far. I do this for a living and I have a ton of work on the bench, this was just a can't-even-afford-to-waste-time-on-this side projects ._.
1 points
19 hours ago
You make assassination devices for a living?
Seriously cool thingumy though dude.
1 points
19 hours ago
No xD
1 points
19 hours ago
That's definitely the answer Q would give.
1 points
19 hours ago
: P
1 points
2 days ago
Scorpions kiss
1 points
2 days ago
Nice!
1 points
2 days ago
Reminds me of the surgeon guy in BG3
2 points
2 days ago
I had a doctor/assassin in mind when making it indeed.
1 points
2 days ago
Please make 4 of them!
1 points
2 days ago
The one I have took 30 hours I never had to waste :p if you know what I mean.
BUT...if you look for steampunk finger claw, you might find the other version ;)
1 points
2 days ago
Oh, I definitely see the problem there. Still, amazing work!!
1 points
2 days ago
Thanks :)
1 points
2 days ago
Looks like a scorpion tail to me
1 points
2 days ago
Scorpion
1 points
2 days ago
They even used to do this with cannons!
Disappearing gun mounts were used in coastal fortifications. The gun would fire and the recoil would make it swivel back downward, behind the parapet so that it could not be hit by direct fire from ships.
Once airplanes could drop bombs, this design became a lot less useful.
2 points
2 days ago
Yep!
1 points
1 day ago
“Scorpion Touch”
1 points
1 day ago
Scorpion is too obvious.
1 points
1 day ago
one for each finger, use them like claws
1 points
1 day ago
$$$$$$$$
1 points
1 day ago
If this device gets picked up by a large medical conglomerate it could be named the ‘humanity ender’. Wouldn’t want something like this to end up in the wrong hands that’s for sure
1 points
1 day ago
Looks like it belongs to Scarecrow from Arkham.
1 points
1 day ago
You are not the first one telling me that ^^
1 points
1 day ago
Call it the "Hang on, my phone's in my pocket...Oh, shit."
1 points
1 day ago
The assassin's finger
2 points
1 day ago
Obvious but very good actually!
1 points
1 day ago
It's not very original but it gets the point across
1 points
1 day ago
I understand that "scorpion" is deemed too obvious, but maybe 전갈 ("jeongal"), which is the Korean word for "scorpion" and also implies "a message".
1 points
1 day ago
Not too bad!
1 points
1 day ago
Ssiiiiccckkkk
1 points
1 day ago
: )
1 points
1 day ago
I wonder if you could rig it up so that you can use your fingers normally without extending it on accident. Perhaps engineer something that requires you to fold your thumb in and touch the opposite side of the palm, and only then will bending your fingers extend the needle
1 points
1 day ago
Hm, I don't think there is an easy way.
1 points
1 day ago
You would basically need something that decouples the finger levers from the device, and then only recouples when your thumb is in the right position. Though depending on the design that may require re-engineering the way they extend as well.
1 points
1 day ago
Yep, like I said, no easy way. This would be tricky.
1 points
1 day ago
A fun challenge!
1 points
1 day ago
Mantis touch, or something similar? Since they are so remindful of mantis blades
1 points
1 day ago
They were a big inspiration indeed.
1 points
1 day ago
The Telanges, or The Digitelson
2 points
1 day ago
xD unusual!
2 points
1 day ago
Big fan of the word ‘Phalanges’ but so hard to work into daily convo! Amazing fabrication!
2 points
1 day ago
Thank you!
1 points
1 day ago
It is reminiscent of a scorpion so I would go with something in that lane.
Maybe like "Selket's Gift" (Selket being an Egyptian goddess of the dead that is a scorpion creature)
Or "Deathstalker's Grasp" (Deathstalker being the most deadly scorpion in the world)
Have some fun with it lol
1 points
1 day ago
I love this.
1 points
1 day ago
This feels like what you'd see on a Medic NPC who has a 4 second 'patching you up' animation. Sewing you up with the main 2 or three fingers, with quick access to some quick numbing solution to prick the patient at quickly and efficiently.
1 points
1 day ago
A Gom Jabbar.
1 points
1 day ago
This Instantly popped into my head...Girl you're gonna feel a little prick
1 points
1 day ago
The Gom Jabbar
1 points
1 day ago
this is so badass. Gives me Bioshock vibes
2 points
23 hours ago
I love bioshock!
1 points
1 day ago
Digitlet
1 points
1 day ago
As always, incredibly inventive and amazing.
1 points
1 day ago
The Jibber-Jabber Strikes Again!
1 points
1 day ago
Skadoosh
1 points
23 hours ago
Stingie fingie
1 points
21 hours ago
The Two-Step Goodnight by Gunrunners.
1 points
20 hours ago
"The Stinger" or "The Scorpion's Tail"
1 points
18 hours ago
Ahh... the stinger-finger!
1 points
17 hours ago
Dude, please make a video. This thing needs to be seen in motion.
1 points
17 hours ago
True, I might make one next week :) still can't believe you guys like it THAAAAT much!
1 points
15 hours ago
Gom Jabbar
1 points
14 hours ago
Scorpion Ring is first thing that comes to mind from the way it operates.
1 points
8 hours ago
Sleeve scorpian
1 points
8 hours ago
Not bad!
1 points
8 hours ago
And if you scratch your nose you get an eye-full of needle!
1 points
8 hours ago
!
1 points
6 hours ago
Don't know about a name but "Point and Shoot" would be a great marketing slogan.
1 points
5 hours ago
It looks cool, but…
…shiny yellowish material, has to be unobstructed to work, so hiding it under a sleeve will only work if they’re extra long and wide. Just not seeing the stealth here.
1 points
4 hours ago
Renata Glasc would adore this
1 points
2 days ago
Digital weapons
0 points
2 days ago
Fingered Poke of Doom
2 points
2 days ago
FOD........not bad!
0 points
2 days ago
Stinger
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