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Been playing Final Fantasy games for the last couple months, so I've got a super self-indulgent fic idea brewing. Which means its the perfect time to go back and rework an old gunblade idea I drew up years ago.

www.deviantart.com/tnc-n3cl/ar…
www.deviantart.com/tnc-n3cl/ar…

In the process of trying to fix the way too big handles, I ended up making a couple variants. The first version is more gun-like. The blade swings into position when you turn a little knob (it's right next to the Cl in my watermark in the gun mode image). Having to constantly flip it around when switching modes could get awkward I guess. But I like having the sword handle double as a stock cause you could get more accuracy (even though the iron sights are on the side which would take some getting used to).

The second idea is closer to the original idea, which was to simplify the idea behind Blazefire Saber from FFXIII. This one has a selector switch designed to mimic the hammer of a revolver. You might have to hold it by the middle when switching maybe?

finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/B…

So long story short, I was wondering if anyone had any preference of one over the other? This is the signature weapon of (one of) the main characters, but there's an organization that uses gunblade weapons exclusively so both designs could end up adopted into the project.

(For reference, this is a 12-gauge shotgun, cause the gunblade that appears in Parasite Eve 2 is a shotgun, and the shells for Squall's gunblade shown in the opening of FFVIII look like shotgun shells.)

Description

Been playing Final Fantasy games for the last couple months, so I've got a super self-indulgent fic idea brewing. Which means its the perfect time to go back and rework an old gunblade idea I drew up years ago.

www.deviantart.com/tnc-n3cl/ar…
www.deviantart.com/tnc-n3cl/ar…

In the process of trying to fix the way too big handles, I ended up making a couple variants. The first version is more gun-like. The blade swings into position when you turn a little knob (it's right next to the Cl in my watermark in the gun mode image). Having to constantly flip it around when switching modes could get awkward I guess. But I like having the sword handle double as a stock cause you could get more accuracy (even though the iron sights are on the side which would take some getting used to).

The second idea is closer to the original idea, which was to simplify the idea behind Blazefire Saber from FFXIII. This one has a selector switch designed to mimic the hammer of a revolver. You might have to hold it by the middle when switching maybe?

finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/B…

So long story short, I was wondering if anyone had any preference of one over the other? This is the signature weapon of (one of) the main characters, but there's an organization that uses gunblade weapons exclusively so both designs could end up adopted into the project.

(For reference, this is a 12-gauge shotgun, cause the gunblade that appears in Parasite Eve 2 is a shotgun, and the shells for Squall's gunblade shown in the opening of FFVIII look like shotgun shells.)