Steampunk Weaponry From WETA!

While some of us pine away for more pragmatic steampunk accessories, such as goggles, the team over at Weta has been building weapons. These are definitely not cheap, starting at just over $1k and going all the way up to $8k for the Unnatural Selector. Each comes in a designed case that further captures the steampunk essense quite nicely. Any one of these would be a great capstone to someone's steampunk collection.

I suppose it would be too much to ask for some adoring fan to gift something from the collection to me. There are a limited number of each weapon available, so it is not likely that you will get a second chance to pick one up, for yourself or for me!

While the detail presented in the artist renderings for each of these guns is beautiful, they are still just renderings of the actual guns, which are that much more impressive for their physical existence. Weta seems to have gone all out putting each of these together (it sure shows in the price tag).

The workmanship is amazing, with each gun being covered in various esoteric connectors and attachments to lend it an unsurpassed level of realism. In fact, the only thing in my experience that comes close to competing are the design pieces created by Die Krauts, in Germany.

I had the opportunity to visit the Die Krauts gallery in Germany, right before the turn of the century, and it was amazing. Since then, I can only imagine what they've been up to.

These guns by Weta all look like they could have come out of the Die Krauts studio, is my point. The Weta guns are set apart in their level of detail and the degree to which they each adhere to one specific genre (Steampunk).

Of course, Die Krauts sets themselves apart by virtually establishing their own genre; one very akin to Gieger but more industrial than sexual.