# Create Your Own Melee Weapon

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/create-your-own-melee-weapon/12701>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [October 10, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/create-your-own-melee-weapon/12701 "2016-10-10T03:10:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![hobophobic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/hobophobic/32/11698_2.png) [@hobophobic](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/hobophobic)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 7:44am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/create-your-own-melee-weapon/12701/41 "2016-11-26T07:44:32Z")

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Something like this; [http://www.silviculturemagazine.com/articles/winter-2013/ultimate-tree-planting-shovel](http://www.silviculturemagazine.com/articles/winter-2013/ultimate-tree-planting-shovel)

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**Author:** ![Neonwarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@Neonwarrior](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Neonwarrior)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 9:26am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/create-your-own-melee-weapon/12701/42 "2016-11-26T09:26:45Z")

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Not technically a melee weapon, but… why is this not in the game already?

![](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41ejHBKijnL._SX425_.jpg)

Also, paddlesaw for when just one chainsaw isn’t enough

 ![](http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/dead-rising/images/b/bf/Dead_rising_2_paddle_saw_justin_tv00144.png/revision/latest?cb=20101027040433)

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**Author:** ![TheFlame52](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/theflame52/32/247_2.png) [@TheFlame52](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheFlame52)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/create-your-own-melee-weapon/12701/43 "2016-11-26T22:49:57Z")

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That paddlesaw is called a chainsaw lajatang and it’s already in the game.

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**Author:** ![Neonwarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@Neonwarrior](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Neonwarrior)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/create-your-own-melee-weapon/12701/44 "2016-11-26T23:49:39Z")

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> [@TheFlame52](#):
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> That paddlesaw is called a chainsaw lajatang and it’s already in the game.

Holy shit, I never knew. Trying that out immediately.

Though, technically, the paddlesaw is two chainsaws attached to a paddle while the chainsaw lajatang is two chainsaws attached to a quarterstaff. I demand a paddle be added to the game immediately!

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**Author:** ![pisskop](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/pisskop/32/1327_2.png) [@pisskop](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pisskop)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/create-your-own-melee-weapon/12701/45 "2016-11-27T00:50:13Z")

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Both are quite sci-fi weapons. Much emphasis on the fi part.

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**Author:** ![Neonwarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@Neonwarrior](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Neonwarrior)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 3:25am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/create-your-own-melee-weapon/12701/46 "2016-11-27T03:25:13Z")

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> [@pisskop](#):
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> Both are quite sci-fi weapons. Much emphasis on the fi part.

Do you realize what game we’re talking about here? Zombies, bionics, laser guns, nuclear mini-bomb launchers, mutations… I don’t think wanting to be able to attach two chainsaws to the ends of a paddle with duct tape is asking for much. It would have much better reach than the chainsaw lajatang so I can see it as a bit of an upgrade.

Besides, I’m not asking for a straight port of the futuristic Lancer from Gears of War into the game, just a gun with a chainsaw attached to it in a similar fashion. Das all I want, fam.

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**Author:** ![BorkBorkGoesTheCode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/borkborkgoesthecode/32/2343_2.png) [@BorkBorkGoesTheCode](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BorkBorkGoesTheCode)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 3:59am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/create-your-own-melee-weapon/12701/47 "2016-11-27T03:59:00Z")

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> [@Neonwarrior](#):
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> [quote=“pisskop, post:45, topic:12701”]Both are quite sci-fi weapons. Much emphasis on the fi part.

Do you realize what game we’re talking about here? Zombies, bionics, laser guns, nuclear mini-bomb launchers, mutations… I don’t think wanting to be able to attach two chainsaws to the ends of a paddle with duct tape is asking for much. It would have much better reach than the chainsaw lajatang so I can see it as a bit of an upgrade.

Besides, I’m not asking for a straight port of the futuristic Lancer from Gears of War into the game, just a gun with a chainsaw attached to it in a similar fashion. Das all I want, fam.[/quote]  
Mininukes are real though.

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**Author:** ![DeclanFrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@DeclanFrost](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DeclanFrost)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 4:24am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/create-your-own-melee-weapon/12701/48 "2016-11-27T04:24:30Z")

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> [@Neonwarrior](#):
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> Besides, I’m not asking for a straight port of the futuristic Lancer from Gears of War into the game, just a gun with a chainsaw attached to it in a similar fashion. Das all I want, fam.

That would be awesome, though. We need more guns that double as melee weapons and vice versa in the game. And not just the boring as hell bayonet. I’m talking like a quarterstaff with a rifle built into it.

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**Author:** ![Neonwarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@Neonwarrior](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Neonwarrior)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 6:11am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/create-your-own-melee-weapon/12701/49 "2016-11-27T06:11:29Z")

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> [@BorkBorkGoesTheCode](#):
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> Mininukes are real though.

So are paddlesaws. It’s also not infeasible to attach a chainsaw to the front of a gun (I mean, it’s not practical, but it could be done).

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**Author:** ![Rot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/rot/32/454_2.png) [@Rot](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rot)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 7:22am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/create-your-own-melee-weapon/12701/50 "2016-11-27T07:22:35Z")

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Someone could code a underbarrel chainsaw gun mod.

It’d be like a grenade launcher or flamethrower.

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**Author:** ![CK\_Kirbi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ck_kirbi/32/584_2.png) [@CK\_Kirbi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/CK_Kirbi)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 10:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/create-your-own-melee-weapon/12701/51 "2016-11-27T10:15:17Z")

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Oooooh. I’d love to see a good armored vambrace with a retractable blade inside of it. Think of something between a wrist blade used by the Yautja (Predators of AVP infamy), the arm blade Edward Elric from FMA manifests, and the weapons used by the Drake Fighters from Battle For Wesnoth.

It would essentially combine a retractable, long bladed punch dagger with full metal arm guards. I have no idea if that can be done, but if it could be, it would be phenomenal to encounter as a rare drop or as a top end hybrid fabrication-melee craftable item.

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**Author:** ![Neonwarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@Neonwarrior](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Neonwarrior)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 10:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/create-your-own-melee-weapon/12701/52 "2016-11-27T10:20:24Z")

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[quote=“CK\_Kirbi, post:51, topic:12701”]Oooooh. I’d love to see a good armored vambrace with a retractable blade inside of it. Think of something between a wrist blade used by the Yautja (Predators of AVP infamy), the arm blade Edward Elric from FMA manifests, and the weapons used by the Drake Fighters from Battle For Wesnoth.

It would essentially combine a retractable, long bladed punch dagger with full metal arm guards. I have no idea if that can be done, but if it could be, it would be phenomenal to encounter as a rare drop or as a top end hybrid fabrication-melee craftable item.[/quote]

You mean like this?

 ![](http://img03.deviantart.net/79be/i/2010/038/f/f/assassins_creed_wristblade_v2_by_sadistic_otaku.png)

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**Author:** ![pisskop](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/pisskop/32/1327_2.png) [@pisskop](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pisskop)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 1:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/create-your-own-melee-weapon/12701/53 "2016-11-27T13:29:21Z")

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or … a bayonet?

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**Author:** ![CK\_Kirbi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ck_kirbi/32/584_2.png) [@CK\_Kirbi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/CK_Kirbi)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 8:05am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/create-your-own-melee-weapon/12701/54 "2016-11-28T08:05:46Z")

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[quote=“Neonwarrior, post:52, topic:12701”][quote=“CK\_Kirbi, post:51, topic:12701”]Oooooh. I’d love to see a good armored vambrace with a retractable blade inside of it. Think of something between a wrist blade used by the Yautja (Predators of AVP infamy), the arm blade Edward Elric from FMA manifests, and the weapons used by the Drake Fighters from Battle For Wesnoth.

It would essentially combine a retractable, long bladed punch dagger with full metal arm guards. I have no idea if that can be done, but if it could be, it would be phenomenal to encounter as a rare drop or as a top end hybrid fabrication-melee craftable item.[/quote]

You mean like this?

 ![](http://img03.deviantart.net/79be/i/2010/038/f/f/assassins_creed_wristblade_v2_by_sadistic_otaku.png)

No, I mean like this, but with a single, non jagged blade that is mounted horizontally instead of vertically. Though your blade works great too, as doe the pair of blades from my gif.

[![](http://www.hexapolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ezgif.com-gif-maker-1.gif) ](http://www.hexapolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ezgif.com-gif-maker-1.gif)

And just cuz, here’s the video of the whole process involved in making the blades in the gif. It’s mildly humorous cuz IC shit.

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**Author:** ![Aabbcc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@Aabbcc](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Aabbcc)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 8:28am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/create-your-own-melee-weapon/12701/55 "2016-11-28T08:28:57Z")

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Kinda bulky tho, for that much bulkiness, you might as well replace it with chainsaws… hmm. chainsaw claws. That has potential.

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**Author:** ![CK\_Kirbi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ck_kirbi/32/584_2.png) [@CK\_Kirbi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/CK_Kirbi)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 8:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/create-your-own-melee-weapon/12701/56 "2016-11-28T08:38:07Z")

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It’s meant to stand in as armor and a carrying mechanism for a retractable blade. I wouldn’t expect it to be slender or light.

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**Author:** ![Aabbcc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@Aabbcc](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Aabbcc)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 9:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/create-your-own-melee-weapon/12701/57 "2016-11-28T09:07:54Z")

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It’s too tall tho, it’s what I mean, and it doesn’t even completely retract the claws. You could get something less unwieldy with thinner blades or a horizontal one while still maintaining the protection, or alternatively, embrace the bulkiness and go for chainfist/chainclaws.

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**Author:** ![CK\_Kirbi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ck_kirbi/32/584_2.png) [@CK\_Kirbi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/CK_Kirbi)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 9:26am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/create-your-own-melee-weapon/12701/58 "2016-11-28T09:26:01Z")

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Aye. My ideal would be a single blade mounted horizontally in a proper vambrace or gauntlet. The jagged edges are honestly a liability in a fight and the dual blades really don’t accomplish anything that a single blade doesn’t. That image is the best approximation I have for what I’d be looking to forge. Everything else is all Assassin’s Creed inspired these days, and I am not a fan of the underside blade.

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**Author:** ![xironfistx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b9e5f3/32.png) [@xironfistx](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/xironfistx)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/create-your-own-melee-weapon/12701/59 "2016-11-28T17:12:26Z")

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All that talk about fancy chainsaws and such and i am thinking about making rock and cooper maces.

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**Author:** ![TooDAMNMuch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@TooDAMNMuch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TooDAMNMuch)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/create-your-own-melee-weapon/12701/60 "2016-11-28T17:16:07Z")

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circular sawblade thrower counts as melee, right? i mean it’d be wrist mounted.

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