Is Roadhog’s weapon a real threat? A few blacksmiths have recreated the dangerous hook – with a lot of love for detail!
Video games and other works often inspire the imagination of hard-working people who want to bring things from fantasy worlds into the real world. There are many reports of blacksmiths recreating Frostmourne (WoW), the Iron Throne (Game of Thrones), or other weapons.
The blacksmiths from Man at Arms: Reforged have now turned to Overwatch characters. Although most weapons are rather futuristic and recreating a Photon Projector from Symmetra is quite difficult, there are a few exceptions. A prime example of this is Roadhog’s hook, which has long been demanded by fans.
Roadhog’s hook as true craftsmanship
The finished video was published on the AWE me YouTube channel, in which they document the creation of the dangerous hook in detail. And there is also a little “Let’s destroy some evil lemonade bottles” scene at the end.
Roadhog’s hook partly goes back to the medieval weapon of the man-catcher – such as the barbs built into the weapon.
Cortyn says: Even though I find it remarkable how much work and attention to detail goes into the creation of such a weapon, these videos become rather boring with an increasing number. For “people in the know”, it’s certainly very exciting to see which devices and methods were used to grind, mill, enchant, and oil the whole thing – but surely 5 minutes less of the video would have sufficed. Still, it’s cool to see how many details were incorporated.
What do you think of these blacksmith videos about famous weapons from video games?
