Mega Man is a popular video game character who is perhaps most notable for having a sort of lasery-type blaster for an arm. A real hand cannon, if you will. It’s officially called the Mega Buster, and [Arnov Sharma] recently recreated it for cosplay purposes.
Key to any good cosplay build is getting the visuals right, and [Arnov] achieved that well. The Mega Buster was first recreated in Fusion 360, scaled to an appropriate size to fit [Arnov]’s arm. It was 3D printed in several sections, with the body including a grab handle and fire button inside, and the side panel and blaster nozzle having provision for installing LEDs. The former is the blaster’s “power meter” which shows how many shots it has left until it runs out of energy, with the blaster able to fire six times before needing to cooldown. A Raspberry Pi Pico controls the LEDs and provides sound effects with the aid of a PAM8403 class D amplifier module and a small speaker.
The 3D files are available on Instructables for the curious. Perhaps by virtue of its arm-mounted nature, this build reminds us of the venerable Pip Boy from Fallout, of which we’ve seen many grand recreations before. Video after the break.
This needs to be combined with Limor Fried’s (in)famous https://learn.adafruit.com/bedazzler
In Japan, it’s Rockman with his Rock Buster? Sorry, couldn’t resist! 😁
Now excuse me, I’ll have to go back to my IBM PC and continue to play Mega Man in glorious 4 color CGA! 🙂
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Agreed.
There is a little something I like to call the Paul Allen Sister Syndrome (PASS).
Stratolaunch fell victim to that. An individual from Hobbytalk who passed away wasn’t even cold when his kits were smashed in a bin by his sister. A poor guy at the TrekBBS had a sister who threw his computer out without asking.
I think guys need a pact to where they vow to torch everything their sisters have WICKER MAN style.
Rant Over.
Video game characters have equipment sporting a blobby look that never sat well with me.
Though the movie was bad, the featured weapon from LASERBLAST looked awesome:
https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/laserblast-sci-fi-star-wars.html
Thanks for sharing! Also, i will never grow up. hehe