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It's been too long... Only one upload in the past 6 moths. Shame on me...

Okay, here you go.

This is a photomanipulation I made to get a realistic version of my gunblade concept .
I based it on a Heckler & Koch G11 , a prototype weapon I learned of while browsing for something entirely different. It is a working combat rifle that is fed from a magazine that lies parallel with the barrel - which is exactly what I wanted for my gunblade. The problem with most Gunblade designs out there is their limited capacity when it comes to bulets. Most are based on revolvers or pistols and thus can only fire up to about 10 shots before you'd need to reload. Bigger magazines are hard to attach, because they'd just be in the way - whether you put them on top, siedways or even downwards... This version can hold 70(!) bullets at a time - which makes 70 shots in single-shot and 23 in 3-round burst fire mode.

The little lever near the trigger ejects the blade so it can be exchanged when damaged. Though one might think that from the lower image the blade does NOT need to be detatched to reload it. If the lower part of the body can split open the magazine can be taken out to either side without a problem.

Edit:
I'm always glad to be asked for more information on an image. Everything I do was thought out beforehand or at least got a story/concept while making it. This one is the former. I had the idea of a non-revolver/tremor gunblade way before I drew the original concept at the end of 2012...
The idea behind this was to have a gunblade that's mainly built for close combat, but also built for fireing just as good as regular firearms if needed. I intended it do be used as a pair. Why? Because I like dual wield and with gunblades it'd be even more badass - and handling two guns at the same time is nothing for real men !
Really though. I'm not a fan of Tremor Blades and thus half of the gunblade concepts are out of question. The others either are actual swords with a small one-shot pistol attached to it or a pistol with a blade attached to it. Balanced gunblades are rare and about all of those still have a very small magazine (pistol sized = maximum of about 10 bullets).

All these thoughts finally led me to my concept:
An assault rifle can quickly fire multiple shots while carrying much ammo. the only problem is where to attach the magazine. Downwards would collide with the blade and lead to bayonet-like forms, sideways just throws off the sword handling and upwards interferes with aiming. So I dared to "invent" a longitudinal magazine (though I had no clue how to make it work) and later learned that it already existed . That makes it easier to store the magazine and also leaves enough space for about 70 bullets (extrapolated from the original magazine size of 45)...

It is a weapon for use inside buildings or terrain with many obstacles and hinding spots. If you can use firearms, so can your enemies - so why use blades on your guns? When facing someone with a gun in narrow terrain, your best bet would be to get as close as possibe before striking. A gunblade uses this technique to the fullest; in both aggressive and deffensive role. Without changing weapons you can take on either a ranged or melee attacker or attack yourself at any distance.
One particular technique came to mind while thinking about this: You can cut open bullet-proof clothes (or at least damage them with the blade), while instantly fireing a shot into the cut.

Of course the blade is one of the most strained part of the weapon, so you better be able to exchange it - it'd be a total waste to trash a working weapon only for a chipped blade... Also that echange machanism could be used to modify the weapon. You could build an alternative "blade" modul which only consists of a forend handle and extends back to a buttstock. making it more sturdy, it'd also be connected to the sight rail on top of the gun. This modification could then be used as a common assault rifle, completely leaving out the bladed use.

The hilt joins the body in an angle I think fits for both gun and blade uses. If I made it straighter it would be hard to aim and if I bent it more in it would get harder to wield as a sword.

I think it turned out pretty decent, if I may say so myself. I wish I had had a better base for it though - good G11 pictures are scare out there... And there's neither sword nor gun with that kind of hilt I was looking for. Oh well, whatever. I'll just be happy that I managed to finish it.

PS: Nope, FF didn't invent anything: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistol_s…

Description
It's been too long... Only one upload in the past 6 moths. Shame on me...

Okay, here you go.

This is a photomanipulation I made to get a realistic version of my gunblade concept .
I based it on a Heckler & Koch G11 , a prototype weapon I learned of while browsing for something entirely different. It is a working combat rifle that is fed from a magazine that lies parallel with the barrel - which is exactly what I wanted for my gunblade. The problem with most Gunblade designs out there is their limited capacity when it comes to bulets. Most are based on revolvers or pistols and thus can only fire up to about 10 shots before you'd need to reload. Bigger magazines are hard to attach, because they'd just be in the way - whether you put them on top, siedways or even downwards... This version can hold 70(!) bullets at a time - which makes 70 shots in single-shot and 23 in 3-round burst fire mode.

The little lever near the trigger ejects the blade so it can be exchanged when damaged. Though one might think that from the lower image the blade does NOT need to be detatched to reload it. If the lower part of the body can split open the magazine can be taken out to either side without a problem.

Edit:
I'm always glad to be asked for more information on an image. Everything I do was thought out beforehand or at least got a story/concept while making it. This one is the former. I had the idea of a non-revolver/tremor gunblade way before I drew the original concept at the end of 2012...
The idea behind this was to have a gunblade that's mainly built for close combat, but also built for fireing just as good as regular firearms if needed. I intended it do be used as a pair. Why? Because I like dual wield and with gunblades it'd be even more badass - and handling two guns at the same time is nothing for real men !
Really though. I'm not a fan of Tremor Blades and thus half of the gunblade concepts are out of question. The others either are actual swords with a small one-shot pistol attached to it or a pistol with a blade attached to it. Balanced gunblades are rare and about all of those still have a very small magazine (pistol sized = maximum of about 10 bullets).

All these thoughts finally led me to my concept:
An assault rifle can quickly fire multiple shots while carrying much ammo. the only problem is where to attach the magazine. Downwards would collide with the blade and lead to bayonet-like forms, sideways just throws off the sword handling and upwards interferes with aiming. So I dared to "invent" a longitudinal magazine (though I had no clue how to make it work) and later learned that it already existed . That makes it easier to store the magazine and also leaves enough space for about 70 bullets (extrapolated from the original magazine size of 45)...

It is a weapon for use inside buildings or terrain with many obstacles and hinding spots. If you can use firearms, so can your enemies - so why use blades on your guns? When facing someone with a gun in narrow terrain, your best bet would be to get as close as possibe before striking. A gunblade uses this technique to the fullest; in both aggressive and deffensive role. Without changing weapons you can take on either a ranged or melee attacker or attack yourself at any distance.
One particular technique came to mind while thinking about this: You can cut open bullet-proof clothes (or at least damage them with the blade), while instantly fireing a shot into the cut.

Of course the blade is one of the most strained part of the weapon, so you better be able to exchange it - it'd be a total waste to trash a working weapon only for a chipped blade... Also that echange machanism could be used to modify the weapon. You could build an alternative "blade" modul which only consists of a forend handle and extends back to a buttstock. making it more sturdy, it'd also be connected to the sight rail on top of the gun. This modification could then be used as a common assault rifle, completely leaving out the bladed use.

The hilt joins the body in an angle I think fits for both gun and blade uses. If I made it straighter it would be hard to aim and if I bent it more in it would get harder to wield as a sword.

I think it turned out pretty decent, if I may say so myself. I wish I had had a better base for it though - good G11 pictures are scare out there... And there's neither sword nor gun with that kind of hilt I was looking for. Oh well, whatever. I'll just be happy that I managed to finish it.

PS: Nope, FF didn't invent anything: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistol_s…