Topic: Homemade Chain Whip Prototype

[darkmanx_429]

[Castlevania-Inspired] Homemade Chain-Whip Prototype

Thought this was pretty neat.

[X]

Though cheesy (and he warned us beforehand) it was an interesting demonstration    But it looked as though he had trouble getting the end of the whip to go where he wanted it to. I think that but putting a metal ball at the end (not necessarily a flail) as a kind of counterweight, it will help the chain whip to function more as you'd expect it to. Someone here who has a You Tube account should tell him to do-so and it might improve the whip's functionality.

[uzo]

"I'm not your mom and I'm not the discovery channel."

This was about the nerdiest fail video ever. But at least he revels in it. He is using it ALL wrong really.

Thing is though, Castlevania misrepresents the chain whip and makes it act like a bull whip. Because the chain links are loose, unlike the construction of a leather whip, you don't get the same flow of force down the whip when used. It's really not even a whip.

[darkmanx_429]

At least it looks cool. I would pay for an official Konami release for something like this than the leather one we had a while back...

[BLOOD MONKEY]

Adam Crack FIREWHIP! Full Performance

[darkmanx_429]

Adam Crack FIREWHIP! Full Performance

Now that's an awesome flame whip!

"I'm not your mom and I'm not the discovery channel."

This was about the nerdiest fail video ever. But at least he revels in it. He is using it ALL wrong really.

Thing is though, Castlevania misrepresents the chain whip and makes it act like a bull whip. Because the chain links are loose, unlike the construction of a leather whip, you don't get the same flow of force down the whip when used. It's really not even a whip.

Maybe he was using Haunted Castle Controls?

[Ratty]

Yeah unfortunately morningstar flails were probably pretty rare in real life, because they wouldn't have been very effective. And they certainly wouldn't have had long chains. Lindybiege makes a good argument for this I think
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-y6oirEsZA

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjzE8YMkC5s

[Morning star]

It's actually interesting that this is what you guys are talking about. This is the best reproduced copy of this i have ever seen. I made it and it's totally deadly. The only thing is you need to be very careful about your strike and the fall or that ball will come back and bust you up.

[X]

Now that looks cool! But it's still far too short to be the vampirekiller (no offense Morning star  )

[darkmanx_429]

Now that looks cool! But it's still far too short to be the vampirekiller (no offense Morning star  )

To his credit, they have always mentioned that the vampire killer was far too long...lol

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

That looks like the Haunted Castle version of it (short and deadly).
Good job, Morning Star.

[Dracula9]

>all the posts about impracticality of chain whips and the series' misconstruing of how they'd actually work (that I'm too lazy to quote directly)

Belmont magic, duh.

[Morning star]

Thanks guys. Yeah, i wanted something that would look the part but still be useful if you ever reached for it. The full length version is a totally fictional weapon and can't be used for anything but lifting a motor out of a vehicle. Still, i was fan enough to need this on my wall for some reason

[X]

The full length version is a totally fictional weapon and can't be used for anything but lifting a motor out of a vehicle.

I don't know. Maybe the Vampirekiller wasn't based of of a medieval flail, but was instead based off this:



The game came out of Japan so this is the most likeliest origin. And not to forget the weapon used on the movie Kill Bill that was also very similar to the above as well:

[Dracula9]

You address Gogo Yubari by name, you filthy heathen (that's a wicked good cosplay of her, though).

Her incarnation of the weapon is actually rather plausible, since it requires deft manipulation of the arms and wrists to properly wield it. The issue is that the chain Vampire Killer is swung like a conventional bullwhip, which wouldn't work at all with chain due to the vast differences in how each medium carries movement and the force of its own weight.