Man At Arms has emerged as one of Defy Media's most significant web series, and the multi-channel network is now attempting to make lightning strike twice. The AWEme channel will host Man At Arms: Reforged, a new version of Man At Arms that will mash up the signature weapons of iconic characters. Man At Arms has established a winning formula based around three main selling points: Lifelike imitations of film, TV, and video game weapons; the entertaining personality of blacksmith Tony Swatton; and a format that easily targets fans of ultra-popular franchises. That formula has helped draw two million subscribers and 87 million views to AWEme; while Man At Arms is not the only show on its home channel, it is by far the most popular. Reforged will switch up the ingredients but will utilize the same basic formula. Instead of Swatton, the new series will center on Baltimore Knife and Sword,...
- 7/9/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
"And I shall call you Sting!" We're less than two weeks from the release of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, which means Tolkien mania is kicking back in. While you can purchase prop replicas of the various weapons from shops like United Cutlery and Weta, swordsmith Tony Swatton of the YouTube series "Men At Arms" tackles making a full replica of Bilbo's sword Sting from scratch. While this isn't exactly showing us what it was like when the elves forged the dagger, it is a badass video showing us what it's like to make one of these for real nowadays. Yea, I'd like my own real-life Sting to fend off (Mirkwood) Spiders, too. Special thanks to GeekTyrant for the tip on this. The video is from the Awe me channel on YouTube, part of their Man At Arms series. "Every other Monday, master swordsmith Tony Swatton forges your favorite weapons from video games,...
- 12/3/2013
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Man At Arms is back. The blacksmith has created a pair of steel Wolverine claws, and they're freakin' deadly! The video takes us through the process of how the claws are made, and then they test them out!
In the movies it seems like it would be really hard to screw up Wolverine's claws, but the CG that was done for them in X-Men Origins: Wolverine was horrific. That was laziness at its best. I'm sure they'll look a lot better in the upcoming film.
Every week our master swordsmith and renowned propmaster, Tony Swatton, forges iconic weapons using high-speed belt grinders, scorching furnaces, and pounding power hammers. Then he takes his weapon to the streets to bust up some stuff.
Now watch Man At Arms building these bad boys!
In the movies it seems like it would be really hard to screw up Wolverine's claws, but the CG that was done for them in X-Men Origins: Wolverine was horrific. That was laziness at its best. I'm sure they'll look a lot better in the upcoming film.
Every week our master swordsmith and renowned propmaster, Tony Swatton, forges iconic weapons using high-speed belt grinders, scorching furnaces, and pounding power hammers. Then he takes his weapon to the streets to bust up some stuff.
Now watch Man At Arms building these bad boys!
- 7/17/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Tony Swatton and the folks at Man At Arms are truly doing God's work; this time by recreating Final Fantasy fanboy favorite -- the Buster Sword.
No stranger to forging famous swords and weapons from popular video games (see his take on "Mincraft"'s diamond sword), Tony and the whole team lend their skilled hands at tackling the monumental weapon -- crafting it out of 6 feet of aircraft aluminum. The blade is a fairly simple shape, but some of the real art comes with etching details in the hilt and casting a bronze pommel. After drilling out the materia slots and applying a finish to give it a more used steel look, the guys take the iconic sword out back to finish off some plastic bottles, watermelons, and one sinister looking Tweety.
Weighing around 70 plus pounds, Cloud's Buster Sword is sure to give any potential cosplayer pause about lugging around a con.
No stranger to forging famous swords and weapons from popular video games (see his take on "Mincraft"'s diamond sword), Tony and the whole team lend their skilled hands at tackling the monumental weapon -- crafting it out of 6 feet of aircraft aluminum. The blade is a fairly simple shape, but some of the real art comes with etching details in the hilt and casting a bronze pommel. After drilling out the materia slots and applying a finish to give it a more used steel look, the guys take the iconic sword out back to finish off some plastic bottles, watermelons, and one sinister looking Tweety.
Weighing around 70 plus pounds, Cloud's Buster Sword is sure to give any potential cosplayer pause about lugging around a con.
- 5/20/2013
- by Clint Mize
- MTV Multiplayer
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