Prop design research

I did some research into popular clothing and weapon combinationsto help me get some inspiration for my prop design

 

 The blade being part of a bracer and glove. This is most famous for being in the new game series assassins creed, but was actually a venician weapon.

 The shoe blade has been around as a weapon since early japanese armour and weaponary. It orginally had a pressure spring mechanism that was attatched to the feet of samurai for close range combat.

The penguin in batman has an umbrella which is a multitude of deifferent weaponary. It is a gun, can expell different deadly gases and conceal a blade in the frame. It is a very exagerated but impressive weeapon idea. This was my favourite of the examples i found.

 

Prong gloves where a popular weapon within china within the 220 - 265 C.E (The Han Dynasty) it was a set of blades attatched to a glove-like gauntlet. it looks alot more intimidating than the damage it would actually produce which was one of the reasons that it phased out, however i think its a very decrotive and impressive weapon design.