New Paper Craft: Final Fantasy VIII - Life Size Gunblade Free Paper Model Download

This paper model is a life size Gunblade, a recurring type of weapon in the Final Fantasy series, first appearing in Final Fantasy VIII, the papercraft was created by EuTytoAlba.

Originally designed by Tetsuya Nomura, a gunblade is a fusion of a sword and a gun. The Final Fantasy VIII gunblades do not actually fire projectiles, but later versions in other games, like in the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy XIII, have gunblades that work as both a gun and a blade, although they seem to be more of a guns with blades on them, rather than swords with firing mechanisms.

In Final Fantasy VIII, all forms of gunblade consist of a sword blade with a gun action built into the hilt, the barrel running inside the length of the blade. They are mostly used like normal swords, but triggering a round sends a shock wave through the blade as the weapon passes through an opponent to increase damage.

In Dissidia Final Fantasy, Squall Leonhart's use of the Revolver is refined beyond the normal slashes seen in Final Fantasy VIII, incorporating the use of the gunblade's recoil for a unique combat style. Using the Heel Crush and Rough Divide techniques, Squall triggers a round while holding the gunblade behind him, the recoil pushing him forward. Using the Solid Barrel and Beat Fang techniques, Squall thrusts the blade into the enemy, triggers a round, and the recoil of the shot pushes the blade back, where Squall immediately thrusts again, repeating the process several more times. In Final Fantasy VIII Squall wields his gunblade exclusively two-handed, but in Dissidia Final Fantasy he often uses the weapon with one hand.

The combat styles demonstrated for gunblades capable of projectile firing are simply alternating between ranged and melee combat with the favored style depending on the gunblade used. For example the Velvet Nightmare is more adept for ranged combat than melee. Final Fantasy XIV introduces a variant named Gunhalberd, which has a halberd base rather than a sword base. [Source: wikia]

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