Batman Fan Creates Guide to Making Arkham Asylum Batarangs

[Logan Westbrook]

Batman Fan Creates Guide to Making Arkham Asylum Batarangs

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Need a hand with building your crime-fighting arsenal? Well, you're in luck, as a Batman fan has put together a guide to making your own batarangs.

Batarangs are the tool of a more subtle crime fighter. Not as clumsy or random as super-strength, the batarang needs a steady hand and a keen eye to use. But we're not all billionaire playboys, so how do you make a batarang that is both affordable and stylish? Well, luckily for you, Instructables poster "spookylean" has you covered.

His prototype batarang is made of plexiglass, held together with screws and magnets, and painted with metallic paint to make it look the part. The project took around 10 hours, and cost around $17 dollars, although he had the paint and the tools already. He didn't start with metal because the transparent plastic made it easier to line the parts up, and he didn't have the necessary equipment, but it seems he plans to make one out of steel fairly soon.

The design is simple, yet ingenious, and significantly more impressive [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/94246-Batman-Arkham-Asylum-Batarang-Fails-to-Impress] than the batarang that actually came with the special edition of Arkham Asylum. If you want to try your hand at batarang creation, you can take a look at spookylean's instructions here [http://www.instructables.com/id/Batarang-from-Arkham-Asylum-Game/].

Source: io9 [http://io9.com/5618453/how-to-make-your-own-batarangs]





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[Daemascus]

I want one! I wonder how well it would work when thrown...

 

[Nouw]

I would want one if it flew by itself and hurt like hell.

Remote Control Batarang!

 

[elvor0]

Pretty nifty, i canceled my preorder on the special edition luckily (living in britain it came out 3 days later, so i got wise), and got the normal edition then payed £12 for 3 metal ones that are sharp enough to go in to a house wall with ease, success!

 

[icyneesan]

Now if only it worked and only if we could add a small plastic explosive onto...

Hello bank robbery

 

[Orcus The Ultimate]

we will have many batmen ...

 

[Delock]

we will have many batmen ...

No, first we have to kill parents and wait for angst, insanity, and coping to begin before we can call them Batmen. Until then, they are just people in bat costumes.

However, we may have the quote: "I never said: like Batman!" being used sooner than we think.

 

[duchaked]

lol I saw the one link showing the one that came with the game...ew

 

[Jonny The Kay]

"Arkham Asylum Batarangs?" as opposed to the other varieties of Batarangs?

 

[Darius Brogan]

Bahahaha!!! I wanna say he's a loser but that's awesome.

 

[TerribleAssassin]

Pretty nifty, i canceled my preorder on the special edition luckily (living in britain it came out 3 days later, so i got wise), and got the normal edition then payed £12 for 3 metal ones that are sharp enough to go in to a house wall with ease, success!

Are these batarangs you speak of? In England? You must tell me where you purchased these squire!


OT: Impressive stuff, makes me want to run around in a cape, impressively puncing people on the Unreal Engine..

 

[Jared]

Heh. I like it. That are pretty cool. I could imagine one them them been thrown at a criminal and been like "Oh...s***"

 

[Avayu]

I want one! I wonder how well it would work when thrown...

Not at all. Considering that it is made out of plexiglass and screws, it would probably break when thrown against something.
Still, this is pretty impressive work. If I only was more talented in handicrafts, then I'd like to build one of these. Or probably more than one.

 

[elvor0]

Pretty nifty, i canceled my preorder on the special edition luckily (living in britain it came out 3 days later, so i got wise), and got the normal edition then payed £12 for 3 metal ones that are sharp enough to go in to a house wall with ease, success!

Are these batarangs you speak of? In England? You must tell me where you purchased these squire!


OT: Impressive stuff, makes me want to run around in a cape, impressively puncing people on the Unreal Engine..

http://www.theblackbat.com/servlet/the-471/hip-hop-gear%2C-iced/Detail
They're slightly more expensive now, but they're still pretty good value, although it is an utterly bizzare site, as they sell the batarangs, and everything else is hip-hop gear.

http://www.udreplicas.com/all-products/the-dark-knight/

Has the coolest stuff though, they've got a kevlar batsuit, and they're working on a working utility belt, had I they money, i'd so buy that stuff and have it on display to fuel my batman man-crush.

 

[Frontastic]

Pretty nifty, i canceled my preorder on the special edition luckily (living in britain it came out 3 days later, so i got wise), and got the normal edition then payed £12 for 3 metal ones that are sharp enough to go in to a house wall with ease, success!

Are these batarangs you speak of? In England? You must tell me where you purchased these squire!


OT: Impressive stuff, makes me want to run around in a cape, impressively puncing people on the Unreal Engine..

http://www.theblackbat.com/servlet/the-471/hip-hop-gear%2C-iced/Detail
They're slightly more expensive now, but they're still pretty good value, although it is an utterly bizzare site, as they sell the batarangs, and everything else is hip-hop gear.

http://www.udreplicas.com/all-products/the-dark-knight/

Has the coolest stuff though, they've got a kevlar batsuit, and they're working on a working utility belt, had I they money, i'd so buy that stuff and have it on display to fuel my batman man-crush.

... *drools*

Ok, first things first, I got to make me one of those, the fold out just looks too awesome to not make one.

Second, I now know what I want for Christmas. Thank you for that link but I'm wondering, is there any issues with those in customes? I mean, you're importing weapons?! I'm Ireland, so I assume it's similar rules to UK.

 

[OceanRunner]

Is there a lesson on making a 60's batarang?

 

[elvor0]

Pretty nifty, i canceled my preorder on the special edition luckily (living in britain it came out 3 days later, so i got wise), and got the normal edition then payed £12 for 3 metal ones that are sharp enough to go in to a house wall with ease, success!

Are these batarangs you speak of? In England? You must tell me where you purchased these squire!


OT: Impressive stuff, makes me want to run around in a cape, impressively puncing people on the Unreal Engine..

http://www.theblackbat.com/servlet/the-471/hip-hop-gear%2C-iced/Detail
They're slightly more expensive now, but they're still pretty good value, although it is an utterly bizzare site, as they sell the batarangs, and everything else is hip-hop gear.

http://www.udreplicas.com/all-products/the-dark-knight/

Has the coolest stuff though, they've got a kevlar batsuit, and they're working on a working utility belt, had I they money, i'd so buy that stuff and have it on display to fuel my batman man-crush.

... *drools*

Ok, first things first, I got to make me one of those, the fold out just looks too awesome to not make one.

Second, I now know what I want for Christmas. Thank you for that link but I'm wondering, is there any issues with those in customes? I mean, you're importing weapons?! I'm Ireland, so I assume it's similar rules to UK.

I didn't have any problems, I didn't have to pay VAT either, dunno how they are in Ireland and whether it's different depending on NI or Republic, but you should be okay