Weta Workshop Builds Real Team Fortress 2 Sentry Gun

[Aurora219]

Wicked. Though without IFF the Valve employees are going to be shot daily.

 

[Orcus The Ultimate]

i didn't think that by only having to do a Hobbit movie WETA had so much free time...

 

[Beryl77]

This is a precaution because after the vga ends and we still haven't heard anything about ep3, all the angry and disappointed fans will rush to Valve and they have to protect themselves and the secret ep3 somehow.

 

[Sporky111]

Valve headquarters looks like an awesome place from that final pan on the video.

And the sentry is awesome. Although, I kinda held out hope that it would shoot nerf darts or foam balls or something.

 

[Leemaster777]

A Team Fortess 2 movie must be made. And Brock Lesnar must play as the Heavy or the Soldier.

Wrong, Jason Statham must be the Heavy.

But OT, this is about 39 flavors of awesome.

 

[Ohlookit'sMatty]

Yet another reason why I would love to work for Weta. This is probable something they created in there apart time, just for the fun of it. My only point about it is that it's quite bigger in scale than the ingame model

-M

 

[Super Toast]

Now they just need a dispenser.

 

[Superior Mind]

So did Valve commission Weta to make that or did they just make it 'cause that's kind of what the guys at Weta Workshop do when they're not working on movies.

Edit: Never mind, checked out the TF blog, Valve comissioned it.

 

[MortisLegio]

*waits til valve workers go home

ITS MINE!!!!!!!

 

[Anarchemitis]

Somehow I get the impression that it's not as portable as in-game evokes.

 

[Erana]

Some one should smack it with a wrench and see just how much work these guys put into that lil doohicky there!

That's my first instinct.

Ah, TF2, the one game where I didn't put the most hours in a healing class.

 

[v3n0mat3]

Now to make a version that ACTUALLY fires bullets.

THEN make one that fires rockets.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

So, making the Sapper next? I could use that in work.

 

[C-45]

Just watch them come in one day to find a cardboard sapper on it, and the power cord cut.

 

[Aeshi]

It's not impressive until it shoots

 

[willsham45]

That is soo cool I want one.

 

[Steve the Pocket]

Well. Looks like I need to get in touch with the Volpin Props guy and get him to make me an Auto-Sapper.

Also I admit I was disappointed that they didn't make the Portal turret instead. Those things are pretty sweet. But then, you probably can't bolt those to the floor to keep them from being stolen.

 

[LeeshaJoy]

Well. Looks like I need to get in touch with the Volpin Props guy and get him to make me an Auto-Sapper.

Also I admit I was disappointed that they didn't make the Portal turret instead. Those things are pretty sweet. But then, you probably can't bolt those to the floor to keep them from being stolen.

Given that the Aperture turrets tip over if you so much as breathe on them, I'd say the WETA people wanted something sturdier.

Now, if they were to make a life-size replica of GLaDOS that would passive-aggressively snark at passers-by...