Apache "gadget" in Young Bond 3
#1
Posted 16 August 2006 - 05:18 PM
[box]"...in book 3 there is an early computer, a pneumatic railway under London (driven by air pressure rather than electricity) and one of the villains has a combination weapon called an Apache
#2
Posted 16 August 2006 - 05:38 PM
Interesting...
I'll do some digging Zen.
#3
Posted 16 August 2006 - 05:44 PM
#4
Posted 16 August 2006 - 05:46 PM
Ooooo...okay.It's a revolver. 7mm. It has brass knuckles on it. I've seen it before. Don't know why I remember it being 7mm... fyi.. but there you go. I'll try and find a pic.
(But I could have sworn he said something about it being a crossbow.)
#5
Posted 16 August 2006 - 05:46 PM
http://www.horstheld.com/0-blades.htm
Search for Apache on the page.
Named after these guys:
http://www.savateaus...says/apache.htm
#6
Posted 16 August 2006 - 05:49 PM
*scans library*
Contemporary weapons manual, History of Firearms, The Shaft and the Bolt...
I'll go digging...
"Back to the salt mines"
EDIT - Having just read K1's post.
Damn good finds. I have that book. Any other details Zen? This has got my curiosity up.
#7
Posted 16 August 2006 - 05:51 PM
Ooooo...okay.
(But I could have sworn he said something about it being a crossbow.)
?
Well I suppose, but if we're talking about being on the streets in London why the hell would you be using a crossbow? Read the article about the apache people (not the Indians) from Paris that I linked. Then try and picture 1930s London. I think it's a real possibility.
#8
Posted 16 August 2006 - 05:53 PM
This little thing looks vicious!
#9
Posted 16 August 2006 - 05:55 PM
I think you've nailed it K1. The clincher is this is called a "combination" weapon. Exact word Charlie used in the Q&A. Maybe he didn't say "crossbow" in SF. Like I said, I was yapping to Athena when he was talking.
This little thing looks vicious!
I don't know much about firearms or weapons in general (20th century like you'd see in a game - yeah), but I can't imagine too many combinations on a crossbow.
#10
Posted 16 August 2006 - 05:58 PM
#12
Posted 16 August 2006 - 06:43 PM
You know, this has GOT to be used on the cover art. Sort of a FRWL type of cover. Wouldn't that be cool?
LOL, I admit to putting maybe 15 minutes (at best) into this so don't laugh. It's decent though, but you probably shouldn't use this on your site...
#13
Posted 16 August 2006 - 06:59 PM
This little thing looks vicious!
First thing that popped into my mind upon seeing it. Young Bond Book 3 is shaping up to be a pretty interesting story so far.
#14
Posted 16 August 2006 - 07:03 PM
Love it!
You know, this has GOT to be used on the cover art. Sort of a FRWL type of cover. Wouldn't that be cool?
LOL, I admit to putting maybe 15 minutes (at best) into this so don't laugh. It's decent though, but you probably shouldn't use this on your site...
Oh, it's going up on my site.
#15
Posted 17 August 2006 - 07:57 AM
Nice artwork by the way K1Bond007. Well done.
#16
Posted 17 August 2006 - 04:17 PM
#17
Posted 17 August 2006 - 07:37 PM
This baby represents everything I love about the Young Bond series. Even in a 1930s setting, Charlie pulls out something that is more Bondian than anything in the last, what?, dozen films. And I love that this weapon has a diabolical history tied in with the "Apache" thugs of Paris. A far out gizmo grounded in realism with a nefarious history that ties-in with the book thematically (big city crime as puzzle piece). These books really are of the highest quality.
Do we know for sure that this is it? I mean I can't imagine it being anything else now, but I suppose we could be wrong. Have you "submitted a picture" to Charlie for verification like your quote suggests?
#18
Posted 17 August 2006 - 07:42 PM
I WANT ONE
#19
Posted 17 August 2006 - 07:44 PM
Actually, no, we don't know for sure. LOL. And I've lost Charlie's email address. And I don't want to pester IFP with every little thing. And I don't want to lean this isn't the weapon, because it's too cool.
This baby represents everything I love about the Young Bond series. Even in a 1930s setting, Charlie pulls out something that is more Bondian than anything in the last, what?, dozen films. And I love that this weapon has a diabolical history tied in with the "Apache" thugs of Paris. A far out gizmo grounded in realism with a nefarious history that ties-in with the book thematically (big city crime as puzzle piece). These books really are of the highest quality.
Do we know for sure that this is it? I mean I can't imagine it being anything else now, but I suppose we could be wrong. Have you "submitted a picture" to Charlie for verification like your quote suggests?
So here I sit in my happy land of illusion.
#20
Posted 17 August 2006 - 09:48 PM
Actually, no, we don't know for sure. LOL. And I've lost Charlie's email address. And I don't want to pester IFP with every little thing. And I don't want to lean this isn't the weapon, because it's too cool.
This baby represents everything I love about the Young Bond series. Even in a 1930s setting, Charlie pulls out something that is more Bondian than anything in the last, what?, dozen films. And I love that this weapon has a diabolical history tied in with the "Apache" thugs of Paris. A far out gizmo grounded in realism with a nefarious history that ties-in with the book thematically (big city crime as puzzle piece). These books really are of the highest quality.
Do we know for sure that this is it? I mean I can't imagine it being anything else now, but I suppose we could be wrong. Have you "submitted a picture" to Charlie for verification like your quote suggests?
So here I sit in my happy land of illusion.
You run a website devoted to Young Bond and you lost the author's email? LOL. DOH!
#21
Posted 17 August 2006 - 10:01 PM
#22
Posted 17 August 2006 - 10:20 PM
Or breathe a sigh of relief.Maybe Charlie will see this thread and shoot zencat another e-mail.
I broke down and fired off an email to IFP asking if we've got the right gun. But I'd be surprised if we don't. BTW, I might pick up a copy of that Blades & Barrels book. Looks like there's some cool stuff in there.
#23
Posted 18 August 2006 - 02:48 AM
You're not the only one, Athena!!!I have three little words to say about this "Apache"
I WANT ONE
#24
Posted 28 August 2006 - 05:44 PM
Looks like K1 "nailed it"
Check out the full story and quotes HERE.
Way to go K1Bond007!
#25
Posted 28 August 2006 - 06:27 PM
#26
Posted 29 August 2006 - 03:11 AM
Now on the CBn main page...
As discovered on the CBn forums
#27
Posted 29 August 2006 - 08:11 AM
#28
Posted 29 August 2006 - 06:53 PM
Congratulations K1Bond007. Good find. You certainly know your bizarre Bondian weapons.
Nah, I really don't. You don't tend to forget a gun with brass knuckles and a knife when you see it. Especially since it wasn't that long ago...