{"id":112409,"date":"2016-11-29T15:16:47","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T13:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=112409"},"modified":"2016-11-29T15:17:48","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T13:17:48","slug":"watch-blacksmiths-recreate-genjis-sword-from-overwatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/112409-watch-blacksmiths-recreate-genjis-sword-from-overwatch","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Blacksmiths recreate Genji&#8217;s sword from Overwatch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A specialised team of blacksmiths\u00a0have forged a real-life recreation of Genji&#8217;s sword from Overwatch.<\/p>\n<p>While recreating a sword wielded by a cyborg ninja from a sci-fi video game may be a challenge for some craftsmen, the folks over at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLUUGFk1wE5OHqeNDwp2q9_ZiPqKlWNc6V\" target=\"_blank\">Man at Arms: Reforged<\/a><\/strong> specialise in recreating video game weaponry.<\/p>\n<p>Even so, forging Genji&#8217;s weaponry in real life was a complex task, requiring everything from specific blade forging methods to LED lighting strips.<\/p>\n<p>The sword is a functioning replica, capable of slicing through various objects cleanly, despite its complex build and unique &#8220;spine&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The team also recreated Genji&#8217;s trio of shurikens, which he wields as his primary ranged weapon.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the video below for the full build of Genji&#8217;s weaponry:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IF6iBVGKREo\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Now read:\u00a0<a title=\"Permalink to CounterStrike: Global Offensive is now selling Glove cases for over R100\" href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/112391-counterstrike-global-offensive-is-now-selling-glove-cases-for-over-r100.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">CounterStrike: Global Offensive is now selling Glove cases for over R100<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The team of blacksmiths at Man at Arms: Reforged have forged a real-life recreation of Genji&#8217;s sword from Overwatch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":112411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[31,23523,10096,23525],"class_list":["post-112409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-active","tag-genji","tag-overwatch","tag-real-sword"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}