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BLADE 2025 – Weapon Design

I had the pleasure to collaborate and experiment with Ivan Garra’s.

His fan art prop design for the Blade Universe drew inspiration from iconic firearms, notably the Desert Eagle, and merged functional realism with bold aesthetics for film antagonists. Ivan reached out to collaborate, and the project was a successful creative partnership, combining AI-assisted methods to present his unique weapon designs in this unofficial fan art. His handcrafted real world cinematic weapon designs are on another level.

(All images and designs presented here are independent artistic works created as part of a fan-made collaboration. Neither the creators nor contributors are affiliated with Marvel Studios or the official Blade film production. All trademarks, logos, and intellectual property remain the property of their respective owners. These visuals are shared solely for non-commercial, illustrative purposes, and no endorsement or sponsorship is implied.)

Wide banner close-up of glowing red vampire eyes behind wet hair, with concept text for a new antagonist in the Blade universe

Ai supported concept and design for Character

Character key art of a grinning female vampire in a hooded black coat and ripped jeans, holding a blade-pistol in each hand
Character key art seen from behind: hooded figure in a long black leather coat holding two blade-mounted pistols in fog
Concept text page for a new Blade antagonist beside a close-up of a snarling female vampire with bloodied fangs
Concept sheet with a character sketch of a coat-wearing vampire beside the blade-pistol prop shown disassembled into its parts
Side-by-side comparison sheet of two blade-mounted pistol props labelled Blade 2025 and Blade II 2002 with specifications
Text page describing the Blade-inspired prop pistols, their integrated knives and flint-knapping finish, with dimensions and 2.8 kg weight
Two custom Blade prop pistols with integrated curved blades on a dark table, hands resting beside them, caption about working mechanisms
Six-panel detail sheet showing the custom blade-pistol prop from different angles on dark textured surfaces
Pair of custom blade-pistol film props laid out on a dark table with a caption explaining the design was inspired by Reinhardt in Blade II
Reference page about the character Dieter Reinhardt from Blade II, with a film photo of the bald vampire holding a pistol
Closing slide of a prop presentation with a QR code and a disclaimer that the weapon is a non-functional media prop