I don’t think there’s much of an arms race when it comes to paintball — one’s creativity is often limited by, you know, safety. But this caveat didn’t stop Craig Palmer of Palmer Pursuit Shop, which specialises in custom paintball weapons, from building a paint “flamethrower”.
As you can see in the video above, filmed during a 2000-person battle at Oregon’s Sniperz Den, the flamethrower is rather effective. I’m not sure about the range, but for catching people unawares — and soaking them in paint — it gets the job done.
[referenced url=”https://gizmodo.com.au/2016/11/shooting-crazy-super-soakers-filled-with-paint-is-a-lot-of-silly-fun/” thumb=”https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/wseglqjdtcfrxk7fpgb0.jpg” title=”Shooting Super Soakers Filled With Paint Is A Lot Of Silly Fun” excerpt=”If you crossed a Super Soaker with a paintball gun, you’d get this wild creation from our friend Mark Rober: A crazy weapon that shoots out streams of paint like a Super Soaker would shoot out water.”]
I was hoping to track the weapon down on Palmer’s website and get some specifications. Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear to be featured.
This also makes it a bit difficult to build your own. Not that you would want to, lest you friends never invite you to paintball again.
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