12/11/2021
Its with great excitement that we can announce(almost a year to the day from the initial sketch!) the launch of the Artificial Armory's first primary blaster(s), The Arbalest! The first true reverse bullpup repeating crossbow in the hobby uses fiberglass driveway markers to fire darts in excess of 240-260 FPS. Firing from either a straight or angled Talon the Arbalest is a hard hitting sturdy blaster. Not alone however, the Arbalest comes in a spring version, the Arquebus, and a string version, the ARB-Elast
The blaster(s) are packed with modern features:
- TPU Grip Wrap
- TPU Buttstock
- Bearings on the pump for a smooth prime
- Front and rear sling loops
- Heated insets in commonly used screw ports
- Easily removeable 18" .509 aluminum barrel
- A short 3.5" prime
You can find these for sale at Foamdemic on Etsy. If you want a customized design or filament we also sell assembled blasters and hardware kits at the Artificial Armory. We also are working with the Atean Armory to bring tuned high power ARBs in the near future
Most importantly, to keep with our commitment to open source design, we will be releasing the STLs publicly so that you can print replacement parts or the whole blaster if you wish.
We thank you to all in the community who helped to make this possible, including but certainly not limited to: RGBPug, EnderSavesTheDay, OrionBlasters, CaptainSlug, BAAMNYC, Boomstick, FoxFire Designs, Meaker, basically everyone in UNO, and so many more, y'all are awesome!
Sincerely,
The Armorers at the Artificial Armory
Kate Heinz, June Atalanta, and Armory-Chan
We also want to invite you to the Artificial Armory Discord for updates on the ARB, the Mistresskey, and our coming Y Tho Wye Bow!