Video of Adam Savage Building BARBARELLA’S Radical Space Rifle
Adam Savage of MythBusters has released an hour-long video called Adam Savage's One Day Builds, and it shows him building a life-size version of Barbarella’s awesome space rifle. This is an ambitious project, and the video takes us all the way from start to finish.
What’s interesting about Jane Fonda’s weapon is the fact that it has only appeared once, and that was on the cover of an 1968 issue of LIFE Magazine. It never appeared in the movie, so the only reference material that Savage had to work with was the photo from the magazine, which you can see below.
It's time for another One Day Build! You know the drill: Adam tackles a project at his shop from start to finish, explaining his build process along the way. Today's build is a replica of Jane Fonda's iconic Barbarella rifle. The challenge: this iconic sci-fi prop only appeared once, on the cover of a 1968 issue of LIFE Magazine. That's not a lot of reference material to work with!
As you’ll see in the video below, the result of the build is so cool! He pulled it off in spades.