Man At Arms has emerged as one of Defy Media's most significant web series, and the multi-channel network is now attempting to make lightning strike twice. The AWEme channel will host Man At Arms: Reforged, a new version of Man At Arms that will mash up the signature weapons of iconic characters. Man At Arms has established a winning formula based around three main selling points: Lifelike imitations of film, TV, and video game weapons; the entertaining personality of blacksmith Tony Swatton; and a format that easily targets fans of ultra-popular franchises. That formula has helped draw two million subscribers and 87 million views to AWEme; while Man At Arms is not the only show on its home channel, it is by far the most popular. Reforged will switch up the ingredients but will utilize the same basic formula. Instead of Swatton, the new series will center on Baltimore Knife and Sword,...
- 7/9/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Expert Hollywood blacksmith, Tony Swatton, recreated William Wallace’s Claymore from ‘Braveheart’ in a new clip for Defy Media’s hit viral series, ‘Man at Arms.’ The video is the latest from the master swordsmith, who every other Monday creates audiences’ favorite weapons from video games, movies and television. The series follows Swatton, who’s known for being the prop master behind such hit films as ‘Pirates of the Caribbean,’ ‘X-Men,’ ‘Spider-Man,’ ‘The Hunger Games’ and ‘The Matrix,’as he builds real-life versions of iconic pop-culture weapons in his Los Angeles specialty shop, Sword & Stone. Since its inception, ‘Man at Arms’ has helped the AWEme channel reach over 1.9 million subscribers and over [ Read More ]
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- 6/7/2014
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
"And I shall call you Sting!" We're less than two weeks from the release of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, which means Tolkien mania is kicking back in. While you can purchase prop replicas of the various weapons from shops like United Cutlery and Weta, swordsmith Tony Swatton of the YouTube series "Men At Arms" tackles making a full replica of Bilbo's sword Sting from scratch. While this isn't exactly showing us what it was like when the elves forged the dagger, it is a badass video showing us what it's like to make one of these for real nowadays. Yea, I'd like my own real-life Sting to fend off (Mirkwood) Spiders, too. Special thanks to GeekTyrant for the tip on this. The video is from the Awe me channel on YouTube, part of their Man At Arms series. "Every other Monday, master swordsmith Tony Swatton forges your favorite weapons from video games,...
- 12/3/2013
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Looking for the breakout channel of 2013? Look no further than AWEme. The Defy Media (formerly Break) channel kicked off in February, and since then, it has grown at an impressive rate. With Man at Arms serving as its driving force, AWEme has averaged more than 100,000 new subscribers a month. In September, it was 50th on our monthly subscriber leaderboard. Now, in October, it has crossed one million subscribers. We spoke to Andy Signore, Director of Programming at Defy Media, about AWEme's rapid rise to prominence. Tubefilter: What do you have to say to AWEme's one million subscribers? Andy Signore: Thank you! I know I speak for the entire company when I say we are completely ecstatic and grateful for all of the fans that have discovered us! Their support has truly Awe'd us! Tf: Why do you think AWEme has grown at the amazing rate we've seen? As: We...
- 10/31/2013
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Master swordsmith Tony Swatton is back with a new episode of Man at Arms! This is an awesome series in which a modern day blacksmith creates some of our favorite weapons from video games, movies, and television. This week, he forges Link's Master Sword from Legend of Zelda!
I would love to go to this guy's shop and watch him build one of these swords in person. It looks like a place where manly men gather to tear phone books in half, dispense wisdom, and share thrilling tales of ancient wars fought in time past.
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I would love to go to this guy's shop and watch him build one of these swords in person. It looks like a place where manly men gather to tear phone books in half, dispense wisdom, and share thrilling tales of ancient wars fought in time past.
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- 8/8/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
by Matt Hawkins
Taking fictional weapons, mostly swords, daggers, or other sharp objects, and making them real is kind of a thing. At least something you can hang on your wall. Quite a few diehard Lord of Ring fans have Narsil adorning their homes, and quite a few Star Trek devotees are owners of Klingon bat'leths as well, for example.
Though none (or at least most) of these replicas are functional. The same goes for the iconic Master Sword, from the "Legend of Zelda." Look around and you can find plenty that are just for show. But one person decided to make a legit, real deal version.
It's the handwork of master blacksmith Tony Swatton, who has a penchant for realizing fictional arms. And given that the Master Sword is his most requested weapon, it was only a matter of time in which he made one, and that time is...
Taking fictional weapons, mostly swords, daggers, or other sharp objects, and making them real is kind of a thing. At least something you can hang on your wall. Quite a few diehard Lord of Ring fans have Narsil adorning their homes, and quite a few Star Trek devotees are owners of Klingon bat'leths as well, for example.
Though none (or at least most) of these replicas are functional. The same goes for the iconic Master Sword, from the "Legend of Zelda." Look around and you can find plenty that are just for show. But one person decided to make a legit, real deal version.
It's the handwork of master blacksmith Tony Swatton, who has a penchant for realizing fictional arms. And given that the Master Sword is his most requested weapon, it was only a matter of time in which he made one, and that time is...
- 8/6/2013
- by MTV Video Games
- MTV Multiplayer
Man At Arms is back. The blacksmith has created a pair of steel Wolverine claws, and they're freakin' deadly! The video takes us through the process of how the claws are made, and then they test them out!
In the movies it seems like it would be really hard to screw up Wolverine's claws, but the CG that was done for them in X-Men Origins: Wolverine was horrific. That was laziness at its best. I'm sure they'll look a lot better in the upcoming film.
Every week our master swordsmith and renowned propmaster, Tony Swatton, forges iconic weapons using high-speed belt grinders, scorching furnaces, and pounding power hammers. Then he takes his weapon to the streets to bust up some stuff.
Now watch Man At Arms building these bad boys!
In the movies it seems like it would be really hard to screw up Wolverine's claws, but the CG that was done for them in X-Men Origins: Wolverine was horrific. That was laziness at its best. I'm sure they'll look a lot better in the upcoming film.
Every week our master swordsmith and renowned propmaster, Tony Swatton, forges iconic weapons using high-speed belt grinders, scorching furnaces, and pounding power hammers. Then he takes his weapon to the streets to bust up some stuff.
Now watch Man At Arms building these bad boys!
- 7/17/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
by Brett White
We've seen a lot of Wolverine slashing through trains and bad guys a lot this year, thanks to the abundance of clips and trailers for "The Wolverine. But all of that is fiction! What if Logan - and more importantly, those claws - were real?
Master swordsmith Tony Swatton took it upon himself to create a pair of ultra authentic - and ultra deadly - Wolverine claws for his "Man at Arms" show on the Awe Me YouTube channel. While the majority of the video is a highly informative guide to making real world analogues of the iconic adamantium claws, the last minute unleashes them on everything from milk cartons and watermelons to a Blu-ray copy of "X-Men Origins: Wolverine." It's awesome, which is exactly what the YouTube channel's name promises.
Check out the video below, and of course... don't try any of this at home.
[via Comic Book Movie]
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We've seen a lot of Wolverine slashing through trains and bad guys a lot this year, thanks to the abundance of clips and trailers for "The Wolverine. But all of that is fiction! What if Logan - and more importantly, those claws - were real?
Master swordsmith Tony Swatton took it upon himself to create a pair of ultra authentic - and ultra deadly - Wolverine claws for his "Man at Arms" show on the Awe Me YouTube channel. While the majority of the video is a highly informative guide to making real world analogues of the iconic adamantium claws, the last minute unleashes them on everything from milk cartons and watermelons to a Blu-ray copy of "X-Men Origins: Wolverine." It's awesome, which is exactly what the YouTube channel's name promises.
Check out the video below, and of course... don't try any of this at home.
[via Comic Book Movie]
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- 7/16/2013
- by Splash Page Team
- MTV Splash Page
Propmaster Tony Swatton from the web series “Man at Arms” created these wicked real Wolverine claws inspired by the upcoming comic book movie “The Wolverine” by director James Mangold (Walk The Line, 3:10 To Yuma, Identity) from a script by Christopher McQuarrie and starring Hugh Jackman (The Greatest Showman on Earth, Les Miserables, Real Steel, X-Men: First Class), Will Yun Lee (Total Recall, Bangkok Love Story, Red Dawn), Hiroyuki Sanada (47 Ronin, Fallen Moon) and Svetlana Khodchenkova (Suspended Chronicles, The Royal Killer). Synopsis: Based on the celebrated comic book arc, this epic action-adventure takes Wolverine, the most iconic character of the X-Men universe, to modern day Japan. Out of his [ Read More ]
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- 7/16/2013
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
Every week our master swordsmith and renowned propmaster, Tony Swatton, forges iconic weapons using high-speed belt grinders, scorching furnaces, and pounding power hammers. Then he takes his weapon to the streets to bust up some stuff. The Wolverine will be directed by James Mangold (Knight and Day), from a script written by Christopher McQuarrie.. The cast includes: Hugh Jackamn (Logan/Wolverine), Svetlana Khodchenkova (Viper), Hiroyuki Sanada (Shingen), Hal Yamanouchi (Yashida), Tao Okamoto (Mariko), Rila Fukushima (Yukio), Brian Tee (Norubo Mori), and Will Yun Lee (Kenuichio Harada/Silver Samurai). The film will claw into theaters July 26, 2013.
- 7/16/2013
- ComicBookMovie.com
Though Hollywood blacksmith Tony Swatton’s weapons have been wreaking havoc in blockbusters for decades, the veteran props creator admits he doesn’t watch a lot of movies. Video games aren't his thing either. There's something a little old school about the master swordsmith, who prefers to be out in his workshop to sitting behind a computer. “Computers don’t really respond well to a hammer,” he joked during a recent afternoon in his shop, The Sword and Stone in Burbank. Photos: 26 of Summer's Most Anticipated Movies: 'Man of Steel,' 'Wolverine,' 'The Lone Ranger' As the star of the
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- 7/4/2013
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tony Swatton and the folks at Man At Arms are truly doing God's work; this time by recreating Final Fantasy fanboy favorite -- the Buster Sword.
No stranger to forging famous swords and weapons from popular video games (see his take on "Mincraft"'s diamond sword), Tony and the whole team lend their skilled hands at tackling the monumental weapon -- crafting it out of 6 feet of aircraft aluminum. The blade is a fairly simple shape, but some of the real art comes with etching details in the hilt and casting a bronze pommel. After drilling out the materia slots and applying a finish to give it a more used steel look, the guys take the iconic sword out back to finish off some plastic bottles, watermelons, and one sinister looking Tweety.
Weighing around 70 plus pounds, Cloud's Buster Sword is sure to give any potential cosplayer pause about lugging around a con.
No stranger to forging famous swords and weapons from popular video games (see his take on "Mincraft"'s diamond sword), Tony and the whole team lend their skilled hands at tackling the monumental weapon -- crafting it out of 6 feet of aircraft aluminum. The blade is a fairly simple shape, but some of the real art comes with etching details in the hilt and casting a bronze pommel. After drilling out the materia slots and applying a finish to give it a more used steel look, the guys take the iconic sword out back to finish off some plastic bottles, watermelons, and one sinister looking Tweety.
Weighing around 70 plus pounds, Cloud's Buster Sword is sure to give any potential cosplayer pause about lugging around a con.
- 5/20/2013
- by Clint Mize
- MTV Multiplayer
Last month we introduced you to a real life, modern day black smith named Tony Swatton who made Jaime Lannister's sword from Game of Thrones. Swatton's back, and this time he's forged a badass version of He-Man's Power Sword from Masters of the Universe.
Every week our master swordsmith and renowned propmaster, Tony Swatton, forges iconic weapons using high-speed belt grinders, scorching furnaces, and pounding power hammers. Then he takes his weapon to the streets to bust up some stuff.
Check this out!
Every week our master swordsmith and renowned propmaster, Tony Swatton, forges iconic weapons using high-speed belt grinders, scorching furnaces, and pounding power hammers. Then he takes his weapon to the streets to bust up some stuff.
Check this out!
- 3/22/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
There's a real live blacksmith that exists in the modern technological world that we live in, and his name is Tony Swatton. He uses his old school skills to forge swords for HBO's Game of Thrones! We've got an awesome behind the scenes featurette that takes us into the world of the blacksmith as he builds Jaime Lannister's sword in the series.
This blade will be crafted from scratch, with a hilt forged from molten bronze, and then taken outside for an epic battle against a windshield.
It looks just as badass as it sounds. Check it out!
Source: Blastr (http://www.blastr.com/2013-2-13/behind-scenes-video-exposes-how-thrones-swords-are-forged)...
This blade will be crafted from scratch, with a hilt forged from molten bronze, and then taken outside for an epic battle against a windshield.
It looks just as badass as it sounds. Check it out!
Source: Blastr (http://www.blastr.com/2013-2-13/behind-scenes-video-exposes-how-thrones-swords-are-forged)...
- 2/14/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Game of Thrones fans (myself included) still have to wait another interminable month and a half before we can return to the land of Westeros. Luckily, a new web series produced by the TV show and distributed by Break Media provides a nice treat to hold us over. The brand new AWEme channel is hope to Man At Arms, where a "blacksmith to the stars" forges fictional weapons. Said smith is Tony Swatton, who coordinated props for movies such as Pirates of the Caribbean and The Last Samurai. The show operates on the same principle as Ben Baller's Insane Bling and Detroit Rubber, namely the fact that when you observe a master of an unusual domain, it tends to make pretty good reality TV. Here, it's fun to watch Swatton traipse around his workshop, which is filled with a million scary-looking power tools. Oh, and the final product, Jamie...
- 2/13/2013
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Love "Game of Thrones"? Then you'll likely love this. The new web series "Man at Arms" follows expert Hollywood blacksmith Tony Swatton recreating Jaime Lannister's sword in the show's premiere episode.
"Man at Arms," produced by Break Media, follows Swatton as he recreates some of the most iconic weapons in pop culture. Some other items that will be featured on the series are Oddjob's Hat from the James Bond films, Raphael's Sais from "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," Batman's Batarangs, He-Man's sword and Finn's sword from "Adventuretime."
Swatton is an expert in his field, having produced weapons for more than 200 films in his specialty shop "Sword & Stone." He has worked on movies like "Pirates of the Caribbean," "The Last Samurai," "X-Men" and "Spider-Man." "Man at Arms" airs on Break Media's YouTube channel.
"Man at Arms," produced by Break Media, follows Swatton as he recreates some of the most iconic weapons in pop culture. Some other items that will be featured on the series are Oddjob's Hat from the James Bond films, Raphael's Sais from "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," Batman's Batarangs, He-Man's sword and Finn's sword from "Adventuretime."
Swatton is an expert in his field, having produced weapons for more than 200 films in his specialty shop "Sword & Stone." He has worked on movies like "Pirates of the Caribbean," "The Last Samurai," "X-Men" and "Spider-Man." "Man at Arms" airs on Break Media's YouTube channel.
- 2/12/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
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