What would a Grav-gun's beam look like?

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**Tiger9gamer**

So, i'm having trouble picturing what happens when a grav-gun is shot. Is it a like a beam, or a bullet? Does the shooter fire at the feet of the enemy or dead center?

**Kain**

You probably won't see it due to it being gravity and all. You probably would see them fall down and get squashed into a gory pancake though.

**gossipmeng**

I imagined it to almost be like a sound wave with a visible ripple/distortion effect on objects around the beam.

**Desubot**

gossipmeng wrote:
I imagined it to almost be like a sound wave with a visible ripple/distortion effect on objects around the beam.

Seconded

Or perhaps a bit of weak purple energy distortions. or a grav bubble.

**Araenion**

Tbh, the sound would bones cracking under the weight of the armour magnified by a hundred. I'm having hard time imagining it having a sound of any kind except perhaps a bit of a *zooom* when the effect is triggered.

**AtoMaki**

I can see it like the Force Crush ability of the Jedi. Just point at the target with the gun, pull the trigger and it got crushed. Or something like the Gravity Gun in Half-Life 2.

**Flinty**

If you fire it in atmosphere ther would be a ripple of air displacement as all the air molecules in the way of the beam get heavier and fall. Depending on how fast it happens there might be a whoosh or a crack sound as the atmosphere closes around the new pressure diferential plus whatever weird sci-fi humming noise comes from the gun itself.

**c0j1r0**

Everyone knows gravity weapons shoot dark colored ball shaped projectiles. That's how gravity always looks.

**Phiasco II**

I assume the grav gun's machine spirit calculates the location of the target and increases gravity at that location. Kind of like the weapons in Enders game, it targets a specific location.

**Eldercaveman**

The necros in Chronicles of Riddick use gravity based weapons I believe.

Edit http://riddick.wikia.com/wiki/Gravity_Guns

**Psienesis**

^That... though their appearance is already very similar to the common depictions of a 40K plasma pistol.

**endlesswaltz123**

Similar to the chronicles of riddick gun, I imagined it was like that concussion gun in minority report, sound wise as well.

**stompygitz**

I feel like it would look and sound like the thunder gun shot from call of duty zombies.

**Overlord Thraka**

In a movie it would be a disturbance in the air, Sorta like heat distortion.

**Lynata**

gossipmeng wrote:I imagined it to almost be like a sound wave with a visible ripple/distortion effect on objects around the beam.

... at least in GW's books.

"[...] When fired, the graviton gun emits a bass rumbling noise which grows louder as its weight distorting rays affect the air pressure in front of it, causing the air itself to vibrate."
- 2E Wargear book

I'm assuming this hasn't changed? Does this weapon have no fluff in the new Marine Codex?

**Ninjacommando**

Lynata wrote:

"[...] When fired, the graviton gun emits a bass rumbling noise which grows louder as its weight distorting rays affect the air pressure in front of it, causing the air itself to vibrate."
- 2E Wargear book

I'm assuming this hasn't changed? Does this weapon have no fluff in the new Marine Codex?

Now that I read that^... This is what i see when i think of grav guns.. Start at around 1:04

MUAAAAD'DIB

**Happyjew**

Ninjacommando wrote:
MUAAAAD'DIB

Aren't those the little rodent things that hop around everywhere?

**Ascalam**

I favour the Grav-glob gun myself

Small pellet of metal smacks into the target and expands, getting heavier as it does so and drags the target down.

Firing dinky little black holes would be fun too, but Eldar have that one sewn up

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Happyjew wrote:
Ninjacommando wrote:
MUAAAAD'DIB

Aren't those the little rodent things that hop around everywhere?

yup.

It would be like running up to someone, yelling 'GERBIL' and watching them implode...

In other words, AWESOME

**vodo40k**

I sort of imagine it like a cross between the fallout Gauss Gun and the Halo gravity hammer effect, making a sort of "vwoosh" noise like the halo 3/reach gravity hammer.

**Pedro Kantor**

gossipmeng wrote:
I imagined it to almost be like a sound wave with a visible ripple/distortion effect on objects around the beam.

This is how I imagine it to be as well.Then you would see the target begin to crumple and almost " fold " in on itself,like in a sci-fi movie.

**Eldercaveman**

I kind of imagine them crumpling up like this at 2.08.

**Flinty**

The target of a grav gun need not be killed. They might just be weighed down so mch they can't move and therefore combat ineffective. Of course if they're weighed down heavily enough they also won't be able to breathe... The original grav guns frm Rogue trader just reduced the target's movement.