Fan Art for Principal Celestia Hunts the Undead · 11:39pm Oct 22nd, 2019
https://www.deviantart.com/thewolfjarl/art/Nurse-Redheart-s-new-toy-817732602
...And isn't it just the best? Done by Night-Quill, capturing the exact moment some gribbly critter meets its maker in Hell. If you likey, please follow the DA link and let him know!
I often find myself wondering why more monster hunters don't embrace the flamethrower. Sure it can be a danger to the user, but it kills 99% of things that go bump in the night.
I'm just going to second the Spaceballs reference you made over on said DA original post.
“I fear no man, but that... thing? It scares me!”
Flamethrowers aren't good for zombies. You just go from "undead hordes" to "undead hordes that are on fire".
But, very effective against most other things... demons, gods, and eldritch horrors withstanding.
Burn baby burn!
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Might be more difficult to acquire the necessary materials and resources to make it work. Post-apocalyptic worlds tend to have a lot of bullets lying around, not so much the fuel necessary for a flamethrower.
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Interestingly, I based the design on a commercially available flamethrower. No joke! I was looking up references for flamethrowers, initially just planning on a surplus WW2 or Vietnam War one, then a homemade one, but lo and behold, the X-15 flamethrower!