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Kampala Rules

Prop sculpture, welded scrap steel, 2025

Wakaliwood, a film studio in Kampala, Uganda, makes its action films with props welded together from scrap. Having grown up with Nerf guns and video games, I wanted to see if I could build one of my own, and make it worth looking at.

A self-initiated piece in scrap steel. I thought about welding and sanding it into one solid body, like the tuna, but left every joint raw. It should look like it came straight out of a scrapyard.

It is the piece people react to most. Nobody stays neutral in front of it.

Kampala Rules, prop gun sculpture in welded scrap steel
Kampala Rules, prop gun sculpture in welded scrap steel. Grip and magazine, welded from scrap.
Grip and magazine, welded from scrap.
Kampala Rules, prop gun sculpture in welded scrap steel. Head on, standing on its bipod.
Head on, standing on its bipod.
Kampala Rules, prop gun sculpture in welded scrap steel. The full piece, held at the stock.
The full piece, held at the stock.
Kampala Rules, prop gun sculpture in welded scrap steel. Side view, hand on the grip.
Side view, hand on the grip.
Kampala Rules, prop gun sculpture in welded scrap steel. Close on the grip and magazine.
Close on the grip and magazine.
Kampala Rules, prop gun sculpture in welded scrap steel. Standing on its bipod, at an angle.
Standing on its bipod, at an angle.
Kampala Rules, prop gun sculpture in welded scrap steel. Head on, the barrel pointing at you.
Head on, the barrel pointing at you.