The development blog for my Honours project. Here you will find sources to research I have done, as well as the steps taken to achieve my final goal.
~ Monday, March 19 ~
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art-of-swords: Evolution of the Celtic sword hilt Some of these can be seen as ornamental (or ceremonial) (such as the 6th from the left, on the top row), as the metal would be too weak to support a strike, or even to balance the sword properly. This is further supported by some of the examples on the left of the bottom row, as they share common elements and themes with ceremonial helmets of the same era, such as in this example: http://image.forumcommunity.it/3/1/8/6/0/7/0/1256057480.jpg The examples to the right of the bottom row are perhaps some of the most functional designs in this set, as they appear to be capable of pommel strikes, as well as good balance.

art-of-swords:

Evolution of the Celtic sword hilt

Some of these can be seen as ornamental (or ceremonial) (such as the 6th from the left, on the top row), as the metal would be too weak to support a strike, or even to balance the sword properly. This is further supported by some of the examples on the left of the bottom row, as they share common elements and themes with ceremonial helmets of the same era, such as in this example: http://image.forumcommunity.it/3/1/8/6/0/7/0/1256057480.jpg The examples to the right of the bottom row are perhaps some of the most functional designs in this set, as they appear to be capable of pommel strikes, as well as good balance.
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Different type of sword hilts

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Roman Spatha

Source: Medieval Arms

A few rather interesting pommel shapes.

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~ Wednesday, March 14 ~
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Sketches for the fire and water weapon set. The water set will be painted right after I finish the challenge for Darksiders 2 (see my next post).

With the elemental sets I tried to stay away from making the weapons look like their respective elements, and instead make them seem affected by the element. Therefore the fire set is covered in melted material and blisters, and the water set is one that an island refugee would use/make.

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~ Wednesday, December 14 ~
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Gantt Chart completed

Along with the rest of my proposal. It was a hell of a week, as I got caught up in a different project, as well, so time was pretty tight.

In other news, here are a few more swords I made in Alchemy:

And an organic-looking axe (which reminds me, I need to finish that draft post about organic weapons). I got a bit carried away with this one, I admit.

…Now onwards to keeping up to date with my Gantt chart!

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~ Friday, October 7 ~
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Well this is what I’m talking about. I’m going to do some digging to find the source of this.

Well this is what I’m talking about. I’m going to do some digging to find the source of this.

(Source: mypantsareonfire)

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