Weapon research

My next modelling project is to make a sword(or any main hand weapon) and a shield.

I have spent some time looking for weapons and shields that come from games with a fantasy feel and a some that are realistic to compare between two realms, I will be picking element that I like from different pieces and combing those elements to create my own weapon set.

I have take a lot of variations of shields and different types of weapons from different games as the theme of a game can highly impulse the design of the equipment used throughout

I am currently thinking of a highly unrealistic weapon which will be different elements of 3-4 of these combined into one.

This is the first draft of my weapon design which has taken the handle of the Saradomin Godsword and instead of it having the cross in the center of the circle at the bottom of the hilt I have removed the top of it and stretched the rest of it out and attatched them onto the outside instead, then I felt as though I should fill it’s place so I added the skull and cross bones which is still subject to change.

I then added a simple hand guard and gave it a diamond shaped gen for some added detail.

After I continued the handle upward I added the ribbon effect that is on the multi-bladed scythe while also using it’s bladed design, after this I then added the spikes/teeth from the (“The Harvest”) scythe and tried to replicate the shape of the eagle axe blade.

I liked the concept for this weapon but the design was still something to be worked on and polished so I attempted another drawing, with this attempt I was trying to be neater and add more detail into the design.

I am much happier with this draft and even added a couple of notes to the side but I may consider combining the notes and replacing the skull with the orb instead.