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> A recreation of an execution-sword, wich was used by the
> executioners in the Middle Ages.
>
Good work on the textures and shapes, but the proportions look wrong to
me...
I guess for an executioner's sword you're looking at a two-handed
weapon. So the proportion grip length/blade length seems right though a
bit extreme (in the sense that the grip is really long). But the handle
is way too thick in this case. It should be something like half the
blade width, maybe up to 75%, not more I think... Also the pommel and
croos-guard seem too big to me, it would not create a good balance for
cutting. Remember that those swords were specialized tools, not designed
to fight but to cut and that's all. They were really blade-heavy, a bit
like an axe, and with a pommel and cross this big you're not going to
achieve that.
Note that I'm talking specifically about executioner's swords here and
that most medieval-Renaissance blades were much more agile...
But then I know executioner's swords look strange at times so if you
based your work on a photograph and respected all proportions you can
discard what I've said :-) It's just that I never came accross such a
design before...
Regards
--
Vincent
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Vincent Le Chevalier <gal### [at] libertyALLsurfSP AMfr> wrote:
> > A recreation of an execution-sword, wich was used by the
> > executioners in the Middle Ages.
> >
>
> Good work on the textures and shapes, but the proportions look wrong to
> me...
> I guess for an executioner's sword you're looking at a two-handed
> weapon. So the proportion grip length/blade length seems right though a
> bit extreme (in the sense that the grip is really long). But the handle
> is way too thick in this case. It should be something like half the
> blade width, maybe up to 75%, not more I think... Also the pommel and
> croos-guard seem too big to me, it would not create a good balance for
> cutting. Remember that those swords were specialized tools, not designed
> to fight but to cut and that's all. They were really blade-heavy, a bit
> like an axe, and with a pommel and cross this big you're not going to
> achieve that.
>
> Note that I'm talking specifically about executioner's swords here and
> that most medieval-Renaissance blades were much more agile...
>
> But then I know executioner's swords look strange at times so if you
> based your work on a photograph and respected all proportions you can
> discard what I've said :-) It's just that I never came accross such a
> design before...
>
> Regards
>
> --
> Vincent
Right...
I've seen other execution-swords too, with extrem long
blades and long, thin grips.I think, that these kind of
swords was usual for executions at this time.
The sword I made, I've seen in a museum in a castle - and
it was declared as an execution-sword.
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