> 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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