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Another one of the sword designs for the portfolio.
This time it's supposed to be a "neutral" sword.

This time the proportions are a bit more conventional. The blade is still pretty heavy though ;) The decorations are slightly inspired by a quite famous Warhammer sword. If you think you know which one that is, give it a shot in the comments. There is a cool prize in it. ;) (looking at the original sword again, there isn't much resemblance so this one might be quite hard. :D)

The ornaments are cast bronze and are inlaid in the blade. Small pieces of red garnet were inset into that bronze. (in a very germanic fashion)
The handguard has bits of copper wire beaten into the metal to make these decorative strips.
The handle is made of hard wood and carved to look slightly anthropomorphic.
And I'm not sure if it reads that way, but the bulb of the pommel is hollow.
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!Henz0 Aug 6, 2009  Hobbyist Interface Designer
nice dude it would look really cool in 3d
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~Merlkir Aug 6, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
Thanks, it does. :) A friend of mine modeled it.
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:iconnoeran:
parádní, naprosto parádní :) jako živej.. spíš ale k prohlížení než k boji, kolik je tam detailů... :)
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~Merlkir Jul 2, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
:blush: Díky. :)
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~Griffinfly Jul 2, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
very beautiful!
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~Merlkir Jul 2, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
Thanks! ;)
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~Galius Jul 1, 2009  Hobbyist Digital Artist
another beautiful design
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~Dinadan-Ermorfea Jun 27, 2009  Hobbyist General Artist
Nice design.

Considering how many named swords the WH world posesses, surely naming it would already be difficult without you having redesigned it? :p
That said, it can probably be narrowed down. Definately isn't a Lizardman sword (not blocky enough), a Chaos sword (not spikey enough) or a Nehekharan sword (as I believe they are generally scimitars). I'd hazard a guess that it's either a High Elf sword (just has an Elvish vibe about it) or a Vampire Counts sword (due to the skeletal figure on the hilt). If it's Elvish, then I'm guess the Sord of Khaine? If Vampire Counts, then Vlad von Carstien's sword (looks a bit like the sword he's holding in the pic of him on p58 of the most recent Army Book)?
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~Merlkir Jun 27, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
:D gosh, I don't know THAT much about Warhammer! I've seen some illustrations and read a few books!

And really, the similarity is in the color scheme. The blade shape is somewhat similar too.
Hmm, this wasn't a good idea :D
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