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Draconi Redfir
2010-11-04, 07:43 AM
Ok so I’m trying to draw out my homebrew weapons to help explain them better, but two of them are magical versions of the Elven Curve Blade (http://prpg.imarvintpa.com/items.php?ID=5226) which google seems to be sadly lacking images of. the description says it is a "longer but thinner scimitar" but again that doesn’t help very much. Anyone have any guess as to what an Elven curve blade looks like? Images if you can.


and just so this thread isn’t a total waste of time, feel free to ask what other weapons may look like. Never know, could wind up completely different from what you once thought

Lev
2010-11-04, 07:47 AM
http://www.andreas.blicher.info/images/Scimitar.jpg


This.

Tokuhara
2010-11-04, 08:21 AM
I dig that sword.

However, I have like 3 weapons that I have no clue what they'd look like.

1. Spinning Sword
2. Mind Blade (I think the D&D version looks like crap)
3. Executioner's Sword

Draconi Redfir
2010-11-04, 08:34 AM
*snip*

This.

allright, thanks

Draconi Redfir
2010-11-04, 09:33 AM
3. Executioner's Sword

is this (http://www.artfund.org/artwork/1324/executioners-sword) what you mean? i cant find any fluff on any of those weapons so IDK

dsmiles
2010-11-04, 09:36 AM
is this (http://www.artfund.org/artwork/1324/executioners-sword) what you mean? i cant find any fluff on any of those weapons so IDK

That is actually pretty close to historically correct.

Spiryt
2010-11-04, 09:41 AM
And this (http://www.muzeum.om.pl/images/Miecze_katowskie.jpg)?


Executioner swords in late medieval and Renaissance were generally large, cleaver like blade, optimized for only one thing - single, most certain and effortless swing to sever the neck.


That is actually pretty close to historically correct.

.....

Considering that it seems to be actual German sword, it would be hard to be "more correct" :smalltongue::smalltongue:

Lev
2010-11-04, 09:58 AM
I dig that sword.

However, I have like 3 weapons that I have no clue what they'd look like.

1. Spinning Sword
2. Mind Blade (I think the D&D version looks like crap)
3. Executioner's Sword

1. Spinning Sword is just a DnD-ish name for Urumi, if you look inside Secrets of Sarlona pg 136 you'll see a picture of it.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/96/Kalari-Urumi.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNHhebh7ek8
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urumi

2. Mind blades are actually whatever you want them to be, they even need not be "blades".

3. What makes a sword an exectioners sword is the balance, since it's actually more balanced to simulate an axe-- to sunder the spine and neck muscles/tendons.

Black_Zawisza
2010-11-04, 10:04 AM
What does Weapon X look like?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c8/Marvelwolverine.jpg

Lev
2010-11-04, 10:12 AM
What does Weapon X look like?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c8/Marvelwolverine.jpg

Or perhaps this?
http://www.mooncostumes.com/image/15431

Erom
2010-11-04, 10:30 AM
Hotlink fail.

Coidzor
2010-11-04, 05:57 PM
The fauchard and executioner's mace I don't really have much picture of in my mind.

And of course, the spiked chain is a perennial favorite since no one can seem to agree about it.

Worira
2010-11-04, 06:04 PM
It is a chain with a minimum of one spike on it. It is long enough that it can, if wielded by an ordinary human, reach someone 10 feet away. Beyond that, it looks however you want it to.

dsmiles
2010-11-04, 06:08 PM
Fauchard:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bmCOFaSQv8A/TEui8qYg1GI/AAAAAAAAA8U/u-NahEEO1h4/s320/Fauchard.jpg

hamishspence
2010-11-04, 06:08 PM
One Executioner's Mace (wielded by the guy it's most associated with) coming up!

http://www.waynereynolds.com/Magazine%20Art/MagazineArt/DDungeon135.jpg

Coidzor
2010-11-04, 06:17 PM
One Executioner's Mace (wielded by the guy it's most associated with) coming up!

http://www.waynereynolds.com/Magazine%20Art/MagazineArt/DDungeon135.jpg

<_< >_> Ok, I admit it, I just wanted someone to find that picture and post it.

Thank you. :smallbiggrin:

hamishspence
2010-11-04, 06:22 PM
It may be a shade impractical-looking- but I like that pic.

Draconi Redfir
2010-11-04, 06:31 PM
thats one big-arse mace o.0

hamishspence
2010-11-04, 06:33 PM
I think in Dragon magazine itself there were some slightly more toned-down pics- where the ball of the mace wasn't as big as the wielder's head- but those pics are not on the Paizo gallery site.

This Elder Evils pic:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/images/0786947330/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=266239&s=books

has a different-looking mace, despite the fact that in the book Kyuss (a weaker opponent than the Dragon version) has no mace at all.

Psyren
2010-11-04, 06:36 PM
Hotlink fail.

The "Don't steal" image was way funnier than whatever he was linking anyway :smallbiggrin:

Spiryt
2010-11-04, 07:10 PM
Fauchard:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bmCOFaSQv8A/TEui8qYg1GI/AAAAAAAAA8U/u-NahEEO1h4/s320/Fauchard.jpg

Uh, I think not, actually.

That's more like glaive - guisarme, or whatever - glaive with kind of hooks or protruding on the rear. Today people try to make classifications and stuff, while it's obvious that actual users couldn't care less about names. :smalltongue:


Fauchard is 'officialy' simply glaive like polearm with blade visibly curved and edged on inside, concave side.

Kind of dacian falxs, and polish war scythes were pretty much somehow improvised fauchards.

In fact, "fauche" means just "reaping" or "mowing" in French?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Kosy_i_piki.jpg


And here, similar to yours, fauchard - fork? it seems... :smallwink:

http://www.outfit4events.com/images/Fauchard_pef_1048.jpg

It's hard to find a good picture on the net anyway....

dgnslyr
2010-11-04, 07:10 PM
What does a siangham look like, anyway?

Coidzor
2010-11-04, 07:20 PM
What does a siangham look like, anyway?

Basically an arrow with a handle (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Emeipiercer.jpg/800px-Emeipiercer.jpg)(not actually a siangham but the metal rod and sharp tip part are visibly demonstrated by a similar weapon). A metal rod with sharp pointy end that you stab with.

Spiryt
2010-11-04, 07:25 PM
So it's more or less a very short spear?

That would depend on how were haft and a blade scaled, but it most certainly varied, like with anything else...

dsmiles
2010-11-04, 07:32 PM
And here, similar to yours, fauchard - fork? it seems... :smallwink:

http://www.outfit4events.com/images/Fauchard_pef_1048.jpg

It's hard to find a good picture on the net anyway....

Yeah, you're right. That was the only thing that pinged on my googledar as even being close. So, Fauchard-Fork it is! :smallsmile:

Polearms in general:
http://retromud.org/images/weapons/polearms.gif
Meh. Not very clear, but you get the point.

Beelzebub1111
2010-11-04, 10:19 PM
Here you go:
http://www.eatsleepgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/wolverine14.jpg

dsmiles
2010-11-05, 04:41 AM
Here you go:
http://www.eatsleepgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/wolverine14.jpg

A little late to the party, B. :smalltongue:

Eldan
2010-11-05, 04:46 AM
One Executioner's Mace (wielded by the guy it's most associated with) coming up!

http://www.waynereynolds.com/Magazine%20Art/MagazineArt/DDungeon135.jpg

...
Is that a mornginstar with a voulge (or scythe, I'm not sure) blade? Huh.

hamishspence
2010-11-05, 05:22 AM
Something like that- though the blade is described as axe-like-

it's a martial two-handed weapon, no reach, you can choose to do either bludgeoning and piercing damage (morningstar side) or bludgeoning and slashing damage (blade side).

I know the points stick out a bit on the blade side as well- but I'm guessing that's ignored for mechanical purposes.

Thurbane
2010-11-05, 07:31 AM
Executioners mace is good for hunting undead...overcome DR/slashing and DR/bludgeoning...not many other weapons do B & S damage (the gyrspike, that's a bit naff, and exotic, to boot, and a couple of other exotics)...

hamishspence
2010-11-05, 07:48 AM
Executioners mace is good for hunting undead...overcome DR/slashing and DR/bludgeoning...not many other weapons do B & S damage (the gyrspike, that's a bit naff, and exotic, to boot, and a couple of other exotics)...

It's good for hunting practically anything- especially if you get those magic item properties that allow you to duplicate alignments, or materials, for overcoming DR.

Eloel
2010-11-05, 08:26 AM
It's good for hunting practically anything- especially if you get those magic item properties that allow you to duplicate alignments, or materials, for overcoming DR.

Heck, it's good for looking badass. That alone is worth alot :smallbiggrin:

Spiryt
2010-11-05, 08:44 AM
And just for the record, something that appears to be 15th century depiction of fauchard, instead of scythe sketches and dubious modern reproductions. :smallwink:


http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=1403&start=35

In second picture, second plane.

Tetsubo 57
2010-11-05, 10:22 AM
Feel free to visit my Deviant Art gallery and look around. :)

Weapons are what I sketch.

John Campbell
2010-11-05, 01:12 PM
And just for the record, something that appears to be 15th century depiction of fauchard, instead of scythe sketches and dubious modern reproductions. :smallwink:

http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=1403&start=35

In second picture, second plane.

That's more of a bill. Profile's basically identical to an agricultural billhook, just mounted on a longer pole. (Which is, of course, where the military bill originated.)

The fauchard was originally a scythe blade mounted in-line on a straight pole, and would be longer, narrower, and pointier than that.

Spiryt
2010-11-05, 01:17 PM
That's more of a bill. Profile's basically identical to an agricultural billhook, just mounted on a longer pole. (Which is, of course, where the military bill originated.)

The fauchard was originally a scythe blade mounted in-line on a straight pole, and would be longer, narrower, and pointier than that.

That's more than reasonable, although I wonder if anyone in 15th century would think about it... Or would both just be called "bill" by those tourte Angle, or "fauche(rd)" by those damn Frenchmen. :smallwink:

Elfin
2010-11-05, 08:53 PM
Not sure if this quite fits, but does anyone know what a weapon made of starmetal, from Complete Arcane, would look like?

Coidzor
2010-11-05, 09:12 PM
Not sure if this quite fits, but does anyone know what a weapon made of starmetal, from Complete Arcane, would look like?

Sort of more lime/greenish version of of the patina that really old bronzes (http://www.ancientsculpturegallery.com/images/B_TK54007_sm.jpg) get, I had thought.

But I think I might have my perceptions addled by the green star adept.

Edit: This (http://gamebot.info/images/articles/silkitem/2-1.jpg) is very similar to the mental picture of them I developed. Or maybe this (http://www.worldwidestore.com/Artifacts/30642ab.jpg)but with more shiny new steel quality than black decay quality.

Erom
2010-11-05, 09:23 PM
Ninja'ed - Coidzor nailed it.

(That is, my initial though was that starmetal would appear as normal meteoric iron, but be magically imbued, however according to the Green Star Adept description, they eventually become "a living statue of starmetal", and the picture shows them as distinctly green.)