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Post by Striderfly on Mar 18, 2012 1:23:13 GMT
14s are my favorite so I thought I'd post this one. Created in Solidworks and rendered in Keyshot. Attachments:
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Post by chrisperoni on Mar 18, 2012 1:25:50 GMT
beauty! what did you create the pics with?
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Post by jhart06 on Mar 18, 2012 1:31:53 GMT
Gorgeous work.. XIV's are a soft spot for me, love the look of this one! Also, welcome to SBG! Heckuva way to start your stay here.
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Post by Vincent Dolan on Mar 18, 2012 2:04:48 GMT
Second. I love the way the guard forms to the fullers. You know, it just occurred to me that I have yet to design a triple-fullered XIV; I've done a triple-fullered XIVa (Highlander), a triple-fullered XIVb, and a quintuplet-fullered XIV (Firenze), but I've never done a triple-fullered XIV. Hmm, this has got my gears whirring. I've been meaning to do another XIV series, so this is the perfect excuse to hop to it.
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Post by Aaron on Mar 18, 2012 3:01:00 GMT
Dude, they're fantasy XIV's. There is no such thing as a type XIV subtype. You don't have the liberty of just modifying Oakeshott's work willy-nilly. If you want to create types, go make a Dolan Typology. As it stands you're just spreading misinformation that could confuse a lot of people who don't know better, and it just makes you look pompous thinking you can butcher something another man created based on painstaking historical research (not fantasy).
To the OP, nice work! I think it may be difficult getting the tang slot to fit the fullers that well but if someone could pull it off, it would look gorgeous. Looking forward to what else you might cook up.
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Post by chrisperoni on Mar 18, 2012 5:02:47 GMT
Thank you for saying what I was thinking Aaron. (Vincent- dude why do you talk about your sword designs in everyone else's thread? I like the insight and commentary regarding Striderfly's work but c'mon man, enough with the self promotion) ... Strider- thanks for the info on what programs were used- was that added to your op or did I miss it on my first pass? because if I did then .,,. well, duhh I guess :lol:
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Post by Aaron on Mar 18, 2012 5:35:31 GMT
I'm not trying to bash Vincent but it's like, enough is enough man...
And yeah, Chris, those were in the OP. :lol:
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Post by jhart06 on Mar 18, 2012 12:46:11 GMT
It was in the OP, but we like ya anyway Chris. That one would be nice, but that fit to the fullers from guard in real life would be out of sight.
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Mar 18, 2012 14:07:21 GMT
Thats pretty slick looking, love the clean lines
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Post by Lukas MG (chenessfan) on Mar 18, 2012 20:52:20 GMT
Cool!! I'd taper the guard more on the distal end, looks a bit blocky to me but otherwise... great looking sword. Though just as jhart I don't think that fit is possible. Certainly something to aspire to!!
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Post by Striderfly on Mar 19, 2012 18:25:11 GMT
Thank you guys for the warm welcome. I appreciate it.
You are absolutely right about the fit of the guard and fullers. It would be rough. I've always wondered if you could braise it in with a welder and sand it down. Might be a stupid amount of effort. It would be nice not to have all the blood and guts of your enemies packed in there though.
I also wanted to see what a brass spacer might look like in the handle.
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Post by Striderfly on Mar 19, 2012 18:27:39 GMT
Yeah, I don't mean to confuse anyone. Definitely a fantasy sword. Thanks.
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Post by jhart06 on Mar 19, 2012 18:33:36 GMT
Actually, yours is fairly historically plausible, the fit of the guard is a bit unique but nothing too intense.
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Post by Vincent Dolan on Mar 19, 2012 21:23:36 GMT
More than plausible, I'd say, as the XIV.4 "Moonbrand" shown on MyArmoury, which was a special part of Oakeshott's collection, had four fullers. The guard, as Jeremy put it, is a bit unique, but nothing "out there", so to speak; personally, it reminds me of the fitted habaki you see on some katana. The seppa (spacer) is also fitted to the blade, and, presumably, so is the tsuba (guard). Aaron & Chris: I must apologize, as I didn't mean to promote my own designs, nor do I most of the time. I just have a really bad habit of talking to myself and going off into tangents while doing so; I've been known to do so while talking to people face to face. But, you're right, Aaron, which is why I've started renaming my created types "Dolan Types", though, to be perfectly honest, I only actually created the XIVb and XIVc (the Xb was created, I believe, by Brendan Olszowy, though I can't say for certain; the XIb by Todash, and the XIVa by Mikko); I just expanded and/or named them.
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Post by Odingaard on Mar 19, 2012 22:55:26 GMT
I like this design well enough, it's kind of in between Moonbrand and Albion's Sovereign. Good work!
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Post by Enkidu on Mar 22, 2012 0:10:35 GMT
Very, very nice. Cant wait to see more of your stuff.
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Post by jhart06 on Mar 22, 2012 1:01:38 GMT
Seconded there, stunning.
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Post by ShooterMike on Mar 23, 2012 13:56:28 GMT
Not to say anything negative about the drawing. It looks very historically appropriate to me. The two shorter fullers are called "accent fullers." The guard is a bit blocky, but only because it is more "two-dimensional" as the thickness seems to be uniform along its full length. The blade and other hilt pieces look just fine to me. Taper the guard toward the tips, and it's perfect. And BTW, welcome to the crazy bunch!
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Post by Striderfly on Mar 28, 2012 22:54:37 GMT
Absolutely right Mike. The guard is unnecessarily thick out at the ends. ( not to mention brass ) Thanks for the welcome. By the way, you look a bit familiar. You wouldn't happen to be ShooterMike would ya?
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Post by Aaron on Mar 29, 2012 2:53:14 GMT
He would indeed be said mythical figure of legend and...myth....
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