stormmaster
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I like viking/migration era swords
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Post by stormmaster on Feb 19, 2017 20:59:14 GMT
Initially I wanted a dark red, almost blood like blade but after conferring with brotherbanzai we concluded that it was just a bad combination and pretty impossible to get a even coat completely throughout and while it is not obvious from afar there are a few blots where the color just wouldn't set, so we went with a much darker blade with a pearlescent red glow throughout which I think is looking great so far, it might be hard to tell in the picture but depending on the angle, the blade will almost have a smoke like red glow coming off it. This will be the centerpiece of my collection and I'm super pleased with Jeff's communication and progress with the sword. The fittings are gonna be a white bronze and in the pictures they might seem a little bit glaring and too shiny but thats because the wax hasn't been applied yet which should tone it down a bit. The initial coloring choice which took 2 tries to get like this, the first try had massive blots where the color wouldnt set in, even this one has a couple spots that Jeff had to hand paint in which looked off up close, sorry for the odd request that ended up failing Jeff but i think it worked out in the end
the color we decided on btw these are all Jeff's pics and he takes some pretty awesome pics! how im feeling right now even though I didnt do much except give some input to Jeff, while he did all the hard work lol. But it feels great to have this come into the world, even if im just a small part of it
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Post by Croccifixio on Feb 20, 2017 9:22:36 GMT
Niiiiice. You gonna cut with it? :)
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Post by Faldarin on Feb 20, 2017 15:20:01 GMT
Whoa. Just - whoa. This is awesome.
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Post by Voltan on Feb 20, 2017 17:22:08 GMT
Oh man, that is going to be gorgeous, congrats. I've always been a fan of Jeffrey's work; a true artist he is.
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stormmaster
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I like viking/migration era swords
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Post by stormmaster on Feb 25, 2017 19:49:03 GMT
man does it look good to me, not sure about the rest of you but to my personal taste or lack there of this looks amazing
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Post by Voltan on Feb 25, 2017 20:07:31 GMT
That's awesome.
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gandermail
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Bill, WEWolf, Slackitude...I need to settle on a name.
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Post by gandermail on Feb 26, 2017 23:55:32 GMT
Gorgeous. I really dig the look of the blade and, of course, with his typically precise sculpture work it's just a winner all the way around. I'm jealous.
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Post by Faldarin on Feb 27, 2017 0:14:20 GMT
That has to be a beast of a sword. Congrats, it does look awesome. I love that final finish that's on it.
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ChrisA
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Post by ChrisA on Feb 27, 2017 13:56:41 GMT
Wow! Nice work!
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