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Post by freq on Mar 7, 2023 6:27:48 GMT
had a thought whilst working on my latest build, why cant fantasy artists get weapons right even when given descriptions they still manage to get them wrong, since ive been looking at pictures of the character drizzt do'urden here are some of the ones i am thinking of "scimitars" with straight blades, handles way too big and some kind of weird khopesh style notch, thats without getting into the descriptions of the swords, cant understand how you can learn to draw fantasy art but cant draw a sword correctly surely they have some idea of what one should look like bizarrely the earlier art got closer to the mark before swords and sword info was more prevalent forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Drizzt_Do%27Urden?file=Drizzt_Hoh.png, this problem seems to go for movie swords as well they are all big clunky heavy or just plain wrong/dont match described, looking at you game of thrones warhammers, or am i just being picky , any weapons out there that chafe your sensibilities, for being way off the mark or not matching their cannon description/depiction Attachments:Drizzt_Hoh.webp (289.42 KB)
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Post by Sir Thorfinn on Mar 7, 2023 14:36:45 GMT
Don't get me started on this.... CoughSTORMBRINGERcough
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Mar 7, 2023 15:30:42 GMT
Somehow many think fantasy swords need squiggles. Concerning Stormbringer: I'm working on it! But in the novels it has a huge unwieldable size, so this time it's the opposite. In the New Aquisitions we had a "realistic" Heron sword recently. The Windlass Death Dealer isn't wrong too.
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Post by larason2 on Mar 7, 2023 17:16:15 GMT
Yes, this happens to me all the time!
But I wonder, is it possible to make a FFVII buster sword that can actually be wielded? Fire and Steel's 12 lbs still sounds impossibly heavy to me.
Also, the marks on Anduril from where the fragments were "welded"
And the Ming era green destiny bending like it's thin spring steel (because it is).
Those are probably my top three. There are many more though!
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Post by nerdthenord on Mar 7, 2023 17:40:15 GMT
My totally non-scientific conjecture is: blame 20th century fantasy magazine and book cover artists.
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Post by treeslicer on Mar 8, 2023 0:14:52 GMT
My totally non-scientific conjecture is: blame 20th century fantasy magazine and book cover artists. Perhaps it's a consequence of having so many wrong fantasies out there?
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Post by Lord Newport on Mar 8, 2023 4:06:09 GMT
My totally non-scientific conjecture is: blame 20th century fantasy magazine and book cover artists. You mean "Comic books"?
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Post by RufusScorpius on Mar 8, 2023 18:40:19 GMT
Somehow many think fantasy swords need squiggles. The squiggles make it faster and sharper. Like how putting an STP decal on the window of your car gives it 10 more horsepower...
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