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An early Basket-hilted Broadsword,
OaL: 42.5 in/107.9 cm
Blade Length: 36.5 in/92.7 cm
Width: 5.75 in/14.6 cm
Depth: 4.25 in/10.8 cm
Weight: 3 lbs/1360.8 g
Potsdam, Germany, hilt ca. 1540, blade 17th century, housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose #117 (2019)
THE REST OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS! (Rough concept)
So everyone here but Jules (until Season 4 ish, that kinda place) would name their friend group Team Queen.
There’s Freddie (Frederick), he’s a rich kid from a wealthy family who also happens to be goth. He’s super kind, very fashion forward. His mortal wounds are on his palms and his weapons are a Broadsword, targe (circular arm shield) and dirk (the dagger he’s holding with his shield hand). A HEMA fencing thing! He died in a fire and his power.. which I’m now deciding to call “Saving Grace”, meaning ‘a power that would’ve saved someone from their death’ is being able to become fire. Not every saving grace is as obvious as his, sometimes they can be abstract. Many people can die in the same way but have completely different saving graces.
Carter is a sort of ‘mean girl’, she doesn’t adopt that title but she’s too insecure and defensive to change her behaviour. She’s fine, mostly, just very blunt. Her mortal wound is on her head, she was crushed between (working idea) two large, heavy objects. Her weapon is a sabre. I contemplate giving her dual sabres.
Captain V’s the captain of the royal guard and the adult of the group. They’re much older than most knights. Died by pushing someone out of the way of a falling diamond chandelier and being pierced in the back. Their weapon is a rapier which doesn’t have space to be drawn on the image 😭.
Yeah eventually Jules joins Team Queen and gets a haircut. Thinking about it, I wanna make it clear that Jules isn’t an Amity Blight type, she was ‘always’ kind and much softer and more naive. She’s the kind of antagonist that’s pretty kind cause she doesn’t think she’s… the antagonist. She’s just ‘aggressive’ to Sidra but in a pitying way because Sidra didn’t choose to be Queen. Captain V really dislikes Jules in the start.
Barbator, Toa of Air
Just don't mention a certain Alchemist.
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Creator: DerpSpawn
My new year is happy indeed! My parents gifted me thigh-high boots of my dreams and my friend gifted me a sword (it's authentic, steel, just not sharpened). So I took some quick photos of a demo version of my gothic look.
The EA buyout and what that means for us SWTOR players (whether our money will contribute directly to the terrible inhumane government of the saudis) is constantly on my mind - I can't sit tight.
I will post blogs, articles; Anything I can find and share it with you.
As for now:
In case you managed to miss the big gaming news on Monday, Electronic Arts announced that it's going from a publicly traded company to a pri
Star Wars: The Old Republic has been sold together with EA and has a new owner. Players are worried about their MMORPG.
Let's just hope - if this buyout gets through - that Broadswoard will have the opportunity and the will to look for another publisher.
I know there are people saying, ethic consumerism is impossible but it does make a difference if a facist government owns a few % or the majority of a publishing firm.
As always: this doesn't mean that anyone needs to stop doing what they like. DO make fanart, DO write fanfics and DO continue enjoying Star Wars.
Just be aware of spending on EA games and MAKE NOISE.
They can't break us, if we break them first.
Time for the most crucial question of them all: WHAT is the best sword?
broadsword (classic. unpretentious. a legend for a reason.)
katana (elegant. suave. unquestionably cool.)
scimitar (luxurious. refined. the definition of grace.)
cutlass (charming. delightful. the most rapscallion of rapscallions.)
zweihander (authoritative. confident. an absolute fuck-off of a sword.)
how dare you ask me to choose between my children
other, because obviously you missed [tell us in the tags!]
no matter what your favorite sword is though you can find it in our zine!
Early 18th Century Venetian 'Schiavona' Sword
The Schiavona is an iconic basket-hilted sword that was closely associated with the Italian city state of Venice. The earliest examples are believed to have come from an elite body of Slavic soldiers hired by the Venetian council, and date back as far as the late 16th Century.
Schiavona are identified by their unique basket hilts and 'cats head' pommels. The renowned sword historian and author, Ewart Oakeshott grouped the schiavona basket hilts into two broad categories, the simplified Type 1 with it's broad flat bars, and the Type 2 of lattice work design.
They Type 1 hilt began to appear around the early 1600's and the first Type 2 between 1620 and 1630. Type 1's remained in use for most of the 17th Century after which Type 2 hilts became dominant.
Over the life of schiavona swords, (1600 - 1797) their hilts became increasingly complex and ornate as they became associated with the character of Venice, with the upper levels of society also carrying their own schiavonas.
Based on the features of the hilt, this sword most likely dates to 1710 - 1740. The iron pommel and 93 cm blade suggest that it is of munitions grade and was likely carried by a regular cavalry man.
Stats: Overall Length - 1,075 mm Blade Length - 930 mm Point of Balance - 165 mm Grip Length - 135 mm Inside Grip Length - 94 mm Weight - 1,090 grams
