#zweihanders

[smbhax]

Dark Souls III

[heroineimages]

New zweihander design!

Had an idea for a new zweihander design and I needed a landsknecht to give it too. She somehow ended up being a halfling.

I enlarged the Simple Great Sword and kitbashed it with the Spike Piercing stretched as wide as it'll go. Pretty simple, but I think it works well.

Link: https://www.heroforge.com/load_config%3D52754694/

[dendrago]

Back Sheaths and You: A Lesson

Okay so apparently people don't understand back-mounted sheathes, so here's a lesson in weapons mechanics and history. Greatswords, ex. claymores, zweihanders, etc., are far too large and too long to be placed at the waist. They'd drag along the ground without manual control, they'd get in the way of everything, and they'd be generally inconvenient and a giant hassle. Even the sheath would get in the way after the weapon is drawn. The solution? Put it on your back! But how would this work? Wouldn't a full sheathe like the type at your waist make it impossible to draw the thing? That's where a specialized back sheath comes in. (Unfortunately I can't include pictures due to mobile, but Google is a thing) The back sheath works as such: Instead of the full casing of wood/leather/metal/what have you, the back sheath has a lip or clasp at the top to hold the hilt or handguard in place, a single strip down your back, and a casing at the end covering the last foot or so. This way, when it seems shit is about to go down, you unclasp or loosen the blade from its sheath, draw the foot of covered area from the casing, and swing around or forward. Viola! Sword in hand. To resheathe the blade, most of the casings have sides along the strip down your back leading to the case. Find those with the blade, slide down, and settle the handguard in the lip or clasp the hilt, ready to travel or to be drawn again. The more you know!