Detroitika - Tanner Jon A.
Rusty Sprue Sword
I carved and filed this sword out of a Brickarms Rust sprue, which is a swirl of Dark Orange and Gunmetal.
The axe head right above it is normally-molded Brickarms Rust. The sword bears starkly different swirl patterns because it was cut out of already-swirled material. Check out the symmetry on the pommel! The grip is from a lathed reddish brown sprue.
Type XIV swords were popular around 1270 - 1340 in Europe. This page was one of my starting reference sources: MyArmoury Type XIV
The blade and crossguard are a single piece, which had to be carved very carefully out of the "t" shape of the sprue. If I had been another millimeter off, an air bubble would have ruined the project. The pommel is a cross-section of the top of the "t." I'm happy with how this formed and polished up!
Rusty Sprue Sword
I carved and filed this sword out of a Brickarms Rust sprue, which is a swirl of Dark Orange and Gunmetal.
The axe head right above it is normally-molded Brickarms Rust. The sword bears starkly different swirl patterns because it was cut out of already-swirled material. Check out the symmetry on the pommel! The grip is from a lathed reddish brown sprue.
Type XIV swords were popular around 1270 - 1340 in Europe. This page was one of my starting reference sources: MyArmoury Type XIV
The blade and crossguard are a single piece, which had to be carved very carefully out of the "t" shape of the sprue. If I had been another millimeter off, an air bubble would have ruined the project. The pommel is a cross-section of the top of the "t." I'm happy with how this formed and polished up!