LE New Sword based on real-world artifact

[Campaigner]

My request is for a simple weapon that humorously doesn't have any evidence of existing outside of implications from priests. In Japan, there's a weapon called "Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi", which translates to "Sword of the Gathering Clouds of Heaven". It is one of the three Imperial Regalia of Japan, with the other two being a shield called "Yata no Kagami" and a jewel called "Yasakani no Magatama". Doing a bit of quick research, the Blades Shield in the game resembles the Yata no Kagami almost spot on; this blew my mind when I realized this. I looked for any other resemblances with the Blades and the other two treasures, but none are to be found.

 

 

So, seeing as how the jewel looks like a curled up turd, I'd like to see the sword brought into the game. While its real appearance isn't known, and it's been rendered thousands of times in various media as different types of swords, the most notable and reasonable one is an artist's rendition found at the first reference link below. It is not a "katana" in the sense of what westerners see in Japanese swords, but more of an iron longsword. While many forms of media depict it as a katana, such as Naruto and Final Fantasy, they tend to go overboard with the design and make it seem more like a joke weapon. Legendary weapons don't need to be highly ornate, or even slender and exotic. The reference shows a very simple wave shape, almost like a very wide serrated edge. The hilt is practically the same as the Iron Sword in Skyrim, while the blade is similar to the Orcish swords. My second image, quickly rendered in photoshop, shows how large it should be; just a smidge bigger than an Iron Sword, and equally wide. Color would preferably be an ebony black, but on a not-so-shiny surface. Rusted preferred, but a clean model would be nice as well. There are plenty of free-to-use rusted metal textures across the internet, and I'd greatly suggest one of the two listed under the references. It'd make the texturing much quicker and easier in the long run to use the free textures! If you do use the textures, make sure to give credit to the artists who provided them. After all, the quality is amazing!

 

Thank you for reading my request, and I hope someone is interested in the idea!

 

 

Reference 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusanagi

Reference 2: http://imgur.com/rdZtb (I can't post attachments for some reason)

Textures 1: http://www.mayang.com/textures/Metal/html/Flat%20Metal%20Textures/index.html

Textures 2: http://nighty-stock.deviantart.com/gallery/

 

EDIT: Apparently I can't link images outside of the nexus. Oh well, everything is in the reference and texture pages.

Edited January 11, 2013 by Campaigner

[amerem]

hmm I could maybe try to get something together but im not doing the textures lol I dont know how