BCK's Thread of Stuff: Super Heavy

[Olis]

I dunno, I always pictured a chain-glaive to be mounted in a similar fashion to a traditional glaive, blade base mounted against the top of the haft, or very slightly offset, "point" away from the haft. The current positioning looks more like a chain-halberd to me. No matter what though, he's definitely something I wouldn't want to meet... Well, anywhere really.

 

It's close enough in my book. How many people are going to argue the toss at the table about it? ^_^

[Bryan Blaire]

I'm one of those folks that doesn't really care what the guy looks like in comparison to the rules, after all, I use two falchion blades as lightning claws. ;) I was just saying that it doesn't really look like a chain-glaive to me (are there really rules differences between chain-glaives and chain-halberds?).

[Olis]

No real challenge from me on that - I just figured quoting you helped me say what I wanted to say easier. ;)

[Brother-Chaplain Kage]

Oh, I know it's a halberd and not a glaive, but I'm just calling it a chainglaive to keep it in line with the VIII Legion specific rules. ;)

[Brother-Chaplain Kage]

I put up a new tutorial on using brass rod for making pole weapons or various other things. http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/307214-making-pole-weapons/?do=findComment&comment=4032936

[Forté]

Glave, halberd, still looks brutal as it is. Could do with a little detailing on the brass rod though somehow.

[Firepower]

I dunno, I kinda feel like it would look better with the blade flipped upside down.  But while I'm not 100% on the design, there's, as ever, little room to argue with your modelling skill.  Takes a lot of the fun out of it for me, really. :P

[Brother-Chaplain Kage]

Tried out a new pose.

 

http://i.imgur.com/ZFo6S31.png

 

I had planned on doing 3-4 of the Cats like this, but it was a lot more bothersome than I expected, so I think this will be the only one.

[Brother Heinrich]

Looking good Kage, you're gonna like my terminators, I pulled from your recent technique on your praetor's mace ;)

[Tyrannicide]

Slick work, and I bet that was a lot harder than it looks to get right.

[Zsoulless]

I dunno, I kinda feel like it would look better with the blade flipped upside down.  

This.^

Also I always line up the direction of blade's edge with the wielders center Knuckles.

[Brother-Chaplain Kage]

 

I dunno, I kinda feel like it would look better with the blade flipped upside down.  

This.^

Also I always line up the direction of blade's edge with the wielders center Knuckles.

 

 

What do you mean about the blade being flipped? And it will be lined up with the knuckles eventually. It's just loosely held together right now.

Edited May 8, 2015 by Brother Chaplain Kage

[Slips]

I think what they mean is so that it looks like this:

 

http://www.medievalcollectibles.com/images/Product/large/MCI-2809.png

 

Vs

 

http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130412180551/runescape/images/1/1f/Black_halberd_detail.png

[Brother-Chaplain Kage]

Interesting idea, but then the teeth are going the wrong way.

[Slips]

Interesting idea, but then the teeth are going the wrong way.

It just means that their blood will spray onto their allies instead of yourself :p Or make an awesome upwards blood fountain!

[Brother-Chaplain Kage]

That's an interesting point you make.

[Quixus]

Interesting idea, but then the teeth are going the wrong way.

Yeah I always wondered about the teeth of chainblades. Unless the chain rotates instead of going back and forth in a sawing motion they are going the wrong way half the time anyways.

[Zsoulless]

Interesting idea, but then the teeth are going the wrong way.

Good eye! I Guess you need to modify them, or cut and flip them too...  

[Brother-Chaplain Kage]

If they were plastic, it wouldn't be much of a problem to cut the teeth off and reposition them, but resin is too brittle for that kind of delicate knife work.

[Firepower]

Slip got the gist of it.  There are a lot of logistical issues aside from the teeth, like the pipe and engine gubs and such.  But the upward curving blade struck me as more iconic than an ax on a pole.  Like some sort of...pole-ax.  

 

Actually, the teeth seem like the least of the concerns, taking into account all the other nonsense.  Still, could look cooler.

Edited May 9, 2015 by Firepower

[Brother-Chaplain Kage]

But the upward curving blade struck me as more iconic than an ax on a pole.

 

That's exactly what it's supposed to be. In time, there will be plenty of writings to describe the birth of the weapons, but they are intentionally simple in appearance for my Terran VIII Legion. ;)

[MordentHex]

chopping weapon teeth rotate down, stabbing weapon, teeth rotate up. simple solution but lets not get into the fact that the blade teeth usually can't even clear the track guard in most chainsword/axes

Edited May 9, 2015 by MordentHex

[Firepower]

 

But the upward curving blade struck me as more iconic than an ax on a pole.

 

That's exactly what it's supposed to be. In time, there will be plenty of writings to describe the birth of the weapons, but they are intentionally simple in appearance for my Terran VIII Legion.

 

 

I imagine it went something like "Ax good.  More ax gooder.  Longer is more?  Longer ax gooderer!"  With lots of facial ticks and nosebleeds peppered in. :D

 

Or it could be an alternate to a classic Carlin joke.  "Boy I'd really like to cut those people in half over there.  But I'm way too far away to get the job done..."

 

:teehee:

[Brother-Chaplain Kage]

Really, what else do you want me to do to dress it up? It's a handle.

[Firepower]

Really, what else do you want me to do to dress it up? It's a handle.

 

Some frills, perhaps some lovely stripes.  A bit of rouge and eyeliner.  Y'know, take it out for a night on the town.

 

I think I got lost somewhere in the middle of my own joke.