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Update! Custom Faction: Steel Fire
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 8:51 pm
by Azaghal
Re: Custom Faction: Steel Fire
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 8:54 pm
by Tanotrooper
Cool, but i think the hilt is too wide. Just my opinion.
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 9:48 pm
by lil Jon
That's pretty cool, but I agree the hilt is sort of wide, or it might be the blade is too short.
Anywho, I would like to see them on a minifigure, print them off! Post pictures of it!
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 11:40 pm
by ottoatm
I like this idea as well... I think it would make a cool minifig... In terms of the hilt... maybe it should be a bit wider? The blade is pretty long, but I think it's ok if the hilt is bigger.
>>EDIT - Oops.. not hilt... I mean handle!
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 12:53 am
by Formendacil
For an actual blade used in fighting, I would agree that the proportions are wrong, but for a design of heraldry, I would say that Azaghal's version works just fine, possibly better than one with a narrower crossguard, since that would create a design too much longer than it is wide.
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 5:04 am
by Graynar
Cool, but i think the hilt is too wide
I must agree, but it still is a great design. That sheild and torso print would look awsome on a minifigure.
Graynar
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:02 am
by Cyclonis
It's too simple, just like this post.
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 2:30 pm
by Recluce
I have one piece of advice on the design: it would make a great scottish claymore. It only needs two more sword catchers added. They are V shaped and pointed. Let me find an example that is already hearldic... ok
here is a device of a friend who has had an augmentation to her arms. At the top is a black sword impaling a black tower. The sword style is the type I recommend you use for your design. It will give it that special flair, and will distinguish it as a greatsword type weapon.
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 5:20 pm
by Lord Mikal
Recluse, you have a point, but Azaghal wanted to replicate the standard LEGO broadsword.
Azaghal: On the straight black picture, the proportions do look completely off, crossguard too wide, hilt too narrow, etc. However, when you split it and use it as a heraldic emblem, I think it works out pretty well. The triangle shield looks a little funny, (too much blank space) and I'd set the sword about 15 pixels lower on the oval, but beside that it looks pretty good. I especially like the torso emblem repeated on the cape. Reminds me of my original capes (with the triangle shield on them) only it looks a heckuvalot better.
My favorite's the book though.
Wasn't it
your advice that made the template possible? Nice work.
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 7:20 pm
by Azaghal
Hmmm... Maybe.
Thanks to everyone for the comments, I'll do a little playing with the main emblem and see if I can get it any better. I thought it looked fine in the first place but, hey, that's why one posts stuff.
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 5:28 pm
by Azaghal
Sorry about the double-post, but I just wanted to point out that I've shortened the cross-guards on the stand-alone drawing. Also I lowered the symbol on the oval shield as per Lord Mikal's suggestion. Finally, in celebration of 200 posts, I added a flag with the split-color sword on it:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Azagh ... rdflag.jpg
I understand that Fry_Slayer was originally responsble for the template to this, so thanks.
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 11:41 pm
by Lord Mikal
Azaghal wrote:I understand that Fry_Slayer was originally responsble for the template to this, so thanks.
Actually,
that one's my template. Fry_Slayer's template is much cleaner and better looking:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1030425
The ovoid shield looks great, I may have to use this as an elite faction loosely associated with the Black Falcons... or maybe the Dragon Masters... we'll have to see. I like your design.
