Weapon Illustration Sketches

[Tetsubo]

I know you're pretty backed up, but I'm hoping you can help me with a sketch of something I'm having trouble visualizing.
I'm experimenting with a campaign based on a book called "The Night Land". In that book, the common weapon of the country is called a Diskos, and it is described as follows:
"And here I must make known that these weapons did not shoot; but had a disk of grey metal, sharp and wonderful, that spun in the end of a rod of grey metal, and were someways charged by the Earth-Current, so that were any but stricken thereby, they were cut in twain so easy as aught. And the weapons were contrived to the repelling of any Army of Monsters that might make to win entrance to the Redoubt. And to the eye they had somewhat the look of strange battle-axes, and might be lengthened by the pulling out of the handles."
The Earth-Current, I think, is psychic energy.
Any sketch you have time to do for me would be very much appreciated. Long swords I understand. This thing is a little beyond me.
Thank you for your time.

So here is my attempt to fill that request... the cross-section of the shaft would be oval, about half as thick as it is wide. The two lower sections are tubes and the upper (most narrow) section is solid. I have no idea if the it looks anything like what the author imagined...

 

[ajanders]

Many thanks!

So here is my attempt to fill that request... the cross-section of the shaft would be oval, about half as thick as it is wide. The two lower sections are tubes and the upper (most narrow) section is solid. I have no idea if the it looks anything like what the author imagined...

Neither do I, but the author has been dead for quite some time now, so I doubt he's going to call you on it.
And I was certainly stuck:I also could only think of it as a circular saw blade on a stick myself...sort of a giant steel lollipop of psionically charged death. This looks much less silly.
Thanks for all your help.

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

Last request: a pick-type weapon made from a dragon's tooth, possibly with a bone handle or handle wrapped in scaly leather. Thanks if you want to do it.

 

[Tetsubo]

A render of the Diskos design.

 

[daysoftheking]

Thematic idea

I wonder if you had ever considered doing a set of weapons for a culture, and linking all of them with the same thematic cues such as grip type, curvature of the blade, decorative adornment, etc. For instance, an elven set consisting of longsword, shortsword, longbow and elven bradheads, battleaxe, handaxe, spear, a few polearms, maybe even some armor and/or helmets. Basically as if one artisan had been hired by the Royal Elven Army and commisioned to make prototypes for the army that can be mass-produced but also conform to the elven fighting styles and ideas of what is beautiful. You have great talent with the weaponry you create; I was just wondering if you had considered expanding the scope of your work.

 

[Tetsubo]

I wonder if you had ever considered doing a set of weapons for a culture, and linking all of them with the same thematic cues such as grip type, curvature of the blade, decorative adornment, etc. For instance, an elven set consisting of longsword, shortsword, longbow and elven bradheads, battleaxe, handaxe, spear, a few polearms, maybe even some armor and/or helmets. Basically as if one artisan had been hired by the Royal Elven Army and commisioned to make prototypes for the army that can be mass-produced but also conform to the elven fighting styles and ideas of what is beautiful. You have great talent with the weaponry you create; I was just wondering if you had considered expanding the scope of your work.

While I have never present such a "suite" of designs I have created them over time. I have Elven weapons in any number of forms. They all have a similar "theme". I have also done Dwarven themed designs. I've even got a few Githyanki weapons. I would have to repost quite a few images to "display" a theme though. That would be wasteful of bandwidth.

I do appreciate the compliment.

 

[Tetsubo]

Imperial War Goad...

 

[Thaniel]

If you don't mind, I'd like to do this and repost in some other threads, grouping your elven things, dwarven things, etc, in separate threads. Would this be alright with you, Tetsubo?

 

[Tetsubo]

Dragon Tooth Pick...

 

[Tetsubo]

If you don't mind, I'd like to do this and repost in some other threads, grouping your elven things, dwarven things, etc, in separate threads. Would this be alright with you, Tetsubo?

So long as you don't claim the sketches are yours...

Feel free. I appreciate your interest. If you need any copies of images or such just email me.