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'The Northman' sword comparison

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Several months ago I made my Northman sword mod based on blurry screencaps (mostly at night, impossible to see colors) and some prior knowledge on migration-era swords. Now I finally found an image of the actual hero sword.

Now, it's obviously very far from identical. But I'm happy that I correctly guessed that there are garnets in the pommel, their overall layout and that they protrude instead of being inset (which would be more typical for this style of pyramid pommel). I also went for a more brass-like/yellowish-bronze colour, since that is consistent with all the examples I know.

External Link: Seanforsyth about how he created the original
My Mod: Draugr - The Sword from "The Northman"

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  1. hrodeberht1
    hrodeberht1
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    Just to be clear - this is not about tooting my horn - I'm well aware that my mod is far from realistic. Thing is, from the start of this project I was super interested in how much I guessed correctly about the design of the original, and I'm pretty happy as far as that goes.
    Could I make anything that is super close to the original? Frankly, no. I could get CLOSER, now that I have a better reference. But neither my limited skill nor my potato PC allow me to get anywhere close to the original.