For this project, I wanted to created a weapon that could be used as a sword by the mice in my game. I looked at a variety of swords and daggers and considered elements in each. I also was interested in incorporating engraving found on armor into the design of my sword’s hilt. Here are some photographs I took for inspiration:
Here are sketches of armor and potential sword designs I created:
I decided to model a sword and plan on engraving it with similar patterns to the armor photograph. Here is the rough model so far: