[quote=""Sedhal""]EG. There is geometry to the blade slanting down the unseen side, YES. But for the last time it is not symmetrical. Look at the throat of the scabbard if you still can't tell. Even single-edged blades have geometry.[/quote]
Exactly. EG, I cannot believe you e-mailed Weta, bothering them with this.
Aren't they busy enough already? Go to their Facebook page, and discuss it
there with them and their fans (that's where I'm doing it); and if they find
some time, they'll answer. Besides, the answer to your question couldn't
possibly be more obvious.
[quote=""Sedhal""]Unlike ed, I don't view this anywhere close to the masterpiece as is the Machaera.[/quote]
Yep. They're in the same league for me (
from what I've seen of Orcrist thus
far.)
[quote=""Sedhal""]A sword of this "genre" should be a symbol; an emblem, able to be kept free of the hand and still look like a finished thing. The Machaera accomplished this with its design, this however, does not. I equate this to a machete. Look at it on your wall. It looks incomplete.[/quote]
It's got more than enough character to be a symbol, and/or an emblem. It's
unique, and in a good way.
Incomplete? I'm imagining it on my wall, and it looks not only complete, but
somehow alive too. Fluid, and as in move. I'll probably display it vertically:
Glamdring in the middle, Sting to the left, Orcrist to the right, with its blunt
side along the Glamdring's blade.
Or, like Machaera (if I had Machaera), I could also display it alone,
horizontally, or even upside down, katana-style, with it's guard pointing
upwards. I'd love to e xp eriment with this.
[quote=""Sedhal""]And he's wearing it over his back. Okay, so even a human would find it hard to draw a blade over his back, let alone a Dwarf with an oversized blade.[/quote]
(I cannot be sure on this, but the scabbard might be "opened" along the side
where the blade is blunt... like on kukhri knives. With those, the throat of the
sheath is too narrow for the blade to be pulled out, so the sheath just clips
from the side. Again, I'm not sure if this is applied here, but if it is, you could
draw the sword in a second.)
[quote=""Sedhal""]Orcrist? No. This isn't Orcrist.[/quote]
Yes, it is.
[quote=""Sedhal""]It's an elongated Sting with half the guard broken off.[/quote]
Nope, it's Orcrist.
[quote=""Sedhal""]That "horn" or tooth or claw or whatever it is? Seriously? This is the same design team that gave us Narsil, Glamdring, Sting, the Witchking's sword, and Isildur's sword?[/quote]
Yep, the same team, and that's why I love it. It's iconic just as any of those
blades. The only difference is symmetry (or the lack of one, in this case). But
some freshness takes nothing away from its character.
[quote=""Sedhal""]This is lazy and sloppy work, IMO. Never would I get the feeling even
I could design a better Orcrist than those responsible for the blades I mention above.[/quote]
It's not lazy, nor it's sloppy. It's a work of art created with taste and
intelligence.
(Btw, don't be so modest, saying "even I could." I'd seriously like to see you
as one of their design team members. And this is not a joke -- you designed
some amazing pieces of weaponry and armor. Even the fact that you're just a
next-door nobody like the rest of us here cannot deny your huge talent.)
[quote=""Sedhal""]a weapon reminiscent of the new Conan swords:
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2615000576/tt0816462[/quote]
Oh, no. I'm not letting you get away with this. You're comparing Orcrist's
crescent guard with Conan's croissant guard. These aren't even similar. It's
like comparing Nick Cave to Rebecca Black.
So I'm wishing canca upon you now!
[quote=""Sedhal""]And it's... Orcrist.[/quote]
Yes! That's what I've been saying all the time!
[quote=""Sedhal""]I e xp ected something fresh and unique. I also e xp ected it to fit well with the legends from LOTR.[/quote]
And it's
all there. Something new, but with the key-elements of Gondolin (as
I stated earlier in this thread).
[quote=""Sedhal""]This isn't Orcrist, it will always be viewed as "the sword that looks like Sting".[/quote]
Nope, it's Orcrist!
To conclude, Seddie, I'm really saddened we cannot appreciate and enjoy this
brand new sword together. The only thing that comforts me is that
I'm not
the one who got disappointed.