December 17th, 2007

Holy Negotiator Sword – Real Replica

That's what MacDonald Armories did - Paul Macdonald crafted a Negotiator, based on the designs of the sword from the "Hellgate: London" video game. As you can see in the picture below, the real version tries to immitate a lot of details from the original design.

However, if you look at the image at the end of this article you will see how much of a pale immitation in the "real" version of the sword when compared to the one from the concept art image collection. Yes, it's nice to see there are some "crackles" as if the sword has been used in intensive battle, but in no way whatsoever does it come close to the real shapes and curved lines from the concept art. It might be an unfinished or unpolished work, but still, it does not cover completely the concept of the Holy Negotiator, the sword of the Knights from the game mentioned above. I remember that there were some swords, inspired by the "Blade" movie trilogy - and those were extremely accurate and sharp too - they were made by the United Cutlery company - which have a well known reputation for professional design and crafting methods.