Medieval Sword

I was quite inspired by the Arthurian design challenge, here on Artstation. I started designing this sword. It's fairly plain in its design, which I kind of like. This wouldn't be a kings sword, but maybe like a mid-tier knight's sword.

The main thing I did differently for this model from others in the past was that I sculpted it first. This had its advantages and disadvantages. In the future, I probably won't try to sculpt everything as I did here. Just certain peices. The hilt piece was very fun to sculpt, and I was able to discover some unique contours through that process. The other pieces though, I basically modeled them up from scratch ignoring their sculpts. So sculpting was a waste of time.