Maroon's Modeling Corner [Cleaver of sorts 28/6]

[Maroon]

One last thing that is bugging me, the bit where the blade goes inwards near the hilt. (It looks great, don't get me wrong)
The blade looks quite a bit a danish great sword, except the part near the hilt is sharp and is the full blade width.

I'm just struggling to see a use for that bit near the hilt (realistic point of view).
As with a danish it would be blunt, so you could grip the blade at that point.
With it as it is, where it bulges inwards, it looks structurally weak. For no obvious gain (other than looks ).

My original idea for this intake was a place in the blade where, if the sword would be used properly (not the M&B way ), and it'd be used to block a sword by sliding it down the blade, the opponent's blade would be sort of locked in this thinner part, but in this version, that doesn't really happen, as the intake is too smooth. I'll make the blade thicker between the hilt and the thin part, so that my idea would actually work, and the blade doesn't look so... breakable.
Also, a Danish greatsword would have a small crossguard-like thing before this second handle, quite like the Flamberge currently in game.

In regards to adding to the game:
- It needs to be a little less uniformly blue (a little less blue everywhere, more grey/dark-grey than blue)
Though feel free to make it reflect blue more strongly

Though it might not look like it in the screenshot, the texture itself is actually very grey. Most of it's blueness comes from a high blue coeff. I'll try and see how it looks when I make the texture even less blue.

Also, next update on the sword will probably be tomorrow!