Weapon designs - "Moonlight Sonata"
I have continued my design series based on the 5th edition artwork for Dungeons and Dragons while I attempted to not copy the style but mimic it using my own. I work with different sets of key words, for this one I went down on a more poetic path with "Moonlight Sonata" to oppose the "Shattered Sun"/ sun based previous designs. The idea I followed throughout the whole proccess was the different phases of the moon and how its elements can be shown off in weapons with already so different properties. Such as: waning crescent for the blades of an assassin, a full moon-based design for the greatsword of perhaps an honorable knight and the same can be said about the glaive/polearm as well. The bow stood out to me as I tried to combine the presence of both phases: the new moon and the waxing crescent immeditely after that, to symbolize a powerful, yet elegant weapon.
Weapon designs done with the aim of making them fit into the overall style of Dungeons and Dragons 5e. Each weapon was based off of a phase of the moon.
Twin blades based on the sharp shape of the waning crescent of the moon.
Greatsword, its massive shape and power based on the full moon.
Bow, the shape based on the waxing crescent immediately after the new moon, symbolizing a new power being acquired through the weapon.
Another full moon shaped design, this time in the form of a polearm/glaive to better show off the full shape of the moon as well as the varieties such change can offer and how differently the idea can be implemented.