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This sword belongs to... (1-5)
starting swordtember this year because sketching these is actually pretty relaxing.. might not finish it, but here's the first few.
#swordtember#swordtember 2023#art#my art#sketch#sketchbook#sword#sword design#concept art#digital art#digital sketch#fantasy art#art meme#art challenge#swordtember day 1#swordtember day 2#swordtember day 3#swordtember day 4#swordtember day 5
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Day 4 - dragonslayer
This one was really fun and it came out really nice I love it
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Sorry for the late post, but it slipped my mind a bit!
Swordtember Day 4: Elemental
Time for baby dragons!
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swordtember day 4: elemental
#swordtember#swordtember day 4#again a lil late but its okay :thumbs up:#she looks a little too much like malenia elden ring so whoopsie
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day 4: elemental & knight of pentacles
#sst2022#swordtember day 4#swordtember#swords#elemental#tarot#centaurs#centaur#votives#art#knight of pentacles
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Day 4 and 5: Elemental (Earth) and Edible (Choco)
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Swordtember Day 4: Dragonslayer
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Swordtember Day #7 Mirror and #8 Veined
#Swordtember#veined just made me think of shimmer and#a shimmer sword? i guess#this is a day late bc guess whose got covid and was asleep most of yesterday#its me again#round 4? 5? i've lost count XD
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day 25
one of my fav sword designs in video games
#sword#swords#swordtember#lapotheose#Fanart#Video Game Fan Art#digital art#Monster Hunter Fanart#monster hunter great swords#shagaru magala#monster hunter 4 ultimate#artwork#artoftoday#Drawing of the Day#drawing#doodling#doodle#great sword
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more swordtember
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SWORDTEMBER 2023 : WEEK 4
And we’re pretty much finished :D !!! Like last year I’m doing something a lil different for day 29 + 30 so keep ur eyes peeled for tomorrow :3 thank you all so much for your support during this month - it means so so much to me ❤️
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swordtember often feels to me like walking out of an exam to the growing realization no one else got the same answers i did on the test >>;
Day 4 - Metallic/Quantum/Duality/Crimson
Day 5 - Gears
Day 6 - Relic/Fossil
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The Fourth Blade: Panabas - "For Chopping"
Four days to the launch of the white-hot lightning that is the Gubat Banwa Kickstarter!
Gubat Banwa is a TTRPG supported by the twin pillars of tactical martial arts and contemplative war drama. Meditate upon love and violence as warriors of a burning world. Will you stem the tide of blades? Or is it rising by your will?
I'll be posting the weapons I've drawn for the game as a countdown until the launch on October 10. This was supposed to be a Swordtember series, but we needed a little more time to gain momentum.
4/7 blades, past the halfway point, let us proceed with the PANABAS
Towering amongst what blade collectors categorize as "Moro weaponry", the panabas is quite possibly the largest blade I've ever drawn. Like- I'm not lying, I drew all the blades in this series to scale relative to each other, and the panabas has by and large been the one determining how big my canvas needs to be.
The edge is on the longer curve, the spine of the blade is thicker near the handle, and the handle is about as long as the blade (if not longer).
(Photo from Kristian Josef Acedo)
The form belies the function; it isn't difficult to guess how this blade is used just by looking at it.
The name- if I'm not mistaken- is an even bigger giveaway. Panabas supposedly comes from "pang-tabas" which literally means "for chopping". It also goes by the name of nawi.
(Photos from Raymundo Lucero)
As large as its reputation might be, the choppers aren't always massive.
Their utility ranges from agricultural to combative to ceremonial, and the size and shape usually matched the nature of the work.
(Tools from Datu Paglas, Maguindanao)
(Photo from Dondon Dimpas)
(Exhibit at Museum of the Filipino People- biggest one)
The panabas is most often attributed to the peoples of Maguindanao, though the range of its use and the variants of its make span across large portions of the Mindanao area.
(Antiques from the collection of Richard Hudson, size comparison with a kalis)
A popular tale (especially amongst Filipino Martial Artists) states that the US Marines wore leather collars to protect their necks during the American Occupation in Mindanao, due to blades like these that gave the troops pause, and feel that the extra protection was necessary.
Supposedly, this is where the term "leatherneck" came from. Although the veracity of this latter claim is a bit on par with the claim that the Colt .45 was invented specifically to stop the same Moro warriors, the story has already stuck.
(Antique from Lake Lanao)
(Photo from The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
We touched upon "Traditional" blades last time, referring to blades made by the same people to whose cultures those blades belong.
This time we look at the other side of the coin. "Modern" is the term collectors here often use to refer to reinterpretations, usually by modern smiths who are separate from where a blade traditionally belongs.
The point of reference I used for "Traditional" blades before is a katana forged by a traditional Japanese swordsmith. If- instead- a white blacksmith in America were to forge a katana using their own smithing methods, that would be considered as a "Modern" blade under this categorization.
I'll leave it to you to spot the differences in these next few photos:
Traditional panabas with a rattan ferrule
(Photo from Lorenz Lasco)
Modern blades by Jun Deuna (Espanola) and RE Pandayan (Quezon)
(Photo from Dennis Andrew Golez)
Traditional blades (Marawi and Maguindanao)
(Photo from Dennis Andrew Golez)
Modern full-tang build by Traditional Filipino Weapons (I know who forged this but I won't doxx their location)
(Photo from the TFW website)
Modern full-tang build by Batangas Armory (Batangas)
(Photo from Job Abat)
Pair of panabas and a binuaya (leftmost) by Traditional Moro Blade, Maguindanaon (Maguindanao)
Say it with me this time! Blade culture is alive and still developing.
Mindanao was never conquered by Spain- the fierce resistance of the Moros made sure of that- and again it shows in the blade cultures. Though the panabas is now popular enough to have modern reinterpretations made by smiths across the Philippines, the traditional panabas and the people who make them are still around.
(Photo from Iniingatang Talim at Kaluban, taken by Ramon H. Bathan)
One of the Five Major Mahamandalas of Gubat Banwa pays homage to and gleans inspiration from living cultures like those I mentioned here.
Yes- I repeated the text from the previous installment, because it's equally true, here.
Additionally, the panabas shows up as the iconic weapon of the Martyr- one of the 25 Disciplines (read: "character classes") whose moon-bright martial techniques you could pick up in-game.
Anyway, go check out the Kickstarter!
The Gubat Banwa Kickstarter launches in 4 days! Check it out here:
Not long now- this is a very small team of creators from the global south knocking on your doors asking for help to get the word out. I truly cannot understate how small this team is, and how amazing it is that they've come this far- we just need a little bit of a boost!
With your help, this grand ambition can be realized. We would greatly appreciate any help rendered towards getting more eyes on this game!
#gubat banwa#gamedev#ttrpg#ttrpgs#indie ttrpg#indie ttrpgs#tabletop rpgs#rpgs#rpg#southeast asia#southeastasia#dnd#kickstarter#swords#philippine blade#weapon design#philippine history#philippine culture#filipino artists#artists on tumblr#kathang langit#help us get the word out!#fantasy#fantasy worldbuilding#swordtember#bolo#itak#moro weapons#panabas#moro blades
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horrors rise under the light of an unhallowed moon
swordtember 2023 day 4-lunar
inspired by the shotel.
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Inktober day 4 with random swordtember prompt "king"!
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Swordtember Day 4: Dragonslayer
The aspiring dragonslayer who commissioned this sword, perhaps optimistically, requested seven notches along the blade from which to display proof of his conquests. Three have been filled thus far: two with dragon fangs (quite real, even if the details of that battle are a... bit vague), and one with the tail of a squirrel that, while perhaps a less impressive conquest, was still the first beast felled by the sword (and such a jerk. Nobody understands what a jerk that squirrel was, seriously).
#swordtember continues but i stay silly 😋#swordtember#swordtember 2023#swords#dragons#dragon sword#art#artists on tumblr
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