I helped a friend to remake a blade on a sword the he named "Azure Skies Cutlass", c&c? My version is the top one, and his the bottom one. Ignore the hilt though!
The blade is light blue due to the name azure ("Azure is a blue color, about halfway between blue and cyan, which resembles the sky on a clear day."). So it was kinda intentionally to make it not look like metal!
Hawkevil (Level 3 Private Eye) at 6/4/2007 9:13:36 AM
The top sword looks more like ice than metal. I recommend having a look at how metal looks. Especially where light hits it.
While your version is definately an improvement. I think the color of the actual blade looks really bad on both. Make it more grey, less blue.
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