Viking Axe Variations

Final Model

Initial concept sketching

Filling in the silhouette and testing with variation

Basic concept of texture/shade

Assignment for this week at the game design class; make a viking weapon. We were free to interpret the subject. Some are making sci-fi weapons (Like in Thor), others are making WoW kind of weapons. I thought I'd go for the more realism route, all though the engraved details might not be historically correct, I think it looks rather cool compared to an axe without

Also a version without engravings.