Naginata
Monday, March 12, 2018 - 08:33
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My first time sharing any of my art. I thought this looked pretty good and decided to share it with others. The model was created in blender and textures were made in substance painter for use in Unity.
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Looks really good, especially the texture. But just for the sake of it, naginata should have a longer shaft. They are generally crafted so that the shaft is as tall as the wielder. Sword part is generally a short sword, shorter than 50cm.
I believe the user simply mistook the name of an esoteric antique weapon no longer used in warfare, from a culture that is somewhat foreign to them, as one might.
This is, to the best of my identification currently, a guandao, or as it was known in its day, yanyuedao, which is considered to be the same general class of weapons as the naginata or glaive.
This one in particular seems to exhibit grip shortening, which is a relatively common but not often talked about historic practice of mounting a polearm blade in a shorter handle for use in close quarters as a type of swordlike weapon.
The practice is documented in guandao and naginata alike. The name may not be accurate, but the design itself is not outside of the range of a historically appropriate make for what it appears to be.