Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24993958-20150311232923/@comment-25588729-20150313002657

VedranTheII wrote:

How big of a staff are we talking here? Depending on that the blade needs to be smaller in order to make a spear or longer to make a lotr styled sword that has the blade only twice as big as the handle, or at least it should be one of the 2 for practicality sake. It's approximately 5ft or 1.5 meters tall. The blade at the end of the staff would not be much longer than a half-foot in length.

This one sounds ok…more flash than substance since it will probably be a bow in shape only but eh, not much you can do about that…unless you improvise…hmm… Agreed. For the longest time, I've had a fascination of having a sword or pair of swords somehow also function as a bow. However, as of now, it would merely be a longbow in shape, with a microfilament wire or chain connected to the sword's hilt serving as the bowstring. Amusingly enough, it seems to be less feasable in concept than some of the existing weapons in RWBY; but its comparative understated qualities should keep it from attracting too much attention.

A confusing weapon...at least to me….half the weapon ideas seem designed for a jousting lance and the other for a more traditional bladed spear…hmm…strikes me as slightly overloaded but I need to get a better mental image….does it look like this ? Yes, I was actually trying to hybridize the two types of polearms, albeit with limited success. If it seems a bit overloaded, I suppose I could remove the drill function, lessening its capabilities to three base forms. Would that seem better? And I suppose it would be similar to the image you provided, however the shaft would have a greater circumference, with the speartips being noticeably larger as well. A bit more like this, but with the component pieces being more solid and somewhat less aerodynamic.