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| AchingScaphoid #907861 5 months ago |
What's the plural of Pegasus? I have the feeling that I got it wrong. |
| Anonymous #907870 5 months ago |
^Pegasi |
| Xuncu #908353 5 months ago |
Personally, I wonder why everyone keeps giving the ponies regular swords; even if they grip it in theri teeth, that kind of torque has a high risk of ending up with their own sowrd's pommel going down their throat. I want to see someone try a two-bladed (yeah, a la Darth Maul) sword, I think that might serve better. |
| AchingScaphoid #908962 5 months ago |
^A few things about that.
1. There is no practical way to sheathe a two-bladed sword. It works fine if the blade is made of magnetically trapped plasma, but unless the blades can simply disappear when not in use, it's too much of a hassle to carry around. 2. Now there's a blade where the pommel would be, so now the torque is applied to a sharp object instead of a relatively benign one. 3. I didn't remember about double bladed swords when I was drawing this, even though it's a cool but impractical idea. A gladius just seemed to fit the theme for a pegasus. |
| Xuncu #910487 5 months ago |
^2. Perhaps--- IF, they would use slash-stab sword techniques that humans with hands would use. Like the greco-roman theme the pegasai had, they DID weaponize horses-- or the carriges, to be specific. A standing horse (or pony, holding a blade in their mouth, and thus, would have to be facing an enemy at all times) has too huge a profile compared to a human who can turn aside to reduce theirs. So, what they had was chariots where there would be long blades attached to the axels, with the idea that a horse would strafe with the carrige--- essentially, one huge double-bladed spinny wheel of death (though, obviously, the forward momentum was the important part, rather than the blade spinning). It makes more sense for ponies to utilize that kind of strafing technique, fitting of their physiology, versus the dexterity-based techniques that human fencing is centered on, |
| Xuncu #910496 5 months ago |
(wrote that a little badly: "That the Greeks and Romans, who're who the pegasai are themed after") |
| Xuncu #910507 5 months ago |
Plus, with strafing in mind, it makes more sense for a double-ended deal, vs worrying about needing to re-orient a single-bladed sword in your mouth to point the right way. |