for years now (since Fable) it's bugged me how games have people wear heavy hammers and axes on their backs. actually i did some research and on the rare occasions when a warrior did carry a hammer or large axe on his back, it was turned the other way. with the heavy head of the weapon up around the shoulders. makes sense as the swaying of the weapon turned the way it is in game, would be like a pendulum when walking/running and make it near impossible to function. plus there's no realistic way you could even sheath the things the way they do in game. how ya gonna slip a huge hammer head thru a lil sheath? and of course the weight of the head would make the weapon just slip out to the floor.

what i was able to find was not much. old engravings, couple DARPA players and weapon experts. but basically it seems a harness was rigged around the chest with a hard leather, metal or wooden sleeve that the handle would slip through. with the metal head resting on top of that sleeve and gravity holding it in place. sorta like this...
http://scrapbook.the...1703/view/15879
[img]http://img-nex.theonering.net/images/scrapbook/orig/15879_orig.jpg[/img]

hey, it's gotta be correct if Gimli did it! tho the ones i saw were more centered on the back, with the weapon straight up & down rather than at an angle.

i realize there'd probably be no correct animation (til someone made one!) for un/sheathing but better a short moment of wtf rather than hours staring at gravity defying goofiness on your back lol. i'm sure the AWESOME hammers and axes in you mods deserve this! i bet there'd be a lot of desire for it. thanks!