:o Well this is Officially my Favourite Medieval Weapon : Othor Games

» Fri Jul 29, 2011 3:20 pm

Flails. You almost never see flails in fantasy video games. Is it because they'd be much tougher to animate properly?

They had flails in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bard%27s_Tale_%282004_video_game%29. That game was awesome. My favorite medieval weapon...No clue. Probably the elephant if that counts.

» Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:02 am

Do yourself a favor and stop watching Deadliest Warrior. They don't know jack about any of the stuff they talk about.

I don't really take it all that seriously. It's just an entertaining show, much like 1000 Ways To Die. :shrug:

» Fri Jul 29, 2011 5:30 am

How come nobody has said their favorite is The Fork of Horripilation? That is mine.

» Fri Jul 29, 2011 4:12 pm

chopsticks.

» Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:57 am

claymore has always been my favorite or crossbow

» Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:43 am

I'm quite capable of using a Longsword, and the Claymore but my favorite weapon of choice are the different variety of axes.

» Fri Jul 29, 2011 3:10 pm

I like axes and club/mace/flails in general, no specific favorite.

In RPG games, I use one above mentioned as my primary melee weapon.

» Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:56 am

Flails. You almost never see flails in fantasy video games. Is it because they'd be much tougher to animate properly?

There are flails in Daggerfall :hubbahubba:

» Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:59 pm

How come nobody has said their favorite is The Fork of Horripilation? That is mine.

I like the way you think.

» Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:51 am

Estoc.

» Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:36 am

A simple spear will do.

» Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:49 am

Call me old fashioned, but my favorite is the longsword.

This.

» Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:50 am

I'm quite partial to the basket-hilted claymore (that is to say, the one that ISN'T six feet tall. Probably couldn't even lift that one).

» Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:26 am

Whats with India and the weird weapons they used to have?

» Fri Jul 29, 2011 2:50 am

Whats with India and the weird weapons they used to have?

They also have full sword-gauntlet. http://www.gnwtc.com/wea1631.JPG

» Fri Jul 29, 2011 2:42 pm

They also have full sword-gauntlet. http://www.gnwtc.com/wea1631.JPG

And http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urumi

» Fri Jul 29, 2011 6:47 am

I quite like the trebuchet-propelled badger, personally.

I always found foxes to be a touch more aerodynamic.

» Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:43 am

I always found foxes to be a touch more aerodynamic.

There is that, but a very annoyed badger being propelled towards someone at high velocity is going to cause more damage than a fox, which will just make a weird noise and then bugger off.

» Fri Jul 29, 2011 9:54 am

http://lambcutlet.org/albums/Zheng_He_and_Maritime_Asia_Exhibition/A_Yuan_Dynasty_hand_cannon_which_Chinese_merchants_would_have_used_against_pirates.sized.jpg I love those old proto-rifles. The flintlock is my favourite, so sleek and weighty, but they were much later.

The power of the longbow is awesome, though I'm only proficient with modern recurve bows.

http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr212/Qeros/SAM_0409.jpg :I need a better way of binding it. I learnt how to make metal axes at high school archaeology class, I just need a suitable amount of iron ore, a mould and a heat source that can melt iron.

Less sterotypical:

http://www.mostinterestingfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/1.Knobkerrie.jpg :I wonder if I could carve one.

Aztec http://www.plu.edu/~krippaew/img/macuahuitl.jpg. :The lack of metalworking, coupled with the brittle nature of obsidian, led to a wooden sword studded with shards of obsidian, sharp enough to cut the head off a horse.