perspective

[zebee]

You know there are times that I wish perspective in art had been discovered a little earlier.

Or maybe the artists had spent a little more time working out how to get the 3d positioning onto 2d paper.

Why? Because of this:



Ok, you look at that, where do you think the tip of the sword is? back over the guy's right shoulder? Level with it? Pointing forward?

Is the weapon held level in front of him or angling back with the hilt further forward than the middle of the blade?

Where do you think his left and right hands are in relation to his left and right knees?

He does not, of course, describe it. He doesn't for sword and buckler either...

Tip back over your shoulder makes no sense, but what does?

Have to have someone hit me a couple of times while I adjust the blade until it makes a decent head guard.

Be nice if the bod who drew the left side pic had indulged his liking of shadows to give one to the sword....

Comments

danger from above? :)

[spz]

I don't have much context here (I know next to nothing about fencing, nor about ideosyncrasies of medieval fencing depictions), but it looks to me that the only useful defense this stance could give would be against a head strike from above as well as in front, eg from a mounted opponent. Is this situation 'allowed' in the setting given?
Given a same height attack, I'd sort of expect an impact on the handle, and I doubt that's desireable.