After several revisions and a few false starts, we finally got this sword up and running! It is for the Falcon Set of armor, an Oblivion mod that Daniel Papke is making: http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=27754
Sheathed
Final render by Daniel, sheathed
Unsheathed
Final render by Daniel, unsheathed
sword04
Finished sword
sword02
some ideas
sword03
initial modeling
sword_revised_2
final concept art
sword_revised
more concept art
sword
original concept