Swordtember 2022

An illustration of a sword, with the blade made of pastel blue, green, and purple crystals. The hilt is white and smooth, with a small purple crystal at the pommel. Intricate and delicate leaf-like decorations protrude from the crossguard, with a similarly delicate basket around the pommel crystal. A tassel falls from the grip, pale blue with small beads and chips of crystal in the same colors as the blade crystals.
An illustration of a sword; it made of a pale silvery metal, shaped like a simple candle holder. The hilt is a flat disc with the candle mount in the center, a lit white candle dripping wax down and off the sides of the disc. The handle is gently curved, flaring towards the pommel; it implies a function as a perhaps slightly precarious stand. The blade itself is mostly hollow, a thin outline of metal with delicate filigree designs at the tip where the two sides meet; this blade is clearly for decoration, not use. The candle illuminates the metal around it with a soft orange glow.
An illustration of a chainsaw. The body's chassis is simple, colored in a dark maroon with yellow grips; the oil chamber is see-through, and a small grinning face can be seen among fiery orange and yellow glow. The chainsaw's bar is of average size, with a chain already installed onto it; the bar and chain are wreathed in intense flame, however, making them glow a bright orange.
An illustration of a sword. It is a scimitar, with a curved blade and handle; the guard is shaped like two long, thin hooks curved in opposite directions from each other, and thin icicles hang from the metal. Three blue roses with frozen dewdrops are nestled onto the guard where it meets the blade; tan fur peaks out from beneath them. The grip is wrapped in a white cloth, with another ring of fur where the pommel emerges. The pommel itself is silver and oblong, sloped even further along the handle's curve. Icicles hang from the pommel as well.
An illustration of a swordfish with a stick shoved up its tail, tied in place with a small piece of rope.
An illustration of a fantasy sword, styled after a naval saber. The blade itself is made of water, sharpened at its single edge but loose with floating droplets around the rest of the blade; tiny see-through fish swim within it, barely visible by their organs and spines. The guard itself is pastel coral, connecting into the silvery handle and knuckle guard. The grip is patterned with tiny fish scales, curving into a smooth fish tail shape at the pommel. A pastel blue tassel hangs from the knuckle guard.
An illustration of a simple rapier. The guard appears to be a sleeping calico cat, its tail hanging down to form the knuckle guard. The grip is tan and similarly patterned to the cat.
An illustration of an executioner's blade with a rounded tip. The blade itself is lit with spooky purple lighting, emphasizing the creepy factor of the fleshy eye growing from blade itself where it meets the guard. Its tendrils wind throughout the blade like veins, and several drift loose near the grip. It peers out with a neon lime green iris and slit pupil.
An illustrated rapier shaped like a flower. The blade peeks out of the end of a thin, yellow stamen; the guard is a large, five-petaled purple flower with glowing white spots. Thin leaves can be seen beneath the petals, and the handle is simply a short step with roots at the base.
Illustration of a sword. The blade has a green sheen to it, with several drops of bright green liquid dripping from the tip. The handle is a simple navy blue crossguard, with two bronze adders curled along the guard and pommel. Their tails entwine to form the knuckleguard of the sword, and their eyes are bright venom-green gems.
An illustration of a sword, cobbled together with metals plates of various sizes and two pipes to form the handle and guard, all haphazardly riveted together. A piece of cloth, possibly bandage, is wrapped around the handle pipe to provide better grip. Neon tube lighting of mismatched colors is affixed to the plates of the blade to spell SWORD, but the maker has used an A instead of O.
An illustration of a sword. The sword itself is mostly obscured, as it has been dressed in a loose, autumny red-orange knitted cozy. The cozy comfortably covers the guard and handle up to their ends, and the tip of the sword itself barely peeks out the top.
An illustration of a simple shortsword covered in moss and ivy; a spiderweb has been spun between the pommel and one side of the guard.
An illustration of a sword surrounded by tarot cards, floating in a circle around it. The sword itself is bronze, the handle and guard assembled from a chalice with a pentacle coin at the pommel; the guard itself is a glowing crescent moon. The cards have purple backings and are facing the sword itself; the visible faces from top left to bottom right are the Empress, the Hierophant, the High Priestess, the Star, the Hanged Man, the Fool, the Lovers, Judgement, the Hermit, the Tower, and Temperance.
An illustration of a thin sword with runes on both sides of the blade, near the hilt. The guard is a combination of two different guard styles, with a witcher wolf head affixed to the center. The grip itself is simple, wrapped in black leather, and small metal claws hold a smooth red orb to the pommel.
An illustration of a sword made from an angel wings shell. The handle extends from inside the shell itself, with a pearly pink sheen; a pearl appears to be fixed into the end of it. The grip is scored for better traction.
An illustration of a sword, the black blade almost entirely obscured by a thick cloud of black smoke. The smoke originates from a glowing coal at the base, set into the hilt via several metal claws gripping it tightly. The guard is shaped like bat wings, so dark red they appear almost black. The handle is black, with a pebbled texture.
An illustration of a sword; the hilt and guard are styled after marble columns, while the blade is made of intricate stained glass in red, orange, and yellow. Three rose windows are embedded along the blade, with a dash of blue in their design for contrast.
An illustration of a rapier, basket facing forward; the rapier itself is simple and gold, with the basket carrying all of the detail work. The basket is solid gold in a scalloped shape, with many gems of varying colors (including pearls) inlayed. A simple portrait of a figure with curly red hair and a green dress is embedded in the center of the basket.
An illustration of a sword; the blade is long, bronze, and leaf-shaped, like many bronze-age swords. The hilt and guard are sticks; green leaves obscure where they join the blade.
An illustration of a sword; the blade and guard are designed to look like a firefly's carapace and wings, with the handle a pale yellow quickly fading to black (like firefly legs). The pommel is a gold ring, with a tiny lantern full of miniature fireflies attached to it by a short chain.
An illustration of a sword made from a curved, black dragon horn, carved and polished to have an edge. Gold at the base attaches it to the leather-wrapped hilt; the guard is decorated with three long teeth on either side and one small, bright green gem that could possibly be an eye. A bright red scarf is tied to the gold pommel.
An illustration of a large sword reminiscent of a butcher's cleaver, covered in chains that cross the page. The blade is covered in eyes with black sclera, bright red pupils, and gold veining; the pommel is a black horse head with red eyes, and it's surrounded by a nightmarish purple glow.
An illustration of a sword made from coral. The back of the blade is a smoother, pink variety, with the hilt and guard made from a yellower coral with spiky branches. The pommel is a small pink sea anemone.
Illustration of a sword shaped from a green and black patterned spider; the two backmost legs form the outline of the blade, which is hollow and webbed. The two middle legs on either side form the guard, with the front legs holding onto the black grip. A small, venom green orb forms the pommel.
Illustration of a sword made of wood. The blade is polished and sharpened; the guard and handle are from stained and lacquered pieces, with the grain showing through.
An illustration of a single edged sword with a wide, red blade and folded line patterning along it where the metal was worked. The guard and pommel are silver, with rose ornamentation covering the guard; the pommel is a snarling wolf head with red eyes. The handle is black and secured with two silver rivets. A decorative red scarf is tied to the pommel.
Illustration of a simple sword with two tones for the blade, pommel, and guard. The blade and pommel are light blue on the left half and purple on the right; the guard has a gem in the center colored the same way, with an angel wing to the left and a bat or devil wing to the right forming the guard itself. The handle is wrapped in cloth, and the blade has blue and purple flame wreathing it.
Illustration of a golden sword, with a sterotypical european crown as the guard basket and a red gem set into the pommel. The crown is red cloth with gold ribs and a white, minked fur hem.
Illustration of a sword made from various bones; the blade is a sharpened femur, protruding from the eye socket of the skull that makes up the basket (together with a set of ribs fixed to its base). A smaller bone forms the handle, and a tassel is tied to the base at the end of a long string, decorated with vertebrae of various sizes.

A collection of all 30 swords created for the Swordtember 2022 challenge. For individual notes and prompts, please peruse the roundup thread here on my Twitter account. September-October 2022.

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