Sword Icons: Disproportionate

[Orachii]

What do you think of these, some said: "That custom sword looks pretty disproportionate. If it's a single-handed sword it would be very unwieldy, and if it's a two-handed sword it would be gigantic. Technically they're good. I would have used a different colour for the grip to separate it from the guard, though."

Beats me. they look fine to me, what about to you?

 

[second_crimson]

I'd say your main problem here is the guard is very wide. This looks alright for the first icon, since it looks broken, and you can imagine the blade extending well beyond that. But essentially the only swords you'll see with guards that large are going to be two-handed swords like a zweihander or a claymore.

My suggestion would be to trim down the guard a LOT. Try looking at some reference pictures to get an idea of the correct proportions.

But other than that, they look great.