Hooked sword are east Asian/Indian. Tripping people, getting beneath armor plates, hooking people off horses. Curves have many uses and I am a fan.
And Faux Japanese as an art style not as the nationality the models weapons/armor are based off of.
It's actually the faux Japanese style. WoW has it, as does Warmachine (Mostly in concept art but the elven stuff always looks faux anime). It's very popular these days and sadly has invaded most geekdom (Like Anima Tactics for example). I wish it wasn't for besides in rare circumstances I'm not a fan (Except kingdom under Fire which I find reaches a good middle ground).
Does anyone else remember when Warcraft was basically warhammer? Ah Orcs vs Humans...
I'm glad your daughters okay. I hope they catch the guy and you have my fondest wishes...
Sadly some people are just mentally imbalanced or don't have scruples. With over six billion people it happens but it's still sad...
I thought they were pretty awesome, enjoy.
http://fc37.deviantart.com/fs39/i/2009/077/6/4/Twisted_Princess__Snow_White_by_jeftoon01.jpg
http://fc10.deviantart.com/fs38/i/2008/313/a/4/Twisted_Princess__Belle_by_jeftoon01.jpg
http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs40/i/2009/048/0/9/Twisted_Princess__Cinderella_by_jeftoon01.jpg
http://fc40.deviantart.com/fs38/i/2008/313/0/c/Twisted_Princess__Ariel_by_jeftoon01.jpg
I gotta admit I really like the elector count. And I love the empire look in general. It's a nice change from middle ages fantasy to see something renaissance....
Though I must admit the greatswords are indeed rubbish. The old ones are better.
So Alkemy's a really good game? I was curious why I heard about it so much. The models are so meh compared to so many.
But then I think I may be crazy. My local gaming group is starting up Heavy Gear and are talking about how pretty the minis are. This confuses me greatly...
Agh, the stereotypical Newfie accent, how I loathe it. No one from the city (St. John's) talks like that. It's a rural thing.
But I see you're from Saskatoon. A land where there is more wheat than civilization...