(Aug. 26, 2015 1:54 PM)Giraton Wrote: (Aug. 26, 2015 1:30 PM)Izhkoort Wrote: mmmhh... Excalibur was a sword, at the time the myth was born I don't think they thought of gold (because is not a strong material), it should be more like engraved steel and maybe bronce, but, has certain myths says, the blade was so shiny it blinded enemies with its bright, but you can turn steel to reflect like a mirror easily, ninjas in japan did that, so europe could do it anytime they wanted to :)
I think white or any kind of blue would suit it more since it was really shiny but made of an special kind of steel, and also given by the lady of the lake
Google Excalibur Sword images, 90% of the results show some gold on the sword wither it be the blade itself or the hilt. If there isn't any gold/yellow on this I will be extremely puzzled. A reminder that this is normally portrayed as a magic sword, so most go with the idea that it doesn't matter how strong the material is, just that it looks good.
Now mostly metallic blue with a hint of gold, that I like allot.
at that time a "good steel" was a more bluish silverish one, and hilts were made of bronce, iron or steel, only a ritual sword has gold (which excalibur never was), they were perfectly aware gold is not good for swords :/
if anything goldish is portraited, it should be polished bronce
Also, according to the myth, it was more like "it cuts anything" than real magic at all, the only "magic" I saw in the myth was "it blinded it's enemies with it's bright"
other than that I think a read the scabbard was more magical (Arthur's wounds didn't bleed because of it, for example)
I hope this beyblade is extremely aggresive just because it's named excalibur, if not I will be very dissappointed! so hyped right now!
EDIT: If I remember right, gold in sword was used in literature, much later than the myth of excalibur (s.1100)
I hate Argentinian customs!