This is the sword of the local fast-food chain owner, Takanashi Kiara!
I was looking through the concept arts/character sheets and noticed that the sword could retract to fit into the shield, so I made and animated this model. This time I tried to be more efficient with the UV map. Each quarter of the sword minus the grip and the pommel has the UV islands stacked to use the same region. This causes some seams problems, but I believe this is the best I can do at my skill level.
All feedback is appreciated!!