Maria is still a child. It's entirely possible that rapier was meant for an adult, possibly a male town guard, Terra, or an aristocrat she assassinated.
Yeah, it makes sense she'd need to use both hands because she's not an experienced melee fighter and lets enemies into her range at which point she needs to guard with it which wasn't a strong part of rapiers either.
@@senorstyx3011 they did, just not rapiers for peasant children. If she did get a weapon made for her it would realistically be something like annette's cleaver-hangers except thinner and with an actual hilt.
Glad someone brought up this point, because isn't the Oakeshott Typology contextually based upon a person's particular physique and measurements in order to determine what dimensions their sword would be? Maria's rapier could be for someone above the measurements of her physique. Either illegally obtained or salvaged from a dead soldier or man-at-arms, considering she's a revolutionary
I noticed the small sword being handled strangely by that vampire, but as every other character handle theirs very well it downed on me... that vampire doesn't know how to really fight. He is a vampire aristocrat, i doubt he has seriously fought anyone in decades, if even... it is his wife that goes out to hunt people, she clearly knows how to handle a sword. That scrub just kept that sword as a form of status probably and mostly would depend on his vampire strength, but Richter isn't a untrained villager.
I think the Marquis(the vampire with the short sword) was simply just untrained. Vampires can rely on their enhanced strength and speed to defeat most humans, thus they don't really have to get skilled. Also, I wished you would have covered Mizrak's fighting style but I guess that would have delved too much into spoilers. Nonetheless, I loved your video and I am glad for this insight.
Remember, that's a late 18th century french aristocrat who spent his days with participating in courtly drama at Versailles; the french monarch had neutered the aristocratic class' military tradition by that time.
@@ArcMinuteLightit wasn't completely neutered. More like if they participated into military action, they would be officers rather than frontline soldiers. That aristocratic tradition for military officers was one of the reasons France's navy got so easily destroyed during the 7 years war (I don't know how english speakers call this war, I'm french), because we had a lot of incompetent officers compared to the british navy with a bit more of a meritocratic system
@@ArcMinuteLight But also when you’re a vampire you have a lot of time and with that time you can get really good with a weapon. Like seriously look at Dracula’s old court, not an amateur among them. It’s no excuse to try.
@@Toneill029 If the aristocrats in the french courts, who had all the time and luxury in the world didn't try to begin with, what makes you think giving them *even more* time and luxury would make them try?
Arin Hanson (Egoraptor) did a really good Sequelitis episode on CW4's whip, on how they designed levels and enemy placement based on the secondary weapon but that was rendered moot with the whips new speed and attack angles.
@@scelonferdi Yep. It sounded like they included the sub weapons because they were in Castlevania before, not because it fit the game. Traditional and setting trappings are hard to break.
@@scelonferdi They took, in my opinion, a better approach to the problem with Rondo of Blood. They ditched the multi-directional whip, but enhanced Richter movement skills a lot, and doubled down on sub-weapons, adding the item crashes. The multi-directional whip is cool, but Rondo of Blood is much more fun to play overall
@@franciscosouzaaguirre9688 Sure, that's a good approach. Just saying that IF you change the whip you also have to change sub weapons to adjust for the new conditions.
@@MoxJet629 BuzzKillington strikes again! BWAhahaheheheheehoo! *slams a dirty diaper into the bride's face then kicks over the pedestal, using it as a ramp, and unicycles out of a window*
@@picklewart5382 Huh? It's not like I was trying to ruin it for anyone it was obviously not a pommel lol. I was just letting him know where to watch the video if he wanted.
That was a good chunk of realism for something like Castlevania. Only one minor correction: don't throw all Eastern Europe into one pot. Shashkas were specifically Russian, no one really used it outside of Russia. Other Eastern European armies used common European style sabers. Same with bardiche.
One thing to note is also that the Shashaka is a more modern weapon which was preferred as a cavalry sabre to get in cuts on high speeds or just cuts in general. It wasn't really used for sword clashes outside of performances
Your statement is not entirely correct. Shashka and bardiche were often used outside of Russia. In fact, russian military implemented them after seeing those weapons being used in eastern Europe and eastern countries on the russian borders. So it's not only possible seeing them in use outside of Russia, but considering that series mentions that Holy Roman Empire still exists, it's very likely to see weapons of it's eastern parts
I think you're basically right on the money for your point about the smallsword around 5:50 It looks like one of those choices thats made more due to the composition of the scene, as opposed to something more realistic - I think the animators wanted the vampire to look like it turns into a savage, a monster if you will, when it lunges at you - so they have him hold his limbs outstretched in a telegraphed swing. It certainly reads to me more like an artistic choice, versus one driven by the reality of the situation, if I'm making any sense. TLDR; They thought "this looks cool" and didn't think any further for that one, the rest is of this is all straight gas tho
Also it just makes sense story-wise, that particular vampire is just a nobleman with 0 fighting experience meaning of course he'd have no idea how to use that sword effectively.
I like the idea of him being a very old vampire who's fighting style came from old cutting swords and he hasn't had the chance to adapt his skills to a 100% thrusting weapon. Obviously this idea is grasping at straws and animators went with the rule of cool. But still, I do like this idea a lot. Who knows how old this vampire is, cutting swords have been probably the most common swords in history up to that point so who knows how many centuries of muscle memory a vampire like that has about sword fighting. Something like this could very well be written into a good character.
@@MaaZeus Or, maybe he's used to a cut and thrust weapon but wants to remain fashionable. So in deference to his training while remaining fashionable, he carries not a small sword but a spadroon. This way, he still has a cut and thrust sword while remaining fashionable at the same time.
@@MaaZeus Nah, that particular vampire was a recently turned French Nobleman. Just some posh git whom the older vampires turned so they could exploit for his political power and personal wealth. Legit just untrained and swinging wildly, trying to rely on his new vampiric strength and speed to win. That is why Richter dispatches him fairly quickly and easily. The most surprising thing about him is that he lasted in the fight as long as he did lol
Having a vampire flat out REFUSE to learn a new sword technique to match the newer blades available is so hilarious to me. "Back in my day, we use to club people to death and we LIKED it that way! All this fancy shmancy parrying is driving me insane."
Skall, you should make a video about WW1 weapons like shovels, trench maces, trench knives and bayonets. It would be interesting to see what they would do if someone skilled at fighting with melee weapons tested them out, the few videos that are on TH-cam about them tend to be very amateurish in the way they swing these weapons.
That made me think of Castlevania: Bloodlines, aka Vampire Killer for the Genesis/Mega Drive and its narrative successor Portrait of Ruin (which happens to tie Bloodlines and Rondo/SotN together) iirc, that is something Matt Easton (scholagladiatoria) might cover if he hasn't already.
@@ErrantMasa Unfortunately Matt Easton doesn't do any practical testing, he only talks about them. And I did find 1 video from him about ww1 but it was just about officer sabers.
Realistic weapons? Supernatural and magic? Maria?!!! Is this a sequel to Maria The Virgin Witch?! I'm joking, but I did watch that one because of you, Skall!
I think it's pretty clear what happened in those scenes where one-handed weapons were being held in two hands: the director decided that they wanted that to happen because reasons, and the person responsible for historic accuracy didn't get to veto the decision. Isn't that more or less what always happens, even when there's crew dedicated to checking historical accuracy? In the end, they go with what's cool, coz it's entertainment first and foremost, not a documentary.
Same for people being able to whisper to each other while gunfire is going off or just finished. Although a realistic tinnitus ring would trigger everyone's who's watching.
My guess is this was drawn by eastern (Korean, Japanese) artists who would be VERY accustomed to drawing 2 handed swords from other anime and just fell back on what they know to get the job done. And it looked cool enough that nobody really wanted to make them fix it.
@@HeadCannonPrime sorry for the late reply. I might be wrong, here, but I think all of the story boarding was done in the US, by Powerhouse Studio. I'm pretty sure Sam Deats boarded a lot of shots and I also follow a couple of other people on Twitter that did story boards and are from the US, but I forgot the names. whoops If I remember correctly, one of them tweeted at some point that a lot of the in-betweens were done by a Korean studio, but I don't think they animated by themselves, as they had storyboards (and maybe key frames) to follow. I might be wrong, though, just thought I'd point out what little I remember.
Given everything they wanted to DO in this season, all the different cultures they wanted to include, *not* doing their research would have been an instant death knell for the whole project. Instead we got some *real* fun stuff out of it. I'm pretty sure the vampire nobleman with the small sword was just supposed to explicitly be a loser. His 'stance' in that picture is archetypal 'bowlegged dweeb who doesn't know what he's doing', and that was kind of his character too. Vampires in general fell a long, LONG way from Dracula's time. Certain exceptions aside. There are the obvious cultural elements, but there's also the "What's that vampire?" game you can play. Orlox is a Peuchen, for example. Drolta Tzuentes is a Sasanbonsam, alongside being a reference to a specific Castlevania monster it would be spoilers to say. The deity that gets mentioned a lot is often considered to be the first vampire in mythology period, given how old the culture is. Didn't expect to get a vid like this from Skall. Really happy about it, since I didn't even parse some of this while watching. Shashkas are cool, I want one now. Just, gauntlets first. Quality work, as always.
Also the vampire queen, Erzsebet Báthory was a FREAKING REAL HUNGARIAN COUNTESS FROM THE LATE 1500's, How much the character was based on the real person you ask? Well, the real life countess, Ecsedi Báthori Erzsébet (the same name in the native form), accused of torturing peasant girls, exactly the same way it was in the show, drinking and bathing in theyr blood to obtain theyr youth. Later, actually after her death, she was accused of incest, necromancy, the list just went on and on. Not a single testemony was offered by someone that whitnessed the crimes, only second hand accounts were presented, also no evidences were presented, only the testemony of someone that "saw the mutilated bodies and the still alive victims begging to die". But she was convicted; it was a conspiracy to remove her family from power, they were the local pain in the ass for the Hapsburgs. But the legendary status of the Bloody Countess of Ecsed made her an ideal inspiration for the show.
@@carloshenriquezimmer7543 Erzsebet inspired the character Elizabeth Bartley from Castlevania Bloodlines. So this Erzsebet is an adaptations od Elizabeth and a callback to her inspiration.
tbh the attention to detail was pretty great all around. The inclusion of voodoo for Annette's magic and having Olrox turn into Quetzalcoatl hinting to his Aztec heritage were really good pulls.
Definitely agree putting out the Christmas stuff before even the Feast of Christ the King (November 26th this year) feels very off, let Halloween, Samhain and All Saints Day have their space in the calendar. The weapons also look very interesting, I wonder if the "From Dusk Till Dawn" series has anything interesting to show in terms of weapons.
Nocturne was really fun! The french revolution setting was a good choice and I enjoyed the expanded story and agency they gave Annette (I've played Rondo of Blood and it was fun seeing the expanded story)
I highly agree about nocturne, I was not as impressed with it as i was the first seasons, but that is an insanely high bar to reach, and i'm confident they will improve the follow-up seasons.
@@Skallagrim nice. it'd be crazy if the Demon Castle War of 1999 ever gets depicted (36 years before Aria of Sorrow; Julius belmont in his prime) I'll be disappointed if 1) Dracula doesn't appear in later seasons and 2) the showrunners can't get Norio Wakamoto to reprise his role for the Japanese dub
@@ErrantMasa it'd be interesting to see what they do with Soma. Probably have him try to seek the hidden knowledge of dracula's castle therefore becoming the reincarnation of dracula by having his knowledge. Also, I just want to see him have LOS dracula's power set, if only just so he could use the shadow whip against julius and the vampire killer.
5:29 yeah, considering he's a vampire, and he's a noble, my assumption, he never bothered to actually learn and never met someone who could actually challenge him. so, he simply has it as a sign of status. also, as vampires are more used to simply needing to use their extreme strength and speed, they don't need to worry about technique.
One of the artists for castlevania nocturne is actually a friend of mine, kat layno.. She studies kendo and kenjustu here in the philippines and i think that may have influenced how many of the weapons in the show are drawn well..
I have a longsword that's thinner and longer than average, to the point I most often use i as a rapier instead. However, it's still technically a longsword and can perfectly work like one (it has a layer of rubber over the steel cuz it's for sparring, so I don't know the specifics of how much damage it would do). It's both possible and practical to have a long blade that can be used in one or two hands, specially for someone small like Maria who might need that extra bit of strength when blocking, but still has access to the reach if need be.
I can think of at least one reason to two hand a rapier - you jammed it in up to the hilt and are now binding in the ribs / breastbone / spine, requiring both hands and possibly even a boot to withdraw it. The musket bardiche would work, although the rest hand will have to be uncomfortably far forward. (The steel butt would give it an interestingly "quick" feel in melee) The barrel alongside the blade gunblades were just as accurate as a dedicated firearm of the same barrel length. (This is pre-rifled barrel, round lead ball era - so not really accurate by our standards, but not bad by the standards of the era.)
A not uncommon amount of earlier English rapiers kept the slash capability and some of those had less developed guards leaving weight for a pommel long enough to be fingered. Not common overall, but I've handled two that are probably period correct antiques. Definitely antiques, but also worn and repaired more than once over the centuries.
My guess is that at least in a few shots they probably recycled some animation to avoid stretching the budget, it's much less time consuming when you have the movements figured it out and if they had some animation left from the first series where characters used cutting two handed swords more often it would explain the random instances of two handed use of one handed swords. Even big budget Disney movies often did it, so I can see an animated TV series with presumably a much lower budget would do it too.
Off-top: Have you ever tried fencing with drunk goggles? (a thing you can buy to simulate drunkenness to a certain extent). And do you think it would be a fair fight: master in drunk goggles vs noob? :)
@@nobleactual7616 You know, it would actually be a faithful simulation of many historical events where the combat participants (sometimes entire armies) were drunk.
I may not like the show, but I certainly am appreciative of the realism treated towards the weapons. That's a breath of fresh air rarely seen in the entertainment industry at any point in time, let alone these days.
Just watched it before watching this video of yours and yaah it's good and the way you pointed out those details it's pretty nice thank you for letting us know
Skal, my good man. I am of your very early subscriber from the single digest, from your time in PG. Over the past two years I noticed a course change. I went with it to see where you are taking us. Is it possible that a channel loses its direction? I feel yours did. Sadly, our ways are parting here! Good luck with all your future endeavors!
1st thought finishing the series "This is crazy🔥😍 I wonder what Skallagrim'll think of this" and its as if the universe heard my thought 🤘🏿✌🏿 Love your videos🔥🔥
Reminds me of the weapons in bloodborne. Must have been very surprising to face such an opponent. You think your in for a fair duel but then you get shot seemingly out of nowhere.
I think there was one mistake though in a scene with a musket where instead of the flint striking and pushing open the frizzen, the frizzen moved backwards and collided with the moving flint
All the most rare, intricate, weird and impractical yet real weapons being given to the vampire nobility sounds awesome actually, perfectly edging the line between fantasy and history through the supernatural.
I'm assuming some of these weapons were added in post, hence the few errors with two-handing here and there. adding the weapons later in the animation process gives them WAY more time to do proper research on them, which is why we saw these beauties, at the cost of a few errors here and there
I absolutely love your rationalization that the Vampire learned to use a slashing-based sword a few hundred years prior and hasnt adjusted to the new thin ones! Its both hilarious and vaguely plausible
I wish I could remember the name, but there was a game (I think for gamecube?) That was a 3rd person, zombie smasher, where each character you could choose had a modern firearm, but they all had special melee attachments. The one that sticks with me the most was the punk girl with duel pistols, each had a sickle blade hanging down from the end of the barrel.
I just disovered problem with super speed and muzzleloaders. If you use your ramrod a bit to eagerly, you can accidently cause compression ignition of the gunpowder.
sc4 whip totally destroys everything when its upgraded, i have never beaten it cuz im not that cool, but i own it on ps4 anniversary edition and used save states to see the ending, was really awesome. i like using the axe sub weapon with it
Kinda off topic, but i feel like the reason the show wasn't as good comparatively to the OG series was to do with trying to do too much in the 1st season. still in my top 10 tho.
it felt like it could have done better with 2 more episodes. cause they crammed too much into just 8 episodes. maybe 12 would have been good. just 4 more episodes so we can get to know the characters more and the world we are in.
You put an axe blade on a musket and you would have a damn effective and stout axe with out doubt and muskets being single shot with logn reload times i am honestly quite shocked that it was never done especially during the civil war when you had people fighting with oversized bowie knives. My one grandfather (couple or 3 greats back) lost his left arm to a musket ball healed up from it and continued his fight against the south with just his bowie and a pistol. He was a traitor to the south and was caught running freed slaves to the north. So large oversized weapons were not unheard of and i just find it odd no one back then thought of putting a axe blade on a musket
When muskets began to be used the "pike and shot" formations (crossbow shots earlier) were standart fare all around europe and asia. Axes are not very usefull in a tigh packed formation, without space to swing it around. They are very short in comparison to 5 meter pikes. Also not the best weapon against cavalary, pikes are much better. Muskets with a spike/sword bayonet doubles as a short pike, good agaisnt cavalary, do not need to swing it around, just stab. Being removable makes it easier to clean the weapon too. It just works better all around. Those bardiches were used by the strelet, a force of heavy infantary militias designed by Ivan The Terrible, more to quell peasant rebelions than war, more of a terror weapon. Worse than seing your friends shot is to see them chopped to pieces. Having a pistol and a big knife, a saber or even a tomahawk works better too, does not impede the usage of the firearm and there are some utilities for a blade that don't work if it is fixed to a gun.
ACTUALLLLLLLLY, having the extra weight at the front of the barrel would make steady aiming easier, not harder. More exhausting, sure. But that's what you do if you want to stabilize your aim.
About them fast reloads has anyone considered the use of a skin cartridge ? (it's a real thing it's bullet and a powder charge attached together by having a piece of streched animal gut around it and a few spraks are enough to make it go off so fine with flint or wheel or matcht lock whatever type of lock you rocking) their's a book on it's manufatcuring for all black powder entusiastes it's called "making the skin cartridge".
Heres a video of a Japanese sword master, using a longsword. Is he using the longsword in the correct way? (TH-cam Channel Name: Lets ask Seki Sensei, video title: “ How would a samurai master fight with a longsword?”, link: th-cam.com/video/bfA90UijSLc/w-d-xo.html)
With the rifle bardiche, I cannot help but wonder this: Would the heat of the muzzle fire affect the shaft holding the axe? I mean, guns will produce heat when fired, but would it cause any damage if you had to swing it right after shooting?
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Maria is still a child. It's entirely possible that rapier was meant for an adult, possibly a male town guard, Terra, or an aristocrat she assassinated.
Your most likely on the mark as they don't make weapons for children.
The handle also looks to change length at times...her mother is a speaker magician so it could be magical in nature.
Yeah, it makes sense she'd need to use both hands because she's not an experienced melee fighter and lets enemies into her range at which point she needs to guard with it which wasn't a strong part of rapiers either.
@@senorstyx3011 they did, just not rapiers for peasant children.
If she did get a weapon made for her it would realistically be something like annette's cleaver-hangers except thinner and with an actual hilt.
Glad someone brought up this point, because isn't the Oakeshott Typology contextually based upon a person's particular physique and measurements in order to determine what dimensions their sword would be?
Maria's rapier could be for someone above the measurements of her physique. Either illegally obtained or salvaged from a dead soldier or man-at-arms, considering she's a revolutionary
I noticed the small sword being handled strangely by that vampire, but as every other character handle theirs very well it downed on me... that vampire doesn't know how to really fight.
He is a vampire aristocrat, i doubt he has seriously fought anyone in decades, if even... it is his wife that goes out to hunt people, she clearly knows how to handle a sword.
That scrub just kept that sword as a form of status probably and mostly would depend on his vampire strength, but Richter isn't a untrained villager.
I really like that idea
@@bellystrawSame.
I think the Marquis(the vampire with the short sword) was simply just untrained. Vampires can rely on their enhanced strength and speed to defeat most humans, thus they don't really have to get skilled.
Also, I wished you would have covered Mizrak's fighting style but I guess that would have delved too much into spoilers. Nonetheless, I loved your video and I am glad for this insight.
Remember, that's a late 18th century french aristocrat who spent his days with participating in courtly drama at Versailles; the french monarch had neutered the aristocratic class' military tradition by that time.
@@ArcMinuteLightit wasn't completely neutered. More like if they participated into military action, they would be officers rather than frontline soldiers. That aristocratic tradition for military officers was one of the reasons France's navy got so easily destroyed during the 7 years war (I don't know how english speakers call this war, I'm french), because we had a lot of incompetent officers compared to the british navy with a bit more of a meritocratic system
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But also when you’re a vampire you have a lot of time and with that time you can get really good with a weapon. Like seriously look at Dracula’s old court, not an amateur among them. It’s no excuse to try.
@@Toneill029 If the aristocrats in the french courts, who had all the time and luxury in the world didn't try to begin with, what makes you think giving them *even more* time and luxury would make them try?
If I'm not mistaken, the eight-way whipping from CV4 was never implemented again since it made many subweapons useless.
Arin Hanson (Egoraptor) did a really good Sequelitis episode on CW4's whip, on how they designed levels and enemy placement based on the secondary weapon but that was rendered moot with the whips new speed and attack angles.
@@Kameth I guess the solution would've been coming up with new sub weapons or a new utility for the existing ones.
@@scelonferdi Yep. It sounded like they included the sub weapons because they were in Castlevania before, not because it fit the game. Traditional and setting trappings are hard to break.
@@scelonferdi They took, in my opinion, a better approach to the problem with Rondo of Blood. They ditched the multi-directional whip, but enhanced Richter movement skills a lot, and doubled down on sub-weapons, adding the item crashes. The multi-directional whip is cool, but Rondo of Blood is much more fun to play overall
@@franciscosouzaaguirre9688 Sure, that's a good approach. Just saying that IF you change the whip you also have to change sub weapons to adjust for the new conditions.
That was an outstanding depiction of the power of ending someone rightly.
That was from Garand Thumb. They shot it with a tank.
@@MoxJet629 BuzzKillington strikes again! BWAhahaheheheheehoo! *slams a dirty diaper into the bride's face then kicks over the pedestal, using it as a ramp, and unicycles out of a window*
@@picklewart5382 Huh? It's not like I was trying to ruin it for anyone it was obviously not a pommel lol. I was just letting him know where to watch the video if he wanted.
@MoxJet629 they have tank launched pommel shells now?
@@nobleactual7616 I guess if you put a threaded hole in the base you could use a tank shell as a pommel.
That was a good chunk of realism for something like Castlevania.
Only one minor correction: don't throw all Eastern Europe into one pot. Shashkas were specifically Russian, no one really used it outside of Russia. Other Eastern European armies used common European style sabers. Same with bardiche.
One thing to note is also that the Shashaka is a more modern weapon which was preferred as a cavalry sabre to get in cuts on high speeds or just cuts in general. It wasn't really used for sword clashes outside of performances
A few Russian weapons here. Because the vampires' mistress is from Russia.
Your statement is not entirely correct. Shashka and bardiche were often used outside of Russia. In fact, russian military implemented them after seeing those weapons being used in eastern Europe and eastern countries on the russian borders. So it's not only possible seeing them in use outside of Russia, but considering that series mentions that Holy Roman Empire still exists, it's very likely to see weapons of it's eastern parts
Just tried to use my dane axe as a gun rest for a rifle that I own, and it works pretty well. It’s probably not as good as a Bardiche, but it works.
I think you're basically right on the money for your point about the smallsword around 5:50
It looks like one of those choices thats made more due to the composition of the scene, as opposed to something more realistic - I think the animators wanted the vampire to look like it turns into a savage, a monster if you will, when it lunges at you - so they have him hold his limbs outstretched in a telegraphed swing. It certainly reads to me more like an artistic choice, versus one driven by the reality of the situation, if I'm making any sense.
TLDR; They thought "this looks cool" and didn't think any further for that one, the rest is of this is all straight gas tho
Also it just makes sense story-wise, that particular vampire is just a nobleman with 0 fighting experience meaning of course he'd have no idea how to use that sword effectively.
I like the idea of him being a very old vampire who's fighting style came from old cutting swords and he hasn't had the chance to adapt his skills to a 100% thrusting weapon. Obviously this idea is grasping at straws and animators went with the rule of cool. But still, I do like this idea a lot. Who knows how old this vampire is, cutting swords have been probably the most common swords in history up to that point so who knows how many centuries of muscle memory a vampire like that has about sword fighting. Something like this could very well be written into a good character.
to be fair, it gets the point across better that the vampire has turned into a savage if he's using his weapon incorrectly as well while he does it
@@MaaZeus Or, maybe he's used to a cut and thrust weapon but wants to remain fashionable. So in deference to his training while remaining fashionable, he carries not a small sword but a spadroon. This way, he still has a cut and thrust sword while remaining fashionable at the same time.
@@MaaZeus Nah, that particular vampire was a recently turned French Nobleman. Just some posh git whom the older vampires turned so they could exploit for his political power and personal wealth. Legit just untrained and swinging wildly, trying to rely on his new vampiric strength and speed to win. That is why Richter dispatches him fairly quickly and easily. The most surprising thing about him is that he lasted in the fight as long as he did lol
Having a vampire flat out REFUSE to learn a new sword technique to match the newer blades available is so hilarious to me. "Back in my day, we use to club people to death and we LIKED it that way! All this fancy shmancy parrying is driving me insane."
Skall, you should make a video about WW1 weapons like shovels, trench maces, trench knives and bayonets. It would be interesting to see what they would do if someone skilled at fighting with melee weapons tested them out, the few videos that are on TH-cam about them tend to be very amateurish in the way they swing these weapons.
That made me think of Castlevania: Bloodlines, aka Vampire Killer for the Genesis/Mega Drive and its narrative successor Portrait of Ruin (which happens to tie Bloodlines and Rondo/SotN together)
iirc, that is something Matt Easton (scholagladiatoria) might cover if he hasn't already.
@@ErrantMasa Unfortunately Matt Easton doesn't do any practical testing, he only talks about them. And I did find 1 video from him about ww1 but it was just about officer sabers.
@@Chroma710 ah. shame, that. the only other person I can think of is Tod Cutler (Tod's Workshop), and I doubt he covers modern arms and armor
Didn't Skal do a video on Shovel Knight?
@@tristanmilner9511 No, he has not. He did make a video of a cheap modern e-tool shovel but nothing else.
Realistic weapons?
Supernatural and magic?
Maria?!!!
Is this a sequel to Maria The Virgin Witch?!
I'm joking, but I did watch that one because of you, Skall!
I think it's pretty clear what happened in those scenes where one-handed weapons were being held in two hands: the director decided that they wanted that to happen because reasons, and the person responsible for historic accuracy didn't get to veto the decision. Isn't that more or less what always happens, even when there's crew dedicated to checking historical accuracy? In the end, they go with what's cool, coz it's entertainment first and foremost, not a documentary.
Same for people being able to whisper to each other while gunfire is going off or just finished. Although a realistic tinnitus ring would trigger everyone's who's watching.
My guess is this was drawn by eastern (Korean, Japanese) artists who would be VERY accustomed to drawing 2 handed swords from other anime and just fell back on what they know to get the job done. And it looked cool enough that nobody really wanted to make them fix it.
@@HeadCannonPrime That sounds very plausible indeed.
@@HeadCannonPrimethat's my thoughts since they all seem to be using any sword like it was a katana.
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sorry for the late reply.
I might be wrong, here, but I think all of the story boarding was done in the US, by Powerhouse Studio. I'm pretty sure Sam Deats boarded a lot of shots and I also follow a couple of other people on Twitter that did story boards and are from the US, but I forgot the names. whoops
If I remember correctly, one of them tweeted at some point that a lot of the in-betweens were done by a Korean studio, but I don't think they animated by themselves, as they had storyboards (and maybe key frames) to follow.
I might be wrong, though, just thought I'd point out what little I remember.
I finally finished the first season of Castlevania Nocturne and I ran back here to watch this video!
That hammer grip on the beautifully modelled smallsword hilt deals me psychic damage.
Given everything they wanted to DO in this season, all the different cultures they wanted to include, *not* doing their research would have been an instant death knell for the whole project. Instead we got some *real* fun stuff out of it.
I'm pretty sure the vampire nobleman with the small sword was just supposed to explicitly be a loser. His 'stance' in that picture is archetypal 'bowlegged dweeb who doesn't know what he's doing', and that was kind of his character too. Vampires in general fell a long, LONG way from Dracula's time. Certain exceptions aside.
There are the obvious cultural elements, but there's also the "What's that vampire?" game you can play. Orlox is a Peuchen, for example. Drolta Tzuentes is a Sasanbonsam, alongside being a reference to a specific Castlevania monster it would be spoilers to say. The deity that gets mentioned a lot is often considered to be the first vampire in mythology period, given how old the culture is.
Didn't expect to get a vid like this from Skall. Really happy about it, since I didn't even parse some of this while watching. Shashkas are cool, I want one now. Just, gauntlets first.
Quality work, as always.
Also the vampire queen, Erzsebet Báthory was a FREAKING REAL HUNGARIAN COUNTESS FROM THE LATE 1500's,
How much the character was based on the real person you ask?
Well, the real life countess, Ecsedi Báthori Erzsébet (the same name in the native form), accused of torturing peasant girls, exactly the same way it was in the show, drinking and bathing in theyr blood to obtain theyr youth. Later, actually after her death, she was accused of incest, necromancy, the list just went on and on.
Not a single testemony was offered by someone that whitnessed the crimes, only second hand accounts were presented, also no evidences were presented, only the testemony of someone that "saw the mutilated bodies and the still alive victims begging to die".
But she was convicted; it was a conspiracy to remove her family from power, they were the local pain in the ass for the Hapsburgs.
But the legendary status of the Bloody Countess of Ecsed made her an ideal inspiration for the show.
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Erzsebet inspired the character Elizabeth Bartley from Castlevania Bloodlines. So this Erzsebet is an adaptations od Elizabeth and a callback to her inspiration.
@@NinjaananasNetflix adapting Bloodlines/Portrait of Ruin and/or the 1999 Demon Castle War into Aria/Dawn would be so dope!
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Yes, but I hope they go to Order of Ecclesia first since it ties into SotN.
@@Ninjaananas good point. I was thinking the Bloodlines/Sorrow path for Alucard, plus Portait had some tracks composed by none other than Yuzo Koshiro
tbh the attention to detail was pretty great all around. The inclusion of voodoo for Annette's magic and having Olrox turn into Quetzalcoatl hinting to his Aztec heritage were really good pulls.
Thank you skallagrim for another interesting, entertaining and informative video 😎👍
Definitely agree putting out the Christmas stuff before even the Feast of Christ the King (November 26th this year) feels very off, let Halloween, Samhain and All Saints Day have their space in the calendar.
The weapons also look very interesting, I wonder if the "From Dusk Till Dawn" series has anything interesting to show in terms of weapons.
Nocturne was really fun! The french revolution setting was a good choice and I enjoyed the expanded story and agency they gave Annette (I've played Rondo of Blood and it was fun seeing the expanded story)
This was really entertaining and informative i really enjoyed this one, also thx for avoiding spoilers, im still watching it.
I found this particular video highly entertaining. Thank you.
Vampire with small sword is like ... "Why isn't this pommel coming off? Am I not the rightly one here? Ugh, whatever. AARGH AT YOU!"
I highly agree about nocturne, I was not as impressed with it as i was the first seasons, but that is an insanely high bar to reach, and i'm confident they will improve the follow-up seasons.
any idea if Nocturne will only cover Rondo...or will later seasons dive into SotN?
@@ErrantMasa Going by the last episode it will, to some extent at least. The story will be different either way, as Dracula is not the antagonist now.
@@Skallagrim nice. it'd be crazy if the Demon Castle War of 1999 ever gets depicted (36 years before Aria of Sorrow; Julius belmont in his prime)
I'll be disappointed if 1) Dracula doesn't appear in later seasons and 2) the showrunners can't get Norio Wakamoto to reprise his role for the Japanese dub
@@ErrantMasa it'd be interesting to see what they do with Soma.
Probably have him try to seek the hidden knowledge of dracula's castle therefore becoming the reincarnation of dracula by having his knowledge.
Also, I just want to see him have LOS dracula's power set, if only just so he could use the shadow whip against julius and the vampire killer.
They won't. It's another platform for wokeism now.
People say it’s not as good as the first show, but the first season of that was about the same feeling. Ended similar too 😂
5:29 yeah, considering he's a vampire, and he's a noble, my assumption, he never bothered to actually learn and never met someone who could actually challenge him. so, he simply has it as a sign of status. also, as vampires are more used to simply needing to use their extreme strength and speed, they don't need to worry about technique.
One of the artists for castlevania nocturne is actually a friend of mine, kat layno.. She studies kendo and kenjustu here in the philippines and i think that may have influenced how many of the weapons in the show are drawn well..
I have a longsword that's thinner and longer than average, to the point I most often use i as a rapier instead. However, it's still technically a longsword and can perfectly work like one (it has a layer of rubber over the steel cuz it's for sparring, so I don't know the specifics of how much damage it would do). It's both possible and practical to have a long blade that can be used in one or two hands, specially for someone small like Maria who might need that extra bit of strength when blocking, but still has access to the reach if need be.
that pommel throw to ballistic gel dummy edit was smooth
Thanks for the great video, I watched the first show because of your previous videos on it.
I can think of at least one reason to two hand a rapier - you jammed it in up to the hilt and are now binding in the ribs / breastbone / spine, requiring both hands and possibly even a boot to withdraw it.
The musket bardiche would work, although the rest hand will have to be uncomfortably far forward. (The steel butt would give it an interestingly "quick" feel in melee)
The barrel alongside the blade gunblades were just as accurate as a dedicated firearm of the same barrel length. (This is pre-rifled barrel, round lead ball era - so not really accurate by our standards, but not bad by the standards of the era.)
A not uncommon amount of earlier English rapiers kept the slash capability and some of those had less developed guards leaving weight for a pommel long enough to be fingered. Not common overall, but I've handled two that are probably period correct antiques. Definitely antiques, but also worn and repaired more than once over the centuries.
just finished it, loved it. finally, someone who isn't shitting on it!
6:25 Well, perhaps he wanted to end him rightly
My guess is that at least in a few shots they probably recycled some animation to avoid stretching the budget, it's much less time consuming when you have the movements figured it out and if they had some animation left from the first series where characters used cutting two handed swords more often it would explain the random instances of two handed use of one handed swords.
Even big budget Disney movies often did it, so I can see an animated TV series with presumably a much lower budget would do it too.
Off-top: Have you ever tried fencing with drunk goggles? (a thing you can buy to simulate drunkenness to a certain extent). And do you think it would be a fair fight: master in drunk goggles vs noob? :)
This would be great
@@nobleactual7616 You know, it would actually be a faithful simulation of many historical events where the combat participants (sometimes entire armies) were drunk.
I love this type of stuff. I hope it pushes others to have more weapons that show how much depth combat created
I may not like the show, but I certainly am appreciative of the realism treated towards the weapons. That's a breath of fresh air rarely seen in the entertainment industry at any point in time, let alone these days.
It would almost be worth taking the time in a show that isn't woke trash.
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It is not woke.
@@bigguy7353The main character is a white man with a whip. About as woke as the confederacy
@@bigguy7353 Having black characters in something doesn't make it "woke". You people don't even know what it means when you cry about it.
how do you not like the show its awesome
Just watched it before watching this video of yours and yaah it's good and the way you pointed out those details it's pretty nice thank you for letting us know
Skal, my good man.
I am of your very early subscriber from the single digest, from your time in PG.
Over the past two years I noticed a course change. I went with it to see where you are taking us.
Is it possible that a channel loses its direction?
I feel yours did. Sadly, our ways are parting here!
Good luck with all your future endeavors!
strong editing in the intro.
If I didn't know that was actually a 75mm shell I would have believed that xD
Liked this vid just for the intro alone. Christmas needs to STAY IN ITS LANE!!!
That opening edit was top tier
8:57 ...So THAT'S where that phrase came from! I always assumed it was some cooking thing I didn't get, damn that makes a lot more sense.
This was a really cool video Skall! I just might have to check this show out now!
1st thought finishing the series "This is crazy🔥😍 I wonder what Skallagrim'll think of this" and its as if the universe heard my thought 🤘🏿✌🏿 Love your videos🔥🔥
I think the swinging and double handed rapiers are more product of a default anime animations than anything else.
Huge fan of this. Awesome coverage again Skalla!
Reminds me of the weapons in bloodborne. Must have been very surprising to face such an opponent. You think your in for a fair duel but then you get shot seemingly out of nowhere.
I think there was one mistake though in a scene with a musket where instead of the flint striking and pushing open the frizzen, the frizzen moved backwards and collided with the moving flint
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Why is the finger ring on that rapier on the opposite side from the knuckle bow?
I was gonna say the same thing. It just makes a handshake grip less safe.
All the most rare, intricate, weird and impractical yet real weapons being given to the vampire nobility sounds awesome actually, perfectly edging the line between fantasy and history through the supernatural.
0:18 end him rightly is an amazing thing!! ❤
I'm assuming some of these weapons were added in post, hence the few errors with two-handing here and there. adding the weapons later in the animation process gives them WAY more time to do proper research on them, which is why we saw these beauties, at the cost of a few errors here and there
the hoodie/jacket thing u wearing is this vid is so dope bro plz link it 😭
I absolutlely loved this show! Always glad to hear that it's (somewhat) realistic!
Loved the show and loved your video!
Filipinos after watching the intro: jokes on you, we do this every time. We even start during September!
8:35 That's badass!
Engaging hook sketch. Well done!
Thanks, I will check it out.
Gah! Missed this upload at work 😢. Great content as always
Great video skall
I absolutely love your rationalization that the Vampire learned to use a slashing-based sword a few hundred years prior and hasnt adjusted to the new thin ones! Its both hilarious and vaguely plausible
I thought it was odd that Richter weilds an arming sword, like bro, get yourself more hand protection.
I always wanted to see a pirate who uses a gun bardishe as a peg leg (probably w/ a string pulled trigger)
I wish I could remember the name, but there was a game (I think for gamecube?) That was a 3rd person, zombie smasher, where each character you could choose had a modern firearm, but they all had special melee attachments. The one that sticks with me the most was the punk girl with duel pistols, each had a sickle blade hanging down from the end of the barrel.
That was really cool. I still need to watch the show
Im glad to see people who enjoyed Nocturne.
Have a happy Halloween Skallagrim 👍, cool video too
Thanks for sharing your view.
Can Skallagrim do a review of weapons in the Avatar franchise? (I mean the Nickelodeon show, not the alien cat people)
Now I want him to review the alien cat people weapons!
I just disovered problem with super speed and muzzleloaders. If you use your ramrod a bit to eagerly, you can accidently cause compression ignition of the gunpowder.
Carmilla had a shashka in season 4 of Castlevania.
One hit with a gun sword and you will have a broken sword and a broken gun.
Best knife - pistol is Jack Knife's in "Fists of Iron", a great movie.
5:25 that may be an english officer using a spadroon
0:14 didn't know u can throw that hard 😳
First, you have to choose the right projectile...
You don't need to throw that hard, that's just the power of the pommel.
That intro clip was 100% real
Man, I'd love if you took a look at the weapons from the Bayonetta series.
sc4 whip totally destroys everything when its upgraded, i have never beaten it cuz im not that cool, but i own it on ps4 anniversary edition and used save states to see the ending, was really awesome. i like using the axe sub weapon with it
Kinda off topic, but i feel like the reason the show wasn't as good comparatively to the OG series was to do with trying to do too much in the 1st season. still in my top 10 tho.
it felt like it could have done better with 2 more episodes. cause they crammed too much into just 8 episodes. maybe 12 would have been good. just 4 more episodes so we can get to know the characters more and the world we are in.
@@halfknight2310 yeah. No time to get attached.
Perfect spooktober video!
That bardiche blade you could use as a mono pod
8:49 Hail kislevites streltsi!
You put an axe blade on a musket and you would have a damn effective and stout axe with out doubt and muskets being single shot with logn reload times i am honestly quite shocked that it was never done especially during the civil war when you had people fighting with oversized bowie knives. My one grandfather (couple or 3 greats back) lost his left arm to a musket ball healed up from it and continued his fight against the south with just his bowie and a pistol. He was a traitor to the south and was caught running freed slaves to the north.
So large oversized weapons were not unheard of and i just find it odd no one back then thought of putting a axe blade on a musket
When muskets began to be used the "pike and shot" formations (crossbow shots earlier) were standart fare all around europe and asia. Axes are not very usefull in a tigh packed formation, without space to swing it around.
They are very short in comparison to 5 meter pikes. Also not the best weapon against cavalary, pikes are much better.
Muskets with a spike/sword bayonet doubles as a short pike, good agaisnt cavalary, do not need to swing it around, just stab. Being removable makes it easier to clean the weapon too.
It just works better all around.
Those bardiches were used by the strelet, a force of heavy infantary militias designed by Ivan The Terrible, more to quell peasant rebelions than war, more of a terror weapon. Worse than seing your friends shot is to see them chopped to pieces.
Having a pistol and a big knife, a saber or even a tomahawk works better too, does not impede the usage of the firearm and there are some utilities for a blade that don't work if it is fixed to a gun.
About the 5:47 mark maybe he is fighting in anger and not using good fighting sense?
ACTUALLLLLLLLY, having the extra weight at the front of the barrel would make steady aiming easier, not harder.
More exhausting, sure. But that's what you do if you want to stabilize your aim.
It would reduce muzzle flip (which is obviously not relevant for single-shot guns), but I find aiming with a muzzle-heavy firearm awkward.
For the rapier, it could be her sword was designed for someone with larger hands. She has smaller hand and thus can 2 hand it maybe
New Castelvania serie? Gimme, gimme!
If there's one thing I've learned from assassin's creed. It's that the main character *HAS* to look out of place even when he's not supposed to.
About them fast reloads has anyone considered the use of a skin cartridge ?
(it's a real thing it's bullet and a powder charge attached together by having a piece of streched animal gut around it and a few spraks are enough to make it go off so fine with flint or wheel or matcht lock whatever type of lock you rocking) their's a book on it's manufatcuring for all black powder entusiastes it's called "making the skin cartridge".
These Castlevanias are so fucking good. Modern animated classics in my opinion.
Castlevania Nocturne is really good. Despite it deviated from the games a bit. Season 2 is gonna be fire.
Heres a video of a Japanese sword master, using a longsword. Is he using the longsword in the correct way? (TH-cam Channel Name: Lets ask Seki Sensei, video title: “ How would a samurai master fight with a longsword?”, link: th-cam.com/video/bfA90UijSLc/w-d-xo.html)
As far as I know Poland is the only country to outfit a military unit with musket axes. And being Poland, they were of course a mounted cavalry unit.
20 seconds in, already laughing and putting the thumps up. I love your style!! :D
Flint clock work rifle…intimidating noise and the wait as you run 😅😅 at them …. 😅😅😅😅
Great video about #CastlevaniaNocturne!
Man how have you not done a video about nightmare of the wolf
With the rifle bardiche, I cannot help but wonder this: Would the heat of the muzzle fire affect the shaft holding the axe? I mean, guns will produce heat when fired, but would it cause any damage if you had to swing it right after shooting?
Hey you might want to correct the name of the rapier chapter