Brunch Topic: What's the most beautiful weapon?

Posted Jan 19th 2008 11:01AM by David Bowers
Filed under: Items, Breakfast topics

Now that we have 3D renditions of items on Wowhead.com, I've been playing with them a bit, and it really does give a completely different sense of what a particular item looks like. Since I'm on a Mac, I've never had a chance to play with the WoW Model Viewer before, and I imagine such a web-based version is pretty fresh and interesting for many other players as well.

Since there are so very many new 3D models to choose from, let's narrow the choices a little bit and just talk about weapons. Have a look at all the different weapon models, copy your favorite link into a comment, and then tell us why you think it looks the best so that we can go check it out for ourselves!

Tags: 3d, favorite, mac, model-viewer, models, weapon, wowhead.com

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

1-19-2008 @ 11:22AM

Musashi Blaker said...

I like Thunderfury personally
http://www.wowhead.com/?modelviewer=30606#java

1-19-2008 @ 11:31AM

dAnixx said...

Thunderfury and Sulfuras Hand of Ragnaros

1-19-2008 @ 11:34AM

Aler said...

Claw of the Phoenix is pretty nice looking, as are most of the fist weapons: http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29948

1-19-2008 @ 11:40AM

Genoce said...

http://www.wowhead.com/?item=2139

Dirk ftw.

1-19-2008 @ 11:43AM

karellen said...

The Terestian's Stranglestaff I got last night!

1-19-2008 @ 11:46AM

Nails said...

The Bringer of Death 2.0 ([Staff of the Shadow Flame])
http://www.wowhead.com/?modelviewer=31960

the [Ethereum Nexus-Reaver] is pretty sexy too
http://www.wowhead.com/?modelviewer=43263

also, don't mess with anyone who's got [Ashkandi, Greatsword of the Brotherhood]
http://www.wowhead.com/?modelviewer=32000

1-19-2008 @ 11:58AM

PeeWee said...

Simplicity is beauty. Guardian Blade (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=13041) is my favourite.

1-19-2008 @ 12:09PM

Matthew Rossi said...

Speaking as a weapon junkie who even had Sulfuras for a while, http://www.wowhead.com/?item=24044 (Hellreaver) is the best 2h weapon in terms of looks. The Arena polearm should look so good.

1-20-2008 @ 2:09AM

agentaero said...

hellreaver was always my favorite too

1-19-2008 @ 12:13PM

Jason said...

WoW model viewer for mac: http://www.sailesha.com/wowmodelview/

1-19-2008 @ 12:59PM

Zach said...

Sorry, but that hasn't worked for a while now, Jason. Besides, even when it did, the interface was poor and not as full-featured as the PC version.

1-19-2008 @ 12:20PM

Dreadherald said...

I've always liked the Staff of Infinite Mysteries
http://www.wowhead.com/?modelviewer=40370

1-19-2008 @ 12:29PM

TheMinority said...

http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30883

Filled with both nature-y goodness and WTF power.

1-19-2008 @ 12:48PM

Riyumi said...

The Spiteblade

http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28729

one of the coolest looking weapons in the game.

1-19-2008 @ 12:55PM

Mity said...

my favourite ranged wep: http://www.wowhead.com/?item=32336

my current melee:http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29993

and from vanillawow: http://www.wowhead.com/?item=19364
(loved that sword, kept it for ages even at 70)

1-19-2008 @ 2:41PM

Dyermaker said...

Still one of my personal favorites of all time, the Arcanite Reaper...

http://www.wowhead.com/?item=12784

1-19-2008 @ 3:23PM

Nosophoros said...

The Rising Tide (which unfortunately doesn't work that well with WoWhead's model viewer) is my absolute favourite. It looks amazing, better than the Warglaives and a lot more 'axe that would hurt'-ish than the Soul Cleaver, the other BT/HS level axe. (http://www.wowhead.com/?modelviewer=45492)

P.S.: Does anyone know of an easy way of getting the links to the model viewer? I just press View Page Info (it's a Firefox thing, I imagine it's something like Properties on IE) and copy the URL from there, but isn't there something easier?

1-19-2008 @ 4:36PM

Michael said...

Teebu's

http://www.wowhead.com/?item=1728

1-19-2008 @ 4:53PM

Deusmortis said...

Always liked my Argent Avenger,
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=13246

No blue had the right to look so nice, especially with a crusader or fiery enchant. Sadly, the model viewer doesn't like it.

Also, I've always liked the looks of... The Ashbringer...
http://www.wowhead.com/?modelviewer=23875#flash

1-19-2008 @ 11:47PM

A Man In Black said...

The Ashbringer...

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