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KirasDarkLight — Kagehime Reference Sheet

Published: 2012-06-26 05:06:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 6037; Favourites: 90; Downloads: 0
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Description The first of my commissions! I'm super excited~
This Zanpakuto belongs to the OC Hibana Hara (Hmmm, I wonder where I've seen that last name before >w>) who belongs to
Thank you very much for the commission.


Name: Kagehime

Zanpakuto Command: Command your Shadows

Appearance: In it’s sealed state it takes shape of a Muromachi at a length of 59 inches. The Tsuka is wrapped in a dark purple cloth while the Tsuba takes shape of three interlocked spirals

~Shikai~

Appearance: When in Shikai The blade remains a Muromachi but the whole of the blade is jagged and pitch black


Shikai Abilities: Kagehime is a zanpakuto that can manipulate weak shadows to her will while in shikai state. Manipulating these shadows is not always an easy thing to do as.. Shadows don’t like masters or mistresses of any sort. There is a tendency for the shadows to ‘rebel’ against their ‘orders’ and attack the wielder of Kagehime instead of the intended target.

~Bankai~

Appearance: a Scythe, longer and not nearly as beautiful as it’s mother. The blade was coming from the mouth of a skull that had dark red reiatsu orbs for eyes and had holes in the metal. The staff itself is just as crude, looking like a mangled branch off a black tree.

Bankai abilities: The bankai of Kagehime basically has the same abilities as it does while in Shikai but at a higher level of control.


~Zanpakuto Extras~

Human Form: Kagehime, does not hold a human form as it would most likely be very grotesque. Instead her form is a very simple black cat with three tails and dark red eyes. At times this feline may seem completely normal, untalking, no spiritual presence and watching. Other times the cat is very chatty and holds a very powerful presence; These times the cat also looks unremarkably injured, cut up to near ribbons and missing those charming red eyes.


Spirit Personality: Quiet. Doesn’t do a lot or talking, or anything for that matter. This particular spirit is perfectly happy being left alone.

Inner World: The foggy ruins of an old castle.
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Sarah-Paperknife [2016-03-07 05:02:36 +0000 UTC]

cool

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KirasDarkLight In reply to Sarah-Paperknife [2016-03-07 05:03:44 +0000 UTC]

Thanks~

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kurotsuchitaichou12 [2012-06-28 08:52:09 +0000 UTC]

likin it. could already tell it meant 'shadow princess' without translating. there are two forms of a zanpakuto's manifested spirit, the beast (specified in description) and the human form. i'm guessing the human form will be some sort of decaying female corpse?

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KirasDarkLight In reply to kurotsuchitaichou12 [2012-06-29 02:53:52 +0000 UTC]

Might be. Though from what I can understand so far she actually wouldn't have a human form.

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goddess-lover [2012-06-27 15:58:13 +0000 UTC]

normally when someone describes a melee weapon, I know what they're talking about, but this time I'm at a loss. What is a Muromachi? I know from the reference sheet here that it's similar to a katana, but it's obviously different since it has a different name.

In other news, awesome design. A lot better than some of the other once I've seen on this site.

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KirasDarkLight In reply to goddess-lover [2012-06-29 02:52:49 +0000 UTC]

A muromachi is time period in which the specific blade is from. From one period to another the katana blade changed in both length and shape, while it wasn't to drastic it does change the style of the weapon. I have a chart I use to properly determine the shapes.

*VioletRadience does come up with some really good designs, I'm just glad I got to draw it out.

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kurotsuchitaichou12 In reply to goddess-lover [2012-06-28 09:00:38 +0000 UTC]

there's an absolute shitload of japanese sword types and variations thereupon. but muromachi happens to be an era in japanese history, so i think she is simply taking a sword from that period. i try to keep my zanpakuto designs simple, with only 6 sealed forms; katana (normal sword), wakizashi (side sword), kodachi (short sword), nodachi (long sword), tanto (dagger) and shikomizue (sword cane).check mah gallery dude, [link]

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rei-koumei [2012-06-26 17:06:50 +0000 UTC]

So freaking cool *.*

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KirasDarkLight In reply to rei-koumei [2012-06-26 22:17:15 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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rei-koumei In reply to KirasDarkLight [2012-06-26 22:17:44 +0000 UTC]

Welcome!!

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Chipmunksinanime777 [2012-06-26 09:56:17 +0000 UTC]

This is gonna sound stupid and very noobish, but how are yall doin' these reference sheets? Is it something online or what?

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KirasDarkLight In reply to Chipmunksinanime777 [2012-06-26 22:20:49 +0000 UTC]

While I am online here on DA I make these in CS5. They take me 1-3 hours depending on how complex the design of the weapon and tsuba (guard) are. I can also make reference sheets for weapons other than zanpakuto, but I haven't found the need to or been asked yet.

Hope that answers your questions. And no worries about sounding newb-ish or what ever, we were all once there at some point. I still remember my days. xD

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Chipmunksinanime777 In reply to KirasDarkLight [2012-06-26 22:41:20 +0000 UTC]

So is CS5 a website or something?

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KirasDarkLight In reply to Chipmunksinanime777 [2012-06-26 22:51:57 +0000 UTC]

No. CS5 is Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 that you can either buy for a fair bit of money (or get pyrited which I don't particularly agree with but eh, there you go) [link]
It's a program that lets you do all sorts of things from photo manipulation to drawing, a lot of the pieces posted up here on DA are made with either the same or older versions.

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Chipmunksinanime777 In reply to KirasDarkLight [2012-06-26 23:23:19 +0000 UTC]

Thx!

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KirasDarkLight In reply to Chipmunksinanime777 [2012-06-26 23:47:31 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome.

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Chipmunksinanime777 In reply to KirasDarkLight [2012-06-27 01:26:02 +0000 UTC]

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KirasDarkLight In reply to Chipmunksinanime777 [2012-06-27 01:34:19 +0000 UTC]

Oh lawd ponies. xD

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Chipmunksinanime777 In reply to KirasDarkLight [2012-06-27 01:55:07 +0000 UTC]

Problem? XD

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KirasDarkLight In reply to Chipmunksinanime777 [2012-06-27 02:45:43 +0000 UTC]

They're just not my 'cup of tea,' so to speak.

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Chipmunksinanime777 In reply to KirasDarkLight [2012-06-27 02:49:17 +0000 UTC]

Oh, I see. Okay!

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KirasDarkLight In reply to Chipmunksinanime777 [2012-06-27 02:55:09 +0000 UTC]

xD

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Chipmunksinanime777 In reply to KirasDarkLight [2012-06-27 04:34:52 +0000 UTC]

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KirasDarkLight In reply to Chipmunksinanime777 [2012-06-27 05:03:37 +0000 UTC]

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Chipmunksinanime777 In reply to KirasDarkLight [2012-06-27 06:09:00 +0000 UTC]

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Nero--Angelo [2012-06-26 05:11:03 +0000 UTC]

is it just me or does anyone else get a nightmare before christmas vibe from this?
Good zanpakuto design btw

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KirasDarkLight In reply to Nero--Angelo [2012-06-26 05:22:50 +0000 UTC]

lol I never really thought of it that way, but maybe a little. I'm not quite sure. I think that it might because I'm thinking of it from more of a Kingdom Hearts perspective.

And thanks, but I'm merely a visualizer. Vi came up with the design.

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SchemingAmaryllis In reply to Nero--Angelo [2012-06-26 05:22:31 +0000 UTC]

can I say that I love you for this comment? <3

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