Based on a concept by Maxwell Davenport:
https://www.deviantart.com/suburbbum/art/Blades-01-360511203

I created these models early in my career as an exercise in studying 2D concepts and closely matching the style by hand, including brush strokes and colour variation. It was only years later that I realised I had accidentally recreated the same exercise hundreds of beginner 3D artists had given themselves. That piece of concept art is quite a legendary image in the game artist world!