Well since im trying to make it as if it were going into a game then having it possible to see each part individually from any angle is kind of important. I also dont want to lose the toy aspect of the character so i think the guard on the blade is important as it adds to it and i need some way to connect the blade to the handle.

As far as modeling the blade goes simple box modeling and then just scaled the edges in. Ive scaled the blades down a bit too they were def a fraction large lol even if it did look cool it didnt fit the character.