Kit Rae Swords - Meet the Designer
Kit Rae is an "edged fantasy art" designer.
In other words, he designs swords and other fantasy weapons and has a worldwide reputation for the design and quality of his work.
Rae also specializes in other types of art relevant to the horror, science fiction, pinup, and fantasy genres.
Much of Rae's artwork takes the form of art prints that are included with his very popular Swords of the Ancients sword collection.
But he also issues a limited edition art prints, guitar art, and a special series of Zippo art lighters.
Rae's mixed media approach to art includes photography, drawing, painting, and computer-created artwork.
Rae's most prominent art is connected in some way to his Swords of the Ancients collection.
Swords of the Ancients (SOA) is a complete mythology that Rae created to give backstory to his artwork.
The artists that Rae credits with having the greatest influence on his creations include Gil Elvgren, H.
R.
Giger, Hoebius, Jim Burns, Boris Vallejo, Michael Whelan, and Frank Frazetta, as well as film concept artists Joe Johnston, Ralph McQuarrie, and Ron Cobb.
Rae's knife and sword designs have appeared in numerous television programs, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The X-Files, and Burn Notice.
They have also been seen in films such as Star Trek: nemesis, Spider Man 2, and The Chronicles of Riddick.
Rae designed famous weapons like the Indiana Jones Khyber Bowie and the Sword of Darkness, and has created and supervised licensed replica weapons from movies and television programs like Blade, Blade Trinity, Total Recall, Hellboy, Mortal Kombat, The Mask of Zorro, Highlander, and Prince of Persia.
He has created and overseen more than 50 products for the three Lord of the Rings movies.
And if that weren't enough, he is the replica design supervisor for weapons for video games, including the Frostmourne sword from World of Warcraft.
He also supervised design of the Red Queen sword from Devil May Cry, and the blades in God of War.
He has had original sword designs used in many video games as well.
Rae's most famous art is the Swords of the Ancients collections that he designs and creates for United Cutlery.
They are hugely popular in the worldwide collectible market for fantasy weapons.
But even though Rae has been designing knives and swords for over 25 years, he says his passion has always been for fantasy and science fiction art.
While a few of his swords and knives are functional, most are not, and were not intended to be.
"These are for collectors and lovers of fantasy art," he says.
The SOA collection, begun in 1997, is now legendary among collectible sword and ax enthusiasts who insist on the best designs and highest quality.
Every sword comes with an art print and certificate of authenticity that includes the weapon's particular place in the SOA mythology and he usually adds two new swords per year.
Here are just two outstanding examples of the many pieces in Kit Rae's Swords of the Ancients collection: The KR0006 Anathros Sword of the Earth has the power to reshape the earth and its elements.
In the SOA mythology, the warrior Aluen used Anathros to prevail over Vardor in the Shadow War.
It's 42.
75 inches long, with a 31.
275 inch blade, with an antique silver finish handle and stainless steel twisted wire wrapped grip.
In 2007, Rae issued a 10th Anniversary Limited Edition Sword of Darkness to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the launch of the collection.
Kilgorin is a very popular sword in the collection, and the Limited Edition is black and selectively gold plated, with the edition limited to 1,500 pieces worldwide.
Each comes with a certificate of authenticity and a hand signed poster of Rae's poster "Vaelen Confronts Darkness III.
" This sword is 34.
5 inches long, with a 25.
125 inch blade and solid metal hilt parts.
We just conducted an exclusive interview with Kit Rae and the transcript is at Kit Rae Interview.
Here he discusses some of his past work and reveals some upcoming projects that he will unveil in the near future.
In other words, he designs swords and other fantasy weapons and has a worldwide reputation for the design and quality of his work.
Rae also specializes in other types of art relevant to the horror, science fiction, pinup, and fantasy genres.
Much of Rae's artwork takes the form of art prints that are included with his very popular Swords of the Ancients sword collection.
But he also issues a limited edition art prints, guitar art, and a special series of Zippo art lighters.
Rae's mixed media approach to art includes photography, drawing, painting, and computer-created artwork.
Rae's most prominent art is connected in some way to his Swords of the Ancients collection.
Swords of the Ancients (SOA) is a complete mythology that Rae created to give backstory to his artwork.
The artists that Rae credits with having the greatest influence on his creations include Gil Elvgren, H.
R.
Giger, Hoebius, Jim Burns, Boris Vallejo, Michael Whelan, and Frank Frazetta, as well as film concept artists Joe Johnston, Ralph McQuarrie, and Ron Cobb.
Rae's knife and sword designs have appeared in numerous television programs, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The X-Files, and Burn Notice.
They have also been seen in films such as Star Trek: nemesis, Spider Man 2, and The Chronicles of Riddick.
Rae designed famous weapons like the Indiana Jones Khyber Bowie and the Sword of Darkness, and has created and supervised licensed replica weapons from movies and television programs like Blade, Blade Trinity, Total Recall, Hellboy, Mortal Kombat, The Mask of Zorro, Highlander, and Prince of Persia.
He has created and overseen more than 50 products for the three Lord of the Rings movies.
And if that weren't enough, he is the replica design supervisor for weapons for video games, including the Frostmourne sword from World of Warcraft.
He also supervised design of the Red Queen sword from Devil May Cry, and the blades in God of War.
He has had original sword designs used in many video games as well.
Rae's most famous art is the Swords of the Ancients collections that he designs and creates for United Cutlery.
They are hugely popular in the worldwide collectible market for fantasy weapons.
But even though Rae has been designing knives and swords for over 25 years, he says his passion has always been for fantasy and science fiction art.
While a few of his swords and knives are functional, most are not, and were not intended to be.
"These are for collectors and lovers of fantasy art," he says.
The SOA collection, begun in 1997, is now legendary among collectible sword and ax enthusiasts who insist on the best designs and highest quality.
Every sword comes with an art print and certificate of authenticity that includes the weapon's particular place in the SOA mythology and he usually adds two new swords per year.
Here are just two outstanding examples of the many pieces in Kit Rae's Swords of the Ancients collection: The KR0006 Anathros Sword of the Earth has the power to reshape the earth and its elements.
In the SOA mythology, the warrior Aluen used Anathros to prevail over Vardor in the Shadow War.
It's 42.
75 inches long, with a 31.
275 inch blade, with an antique silver finish handle and stainless steel twisted wire wrapped grip.
In 2007, Rae issued a 10th Anniversary Limited Edition Sword of Darkness to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the launch of the collection.
Kilgorin is a very popular sword in the collection, and the Limited Edition is black and selectively gold plated, with the edition limited to 1,500 pieces worldwide.
Each comes with a certificate of authenticity and a hand signed poster of Rae's poster "Vaelen Confronts Darkness III.
" This sword is 34.
5 inches long, with a 25.
125 inch blade and solid metal hilt parts.
We just conducted an exclusive interview with Kit Rae and the transcript is at Kit Rae Interview.
Here he discusses some of his past work and reveals some upcoming projects that he will unveil in the near future.
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