After looking at the WAR relic more thoroughly over the last few days.. It appears the glow is an "extension" of the axe head in the shape of what looks to be more Ragnarok-like..

What I am hoping for is the i275 base model (without glow) extends the axe head to those glowy bits, then the glow is on top of that. I would honestly be fine with that as I am not really a huge fan of glow on most weapons.. Fairly subdued glows are more my thing..

I absolutely like "elegant" weapons, but I don't like stale / overly basic designs. It's almost like SE let an intern design a few of the new relics.. The base models just look so plain.

It's almost like they don't realise that 90% of the time the weapons are sitting on our back.. The base model actually has to look good - not just the glow.