Software go to
http://www.irfanview.com/
Download
Take a picture of the entire sword .
Use a picture setting on your camera of 2MB or so (bigger files need more reduction) a comp. screen is what ; 72 dpi ?
Open it using irfanview .
resize it to 800 X 600
then save at approximately 60 %
You should come out with an image that will fit the image requirements .