Yeah I think glowing runes would add a lot but it is a cool weap. On the same note, the skull completely bleeds out with glow, and it just looks like a circle. Maybe make the eyes/nose grey with no glow. Would be easy to test at least.
I have 2 concepts for Centaur inspired from that show Vikings... wondering which idea looks better. please note that colours aren't true to his colour scheme and will reflect more on that when I get to the texture stage.