So, I put a post on your journal with an idea of the 99 or Swords as a person lying comfortably on a "Bed of Swords" and I was struck with a few other random ideas, none as particularly compelling as the bed, but I thought I'd share... maybe they'll spur some ideas...
A processional arch-vault of drawn swords, such as at a wedding or fancy ball...
A jar of cocktail swords...
A Roman Legion...
a Cosmic Pin-cushion...
Pinhead the Cenobyte...
A heavily 'armed' Hindu-type deity...
nukes launching in WWIII...
Some crazily complex automated medical device operating on somebody (eh...probably better as an alternate 6 of swords...)
Cross-cut shredder...
(someone metioned a museum-type thing...)
And I'm reminded of the necklace of 999 fingers that Angulimala had when he met the Buddha....