Stats: To account for the difference races here and in subsequent build posts, I'll only put a definite score where it's critical to the build prerequisites; if it's a value added to base, then it's optional, although in this case adding points to anything but CON is weakening the character. If you have a STR-boosting race then you can either stay at 18 and give more love to the other stats or start at 19 and free up an epic feat, or make the jump to 28 end STR.
STR: 18 -> 25 from all levelups. Great STR evens to 26.
DEX: 13
CON: +4 from base
WIS: 0 from base
INT: 13
CHA: 0 from base
Level order: Ftr6; WM7; Ftr 7,8,9,10; WM 8,9,10.
Feats:
1(if Human) Power Attack, and then swap in Improved Knockdown later on, or go for Exotic Prof and that kinda weapon.
1 Dodge
Ftr1 Mobility
Ftr2 Weapon Focus
3 Spring Attack
Ftr4 Weapon Specialisation
6 Expertise
Ftr6 Whirlwind Attack
~Houston, we have a Weaponmaster, unless you forgot to crossclass 4 ranks in Intimidate, in which case we have a problem~
9 Improved Criticism
12 Knockdown
Ftr8 Power Attack
15 Cleave
Ftr10 Blindfight
18 Great Cleave
This version rushes for WM, and tacks on the Devcrit reqs as an afterthought. You can rejig this to rush for Great Cleave at level 4, which, especially for twohandering WMs, makes the 4-10 stretch pass in a heartbeat. Whether that makes the longer wait for WM massacring worth it is something I've never measured rigorously.
Epic level order: Rogue1; Ftr 11, 12; WM 11, 12, 13, Rogue2; WM 14, 15, 16
Epic feats:
21: Epic Weapon Focus
Ftr12: Epic Weapon Specialisation
24: Armourskin
WM13: Overwhelming Criticism
27: Great STR I
WM16: Devastating Criticism
30: [Optional].
I don't rate Devcrit as anything but a PvP tool, hence me leaving it till last, but rejigging to get it earlier is none too hard.
Up until level 20 for a twohanderer and level 25 for a blade'n'board, this build can solo for XP really fast. Then it hits a brick wall where buffing or tanking is your only hope of seeing more than 20/kill. This isn't actually terrible, mind - a WM can still get XP on the 'whale' model of huge numbers of very small meals quicker than some builds manage on the 'lion' model of a great big meal once every so often. But you'll be unimaginably bored of the giant's voiceset by the end of it.
In RP's PvP, the WM is the most dangerous character in the room, as long as it can see everyone, and as long as it's the first two rounds of the battle. After that, your power drops off a cliff as people gather up their ability to kill you.
That's sort of the running theme with the stock WM: you're exceptionally deadly, but unless you've got friends who have stopped people trying to kill you, or have buffed your AC and saves/immunities so high that you have become hard to kill, then you're pretty much toast in seconds.
Roleplay(hereonin is purely Uberuce's opinions. Unlike the maths above he's not going to argue about them):
You have almost no wiggle room on stats, so you're pretty much locked into being a big of an abrasive reckless git, but without the excuse of being stupid. The stat stuff doesn't bother me as much as the lack of Wumbamumba-ness that I have myself been guilty of in the past.
A Weaponmaster isn't just someone that's kinda good with any given weapon. That's just everyone who's got Focus and Improved Crits, ie no big deal. A Weaponmaster is someone whose whole being goes electric joogaloo bodysauce totes amaze dead emosh hello to Jason Isaacs when it holds their Weapon of Choice.
Weaponmasters should only be able to marry not just polygamous people, but polygamous people at the extreme end of acceptance of being the nonfavoured spouse, because they will be a Hubble Ultra Deep Field distant second to that WM's killingstick.
That's where the ridiculous DPS comes from. Be a darling and RP it, yus?
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Thanks for trying though but try to refrain from narky tones and wordings, its nice to be nice.