I don't have a shield to post, but I just wanted to ask how you liked the Fived Lobed Viking Sword J.D. I have that same sword, though mine is a bit more worn looking, since I like to swing it around and had to sand it a bit when I let it rust. What's your opinion on it?

As for me, I personally like mine, though I have no real experience with anything better than Windlass. Good and solid, cuts water bottles well, fairly light and balanced.


Edit: Forgot to ask how you came to have that shield in your collection. Did you work on the movie?

Have been working on this new heater which I bought from Pitbull Armory. Covered in canvas, riveted a veg tanned leather rim, added straps and guige and armpad, paint and some decoration. I am going to baste the rim and leather bits in my special cuir boulli sauce and add some final touches of paint. tr

Looks good Thom. It looks to me like you applied the leather edge while dry, no? In the future, if you soak it really good then begin to apply it from one side, stretching it over the edge as you go along, by the time it dries a day or so later it'll pull itself very tightly onto the rim and lose some of the fluff material that you've got there.

Cheers!

-Gregory

Hello all,

I hope you don't mind me asking a few questions here (and too help bump this great thread). My girlfriend is a very skilled painter. For my birthday I asked her if she would paint my coat of arms (issued by the Bureau of Heraldry in South Africa http://broadswordleague.ning.com/photo/200610...xt=latest) on a shield for me. She said she'd try her hand at it. Since there are so many nice shield here I thought I'd ask what type of shield is best for this? Metal or wood? What types of paints look best? I was thinking of using either this one: http://www.kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=...gle+Shield and just priming over the charges already there or: http://www.kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=...ter+Shield

I'm open to other shields and any ideas about what type of paint to use. While I never intend to use it for anything other than decoration I do like the idea of having it on a realistic shield.

Best regards,

these are the first two shields i have made. i am currently in the process of making my first heater. will be back with more pictures and updates.

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New project. Late 14th century shield for my friend. 100% handwork, no stencils, only medieval techniques. We hate "reconstructions from the assembly line" ;)
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Absolutely beautiful! Your friend is one lucky knight.

just found this thread. here's mine
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with a few extra bits, and the motif inspiration in the foreground...

I love that picture.

The dog is great!

This is a shield that I put together last fall. It consists of glued poplar planks with a nominal thickness of 1/2". The grip is also poplar and was carved by me. It is attached with clinched iron nails. The face of the shield is covered with linen and painted with milk paint mixed to resemble orpiment as closely as possible without subjecting myself to the toxicity of that pigment. The face is tapered starting about six inches from the edge to about 2/3 the thickness of the shield at center, and the rim is rawhide attached with iron tacks. I am not fully satisfied with the boss, but it was the best that I could find at the time. Sadly, my carpaltunnel has brought my dishing days to and end. The diameter is approximately 27.5" and it weighs between 5 and 6 pounds.

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shield back

this is an idea for a my shield please dog on me as much as possible :D[img]C:\Documents and Settings\Daisy Robbins\Desktop\bryan folder\armor\New Bitmap Image.bmp[/img]

This is my second shield that I made for a 3 year old son of some friends.



Poplar planks butted together, covered with canvas, and edged with rawhide. The boss was made out of a small stainless steel bowl that I cold forged into shape.



Art work is Odin vs Fenrir at Ragnarok.



The kid is only 3, so it is a bit smaller than a normal sized shield.



A Viking can't be a Viking with out an axe and a helm, so I made an axe out of some spare foam that I had laying around. The helm I found at the art supply store when I was buying brushes for the detailed work on the shield (yes, I know Viking helms didn't have horns).

Here's my newest shield. It's the first one I've actually made. Ye Old Gaffers tutorials made it a snap from template to shield press to final product. Pretty fun project!

http://yeoldegaffers.com/default.asp

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And my latest one - actually made the last year

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and back

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Basic 24" circular shield nothing special cept the boss has a couple of screws to secure it. It's my training shield and loner shield but a good one. Shown is my bearded axe and me posing for a photo.

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Hi,

I just recently completed my first infanftry-shield (60x100cm), which I want to share with you. It resembles roughly some examples seen in the Morgan Picture Bible (Maciejowski Bible / Crusader Bible). It's made of Meranti-Plywood, the rawhide is sewn to the wood. Well, I bought the frame but made all of the leatherwork an artwork by myself. The straps are riveted to the corpus by forged nails and selfmade metalpieces. The front is covered in canvas and painted in oxblood red and white acrylic paint. The artwork is also taken from the Morgan Picture Bible.

Greetings,
Thomas

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These are two of the bigger shields depicted in the Morgan Bible. They are only used bei infantrymen and show adornments, rather than coats of arms.

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I chose these lines instead of a coat of arms, because my kit is made to resemble a footsoldier (1250), not a nobleman. [ Download ]