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Boris Bedrosov · Industry Professional

Great link, Gregory - thanks for it!

As we will see soon, my way is very different, and far from historical.

P. Norton · Posted: Wed 13 May, 2015 11:14 pm Post subject:

Here's mine. A steel buckler made by Parker Brown of Crescent Moon Armoury.

P. Norton · Posted: Sat 23 May, 2015 6:20 am Post subject:

Here's a link to the Crescent Moon Armoury page on the buckler:

http://www.crescentmoonarmoury.net/Crescent_M...ckler.html

Aaron Hoard · Posted: Mon 25 May, 2015 8:45 am Post subject:

Viking Shield made by Alan Senefelder @ Mercenary's Tailor

(along with a trio of A&A axes)

S. Sebok · Posted: Thu 28 May, 2015 7:49 am Post subject:

Heres mine made by Oakheart armory, painted with natural pigmented paint to my specifications. I sized it to match period art dating from 1250-1290

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Harry Lindfors · Posted: Sun 14 Jun, 2015 7:27 am Post subject:

A relative of mine is into larping, so I promised to make something for her. This shield is the result.

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It's basically an average strapped heater, with a strong curve. Plywood bent to shape, the decals are thick felt, glued and nailed to place and then painted. A fun piece to make, even though it is purely fantasy.

Baard H · Posted: Tue 06 Oct, 2015 11:33 am Post subject:

12th century shield for a Norwegian man at arms or lord.
Shape based on the Lewis Chess-pieces, the Bayeaux tapestry among others.
Colours and design from the Baldishol-tapestry.

Greg Henrikson · Posted: Fri 09 Oct, 2015 12:01 pm Post subject:

My Rollo and shield. The shield is the basic one from vikingshield with added rawhide. I'm still trying to find someone else around here to try some techniques with it. The buckler crowd just runs away from me when I bring it to class ;-)

Tjarand Matre · Posted: Tue 13 Oct, 2015 1:00 pm Post subject:

Here is my faux-pavise. It's compressed plywood sheats and not planks, but the shape is good I think. Covered by several layers of linen and diluted glue. Paintjob and riveting by me. Kinda proud of the outcome of my first Fraktur font paintjob. Could pass as a fieldjob by a hungover foot soldier. Paints are linseed oil and pigment.

Danny Nguyen · Posted: Tue 10 Nov, 2015 5:11 pm Post subject:

Here's mine, covered in leather and lacquered with silk on the back.

Shahril Dzulkifli · Posted: Mon 16 Nov, 2015 3:47 am Post subject: Show Us Your Shields

I noticed that the spider emblem on Danny's shield is akin to Venom's, one of Spider-Man's archenemies.

Kevin Coleman M. · Posted: Mon 16 Nov, 2015 10:34 pm Post subject: Shields!

Canvas covered linden boards. Knocked these together over a weekend.

Zimke Zlovoljni · Posted: Wed 02 Dec, 2015 12:05 pm Post subject:

My reconstruction of late 14th/early 15th century shield from the region of medieval Serbia, hope you like it.

Made out of laminated wood, bent into shape by press, once dried covered with several layers of linen using sinew glue. Leather straps colored using alcohol based paint to avoid staining on gauntlets when used.

Heraldry is painted with acrylic pigments, using water diluted wood glue as color binding, giving the color very slight gloss.

Shield shape is seen in several 14th century Serbian frescoes, as well as Orlando's pillar in Dubrovnik(Ragusa). Heraldry is based on 14th century Serbian heraldry as well as same symbols from "stecak" tombstones.

Eric Allen · Posted: Thu 24 Mar, 2016 2:41 pm Post subject:

Broke in my new shield press with a pair of heater shields.

Basic "modern" construction--two pieces of 1/4" plywood glued together over a form to impart a curve. Covered front and back with linen. Painted with acrylics and given a coat of poly. Enarms and guige are leather, held on by carriage bolts, which will make it easier to replace the straps after I finally get some decent buckles.

The one, Gules a Cross Argent, is intended for my early-14th century Hospitaller kit as a renfair/costume piece. The other one, Per Pale Purpure and Vert, a Crocus Flower Or, is just for fun, and a symptom of having a wife who loves Disney movies.

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Harry Marinakis · Posted: Sun 10 Apr, 2016 7:18 pm Post subject:

Slowly putting together a kit... Late 12th C flat-topped kite shield. Sort of historical, based on Rolandslied of Konrad Pfaffe, AD 1180-1200.

I like the wood, so I left the back uncovered. Actual colors are a bit duller than in the photo, tried to recreate an ochre palette. The size is as accurate as I can get it - 20 x 40 inches - based on measurements and shield-to-body proportions from illuminated manuscripts.I covered the shield in canvas instead of leather. I use leather only on my fighting shields, and this one is for show. It gets expensive covering shields with leather, even if it is only 1-2 oz. pigskin.

Craig Peters · Posted: Sun 10 Apr, 2016 10:01 pm Post subject:

Harry Marinakis · Posted: Mon 11 Apr, 2016 2:58 pm Post subject:

Thanks Craig

Paul Greathouse · Posted: Mon 11 Apr, 2016 4:15 pm Post subject:

Here are the shields in my collection. Most of them are self explanatory, the round shields are maple rimmed with rawhide, except for the yellow with green snake, which is the end of an oaken barrel. It is ridiculously heavy and is used as a "training shield". The hexagonal Germanic shields are unfinished as of now, pine with a rawhide face, and will be painted soon, but I lack the funds for the umbos, so that project is on hold for now. The small ones are for my two daughters, 5 and 2. The tall heater shields are painted with the arms of Oain Glyndwyr and the English crown at the time of the Welsh revolution. All of the curved shields are bent plywood faced with canvas and edged with rawhide. I made all of these in my spare time, and most of them have been seriously put through their paces. I have been fairly happy with their performance but am very excited to use the hex shields, they seem very fun.

-Paul

Harry Marinakis · Posted: Tue 12 Apr, 2016 5:29 am Post subject:

Paul there's a lot of work there!