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COMPLETED SHIELD with photo review....
Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 8:57 pm
by Baron Conal
More progress....
Need more Chicago screws....
[img]http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r295/ConalOhAirt/DSCF1705.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r295/ConalOhAirt/DSCF1706.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r295/ConalOhAirt/DSCF1707.jpg[/img]
Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 8:59 pm
by asbrand
Very pretty.
Be a shame to actually fight with that.
Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 9:17 pm
by D. Sebastian
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 4:52 pm
by Baron Conal
It's DONE! I've got it finished, finally.
I'm really happy with the final product.
It will probably debute at the Midrealm
Rose Tourney....
Since the great crash ate the original thread...
here is a review....
[img]http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r295/ConalOhAirt/shieldartideaII.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r295/ConalOhAirt/conal_102.gif[/img]
[img]http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r295/ConalOhAirt/shieldartideaIII.gif[/img]
[img]http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r295/ConalOhAirt/shieldartIV.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r295/ConalOhAirt/shieldart6-1.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r295/ConalOhAirt/sheildartprogress5-1.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r295/ConalOhAirt/ShieldArtProgress7-1.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r295/ConalOhAirt/Shieldpainting8-1.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r295/ConalOhAirt/shieldpaintingprogress12.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r295/ConalOhAirt/shieldartdone-1.jpg[/img]
and the finished product....
[img]http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r295/ConalOhAirt/completedI.jpg[/img]
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 5:17 pm
by Glaukos the Athenian
Duuuuude....!
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 5:29 pm
by InsaneIrish
that is way cool.
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 5:44 pm
by Aonghus
B-E-A-utiful!!! Now let's see the back
Does the stitching on the corners go through the shield or is it on top of the wood? Also, what is the edging...leather? Truly outstading!
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 5:54 pm
by Baron Conal
Aluminum shield.
Canvas contact cemented onto surface.
Heavy leather edging ( about 3/16" thick )
Really really glad I did not use trim-lock edging
Stitching all the way around leather.
Chicago screws hold it in place ( easy to take
off for touch-ups and repairs )
Painted with acrylic paints.
Didn't mix the colors to hopefully make color matching
touch-ups easier later.
Pic of back later....
( starting to think about what to do with the shield
I'll be getting from Vitus now...... Gotta really reach
to top this one....)
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 6:57 pm
by rhys
how about fighting with it.....
truely a work of art nicely done...... makes me feel lazy everytime I take mine out and fight maybe I'll use your ideas (if thats allright) to do up my shield
Rhys
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 7:34 pm
by Sigtyr
That's gorgeous work. Well done.
Sigtyr
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 7:40 pm
by Agnarr
I am speechless.
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 8:03 pm
by Effingham
Sweet, man. Seriously sweet.
Effingham
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 9:02 pm
by Luca Sogliano
Saw it in person before it was strapped up: it gets ya twice, once when you see it, and again when you realize it's not a print or anything.
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 9:06 pm
by thomas penyngton
Absolutely beautiful. Can't wait to hit it!!!
thomas p
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 9:34 pm
by William of Stonebridge
Beautiful work! What a wonderful way to honor your two fair ladies!
Huzzah!
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 9:45 pm
by Uilleag
thomas penyngton wrote:Absolutely beautiful. Can't wait to hit it!!!
thomas p
The idea is to hit the man bearing the shield, not the shield itself. An inspiring piece of work, truly.
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 12:41 am
by RenJunkie
Bravo.
I hope mine turn out half as good.
Christopher
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 12:48 am
by Uadahlrich
That's way sweet Conal!
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 2:04 am
by Bastior
I'm sorry but if I were the inspecting marshal I'd have to say no.
Any behavior that takes deliberate advantage of an opponent’s chivalry or safety-consciousness, or
that takes deliberate unfair advantage of an opponent, is prohibited.
Marshals handbook III B 6
The natural reluctance to risk messing up that shield is an unfair advantage
Seriously, that's a fantastic job. Well done.
B
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 7:59 am
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
That is a truly elegant piece.
The only way I'd ever achieve something like that is if someone painted it for me. I have no skill as an artist. Even the anchors on my arms are more an exercise in draughtsmanship than art.
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 5:29 pm
by Baron Conal
Now I do not like the edging on my other shield...
That leather was not too hard to put on and it looks
really nice.....
Emailed Thorfinn ( a local guy ) about another shield blank....
It never ends does it?
