Recent shields and other projects
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Maelgwyn
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Recent shields and other projects
I have a few pictures online at http://pages.suddenlink.net/egrim/shields.html
Maelgwyn
Hardened leather, hardened steel, linen, natural fiber padding, riveted chain, rawhide-edged birch plywood:
Cool lightweight medieval technologies for superior combat performance.
Hardened leather, hardened steel, linen, natural fiber padding, riveted chain, rawhide-edged birch plywood:
Cool lightweight medieval technologies for superior combat performance.
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Maelgwyn
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Added my latest project, a 16th century gorget.
Feel free to coment on these...I'm kinda proud of the linen-and-gesso covered, rawhide edged shields and the rolled top edge on the gorget.
Feel free to coment on these...I'm kinda proud of the linen-and-gesso covered, rawhide edged shields and the rolled top edge on the gorget.
Maelgwyn
Hardened leather, hardened steel, linen, natural fiber padding, riveted chain, rawhide-edged birch plywood:
Cool lightweight medieval technologies for superior combat performance.
Hardened leather, hardened steel, linen, natural fiber padding, riveted chain, rawhide-edged birch plywood:
Cool lightweight medieval technologies for superior combat performance.
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Maelgwyn
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Thanks guys!
The ailettes are 6x8 inches. The tooling looked better before I applied the gesso...I need to figure out how to add gesso without filling in all the detail I just tooled in.
I guess the thing about the shields that is so cool doesn't really come through in pictures. These are SCA combat shields that are pretty darn authentic and that I expect will hold up to serious weekly use. I need to do more "destructive testing" but I think the rawhide adds enough rigidity to the edge to make a real difference.
If I could find some aluminum channel that is really a "U" and not 3 sides of a square, I could make these even more durable without affecting the look.
The ailettes are 6x8 inches. The tooling looked better before I applied the gesso...I need to figure out how to add gesso without filling in all the detail I just tooled in.
I guess the thing about the shields that is so cool doesn't really come through in pictures. These are SCA combat shields that are pretty darn authentic and that I expect will hold up to serious weekly use. I need to do more "destructive testing" but I think the rawhide adds enough rigidity to the edge to make a real difference.
If I could find some aluminum channel that is really a "U" and not 3 sides of a square, I could make these even more durable without affecting the look.