No soldier without a shield.

Pretty basic stuff – Two sheets of plywood are glued together and bent to the desired curve.

Handle and elbow strap are installed and secured with bolts and nuts.

Edge is covered with a foam insulation tube

And the entire thing is sprayed with the desired colour.

I painted a rough outline of the icon before I sprayed… that would bite my butt for the rest of the process

The iconography is supposed to be a horn, so sketching a few ideas in the notebook, as I wasn’t quite happy with the idea I initially sketched on the plywood



The new design is sketched out and painted after the entire shield has been given another few coats of the base colour.



The foam is covered in skin, nailed down on the front (because it is pretty) and stapled on the back (because it is much faster)

Not quite happy with how clear the original pencil design is showing through, so marking off the section where it is the most visible, in a simple geometric pattern (a downward angle)



The House has a secondary colour (purple… it looks better in sunshine (but the sun is on vaccation elsewhere these days), so I used that colour to cover the pencil sketch completely, and finally I am done with the front of the shield.

The horn got a white outline to make it stand out against the dark background

A bit of paint ran under the tape, so before it was completely dry, I washed it off with a cotton pad and ensured the smooth line between the colours



And on the back, I added padding for my arm and my knee (in case we face off against polearms, a knee pad is rather helpful detail)

Final detail is a carry strap… becuse the shield is rather heavy to walk around with outside of combat

