The oldest spawns shield was in need of a makeover – a new coat of paint and edge padding (and a new handle fastening)

The shield looked so pretty when it went with us on it’s first outing, but it didn’t even make it past the safety check due to lack of edge padding…

Despite it not even being used, the paint started rubbing off already. I got some pipe insulation at the hardware store and we were set to go

The front was wrapped in a piece of cloth which was painted with the same icon but new colours (his choice)

The pipe insulation was wrapped around the edge, the corners were cut to fit and fastened with duct tape before the entire thing was wrapped with duct tape for increased durability

The handle has been secured with a bit of hardware and it is a much better grip now

Now all we have to do is to wait for his next game and we will know if it stands up to the punishment

And in time the thing might get an additional layer of paint… we ran out of black