Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2021 22:31:03 GMT
That's awesome, I'd like to see a picture of it sometime when you get a chance, axes are my other weakness especially ones in the 8th - 11th century. Below are the requested axe pics: Is that the shield you were talking about making a while back? The spear shield? I assumed you didn't make it yet, killer job.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2021 7:12:43 GMT
Oh my. I just remembered something from my childhood. My da had an axe. It was not the throwing kind but he could throw it like he was a logger. That thing would sail through the air, with us well away from him but still in view, and cut into the tree like a hot knife through butter.
|
|
Zen_Hydra
Moderator
Born with a heart full of neutrality
Posts: 2,631
|
Post by Zen_Hydra on Jul 16, 2021 16:36:46 GMT
Below are the requested axe pics: Is that the shield you were talking about making a while back? The spear shield? I assumed you didn't make it yet, killer job. Yes. That's the shield I previously talked about making. Below is a link to the thread I made for that project: sbg-sword-forum.forums.net/thread/59494/hybrid-shield-project
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2021 18:14:32 GMT
Thats wicked, I had no idea it was finished. I was taking a break from sbg at the time I think. Awesome job on it, I wanna steal your idea lol I might make myself a kite shield or scutum, or even an irish shield. But the one you made seems a million times better for duels
|
|
Zen_Hydra
Moderator
Born with a heart full of neutrality
Posts: 2,631
|
Post by Zen_Hydra on Jul 16, 2021 19:41:08 GMT
Thats wicked, I had no idea it was finished. I was taking a break from sbg at the time I think. Awesome job on it, I wanna steal your idea lol I might make myself a kite shield or scutum, or even an irish shield. But the one you made seems a million times better for duels The extensions from the top and bottom not only function as limbs to bind an opponent's weapons (enhanced by the significant mass of the large shield attached to them), and are also recognizable vectors for injury opponents are forced to account for in the midst of combat (or ignore at their own peril), but they also allow for the shield to act as a (smallish) pavise. I really like what the extensions/limbs add to the shield's versatility, and I intend to experiment with combining them with a smaller, lighter, and more nimble shield in the future. Something like the South Asian madu, Chinese gou-rang, and/or Australian parrying shield comes to mind, but I'll certainly play around with the design to put my unique stamp on it. I've also been looking into trying to make a woven shield, or at least one which substitutes a woven plant fiber for wood as a fundamental substrate. I've considered using rattan (which you can buy fully prepared online), but my research suggests that mixtilated yucca leaves would be a superior medium (and yucca is also a readily available resource in the area I reside). Yucca fiber prepared in that manner was apparently used by multiple indigenous societies in North America for the purposes of armor and shields. However, the next shield I'll be making will be a Hellenic aspis. It will be part of the amazing art project I'm getting to make for public display, and it's being funded by the company I work for. My boss loves the arms and armor pieces I've put together over the last few years, and has basically given me carte blanche to make an art installation for the lobby of our new office building. It's an amazing opportunity, and I not only get to work on it as a new part of my work responsibilities, but I get to utilize the many fabrication resources we have in our facilities. My plan is to make a life-sized wooden man (with a concealed load-bearing steel skeleton), and dress him in a hoplite's panoply (helmet, cuirasse/linothorax, tassets, greaves, aspis, dory, and xiphos). I'll be documenting the planning and construction for this project, and intend to share it publicly as I do so.
|
|
|
Post by howler on Jul 16, 2021 20:51:50 GMT
|
|
|
Post by paulmuaddib on Jul 16, 2021 21:31:03 GMT
Thats wicked, I had no idea it was finished. I was taking a break from sbg at the time I think. Awesome job on it, I wanna steal your idea lol I might make myself a kite shield or scutum, or even an irish shield. But the one you made seems a million times better for duels The extensions from the top and bottom not only function as limbs to bind an opponent's weapons (enhanced by the significant mass of the large shield attached to them), and are also recognizable vectors for injury opponents are forced to account for in the midst of combat (or ignore at their own peril), but they also allow for the shield to act as a (smallish) pavise. I really like what the extensions/limbs add to the shield's versatility, and I intend to experiment with combining them with a smaller, lighter, and more nimble shield in the future. Something like the South Asian madu, Chinese gou-rang, and/or Australian parrying shield comes to mind, but I'll certainly play around with the design to put my unique stamp on it. I've also been looking into trying to make a woven shield, or at least one which substitutes a woven plant fiber for wood as a fundamental substrate. I've considered using rattan (which you can buy fully prepared online), but my research suggests that mixtilated yucca leaves would be a superior medium (and yucca is also a readily available resource in the area I reside). Yucca fiber prepared in that manner was apparently used by multiple indigenous societies in North America for the purposes of armor and shields. However, the next shield I'll be making will be a Hellenic aspis. It will be part of the amazing art project I'm getting to make for public display, and it's being funded by the company I work for. My boss loves the arms and armor pieces I've put together over the last few years, and has basically given me carte blanche to make an art installation for the lobby of our new office building. It's an amazing opportunity, and I not only get to work on it as a new part of my work responsibilities, but I get to utilize the many fabrication resources we have in our facilities. My plan is to make a life-sized wooden man (with a concealed load-bearing steel skeleton), and dress him in a hoplite's panoply (helmet, cuirasse/linothorax, tassets, greaves, aspis, dory, and xiphos). I'll be documenting the planning and construction for this project, and intend to share it publicly as I do so. Damn Zen, that sounds awesome. How often do any of us get to combine something we love with our work? Keep us apprised and definitely want to see some pictures of the lobby when your finished.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2021 22:55:58 GMT
Thats wicked, I had no idea it was finished. I was taking a break from sbg at the time I think. Awesome job on it, I wanna steal your idea lol I might make myself a kite shield or scutum, or even an irish shield. But the one you made seems a million times better for duels The extensions from the top and bottom not only function as limbs to bind an opponent's weapons (enhanced by the significant mass of the large shield attached to them), and are also recognizable vectors for injury opponents are forced to account for in the midst of combat (or ignore at their own peril), but they also allow for the shield to act as a (smallish) pavise. I really like what the extensions/limbs add to the shield's versatility, and I intend to experiment with combining them with a smaller, lighter, and more nimble shield in the future. Something like the South Asian madu, Chinese gou-rang, and/or Australian parrying shield comes to mind, but I'll certainly play around with the design to put my unique stamp on it. I've also been looking into trying to make a woven shield, or at least one which substitutes a woven plant fiber for wood as a fundamental substrate. I've considered using rattan (which you can buy fully prepared online), but my research suggests that mixtilated yucca leaves would be a superior medium (and yucca is also a readily available resource in the area I reside). Yucca fiber prepared in that manner was apparently used by multiple indigenous societies in North America for the purposes of armor and shields. However, the next shield I'll be making will be a Hellenic aspis. It will be part of the amazing art project I'm getting to make for public display, and it's being funded by the company I work for. My boss loves the arms and armor pieces I've put together over the last few years, and has basically given me carte blanche to make an art installation for the lobby of our new office building. It's an amazing opportunity, and I not only get to work on it as a new part of my work responsibilities, but I get to utilize the many fabrication resources we have in our facilities. My plan is to make a life-sized wooden man (with a concealed load-bearing steel skeleton), and dress him in a hoplite's panoply (helmet, cuirasse/linothorax, tassets, greaves, aspis, dory, and xiphos). I'll be documenting the planning and construction for this project, and intend to share it publicly as I do so. You have inspired me to make one. A flat shield has the advantage of not needing to do that bend-with-weights and glue thing people do to make a curve. You are a fantastic craftsman
|
|