| Project by IantheTinker | posted 03-07-2018 04:55 AM | 774 views | 1 time favorited | 7 comments |  |
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These are wooden shields I made for my two oldest sons. The round one is made of two criss-crossing layers of pallet wood with a piece of an old leather belt as the arm strap. The bolts all around are supposed to resemble the rivets that were around mideival shields. It is finished with a few coats of water based poly. It is quite beefy.
The triangular shield is made of an old section of block board with a piece of natural pine branch as the handle. It is stained with Minwax Special Walnut and has a few coats of water based poly.
Thank you for taking a look!
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Kelster58
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#1 posted 03-07-2018 12:42 PM
Nice job…...Bet they have fun with them….:)
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IantheTinker
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#2 posted 03-07-2018 12:46 PM
Oh yes, one of them has broken a couple of wooden swords on them. My wife made a cape for one of them and arm bracers for another one. They deck themselves out and go to battle.
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Richard
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#3 posted 03-07-2018 09:32 PM
Very Nice Work & Well Done. I’ll bet they got Good Use! Thanks For Posting!!
Rick
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helluvawreck
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#4 posted 03-07-2018 10:44 PM
These are very nice and the kids will love them.
helluvawreck aka Charles
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Dark_Lightning
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#5 posted 03-08-2018 02:15 AM
Cool! Now have them draw up a device to use as a representation of their Arms- heraldic stuff like lions, dragons, etc. They’d have fun with that too, and it would be a neat learning experience.
As a side note, I hope they have some sort of eye protection. A busted sword could equal a busted eyeball.
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IantheTinker
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#6 posted 03-09-2018 03:03 PM
They have goggles and protective glasses. I had them create their own coat of arms as part of a homeschool lesson two years ago. Perhaps it is time revisit and revise those!
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Dark_Lightning
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#7 posted 03-09-2018 09:15 PM
Right on!
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