As time went on, heaters gradually became smaller as armour improved. At the same time the popularity of jousting grew greatly and these shields where a staple of such events, with a knights arms emblazoned upon them for all to see. We also start having some near complete extant examples to go off, in particular with working out how straps were arranged on the shield, and we start seeing a much greater complexity in the area compared to previous eras.
As with many of my shields, the construction is all done by hand, with a 10mm ply base pressed into shaped and reinforced with clinched nails. The shields are faced and backed with linen covered in gesso ready for painting. Straps are from 3-4mm leather, fastened with clinched nails.
Note that many historic shields were covered with thin rawhide/parchment, not fabric. However this would be significantly more expensive, so as standard I use fabric. If you would like an even more historically accurate shield please do get in touch.
Statistics:
Height - 61cm
Width - 50cm
Depth - 10cm
Weight - 1.5kg
As time went on, heaters gradually became smaller as armour improved. At the same time the popularity of jousting grew greatly and these shields where a staple of such events, with a knights arms emblazoned upon them for all to see. We also start having some near complete extant examples to go off, in particular with working out how straps were arranged on the shield, and we start seeing a much greater complexity in the area compared to previous eras.
As with many of my shields, the construction is all done by hand, with a 10mm ply base pressed into shaped and reinforced with clinched nails. The shields are faced and backed with linen covered in gesso ready for painting. Straps are from 3-4mm leather, fastened with clinched nails.
Note that many historic shields were covered with thin rawhide/parchment, not fabric. However this would be significantly more expensive, so as standard I use fabric. If you would like an even more historically accurate shield please do get in touch.
Statistics:
Height - 61cm
Width - 50cm
Depth - 10cm
Weight - 1.5kg
