01-21-2008, 08:04 PM
I'd suggest manning imperial,gather some money,if you're not ready yet,and get a good piece.The other option is make it yourself,becasue I have yet to find another accurate construction.As for the finish,it should have been bronze,otherwise hide covered.Assuming you won't have a bronze faced one,painted hide-or even unpainted-can give you a clue of how it should look like.
Colors should at least look natural,you could use shades of red,blue,green,yellow,purple,black,white and whatever.
Manning imperial shields are made in a lathe and they don't have a standard thickness.The poplar ones weigh about 4 kgr and the brass faced ones about 8 kgrs. They could be less,probably,if the brass was thinner.
Khairete
Giannis
Colors should at least look natural,you could use shades of red,blue,green,yellow,purple,black,white and whatever.
Manning imperial shields are made in a lathe and they don't have a standard thickness.The poplar ones weigh about 4 kgr and the brass faced ones about 8 kgrs. They could be less,probably,if the brass was thinner.
Khairete
Giannis
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a.k.a.:Giannis Kadoglou
a.k.a.:Thorax