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Miniatures Adventure => Medieval Adventures => Topic started by: Fates Fickle Finger on 12 April 2014, 09:04:02 PM

Title: heraldic shields
Post by: Fates Fickle Finger on 12 April 2014, 09:04:02 PM

Hello all,

I am asking for advice and links to any shield painting tutorials, especially tips on battle damage/weathering.

Thanks as always

FFF

Could lead to me taking the plunge and posting some pictures of my efforts!!! ;)

Title: Re: heraldic shields
Post by: Mitch K on 12 April 2014, 09:06:50 PM

Quote from: Fates Fickle Finger on 12 April 2014, 09:04:02 PM

Hello all,

I am asking for advice and links to any shield painting tutorials, especially tips on battle damage/weathering.

Thanks as always

FFF

Could lead to me taking the plunge and posting some pictures of my efforts!!! ;)

I cheat and make my own decals, which is much easier than freehanding in scale for me.

Title: Re: heraldic shields
Post by: Paul on 15 April 2014, 04:51:13 PM

I mostly cheat as well, bung the originals,  print the shields out and  glue to card...works with pavisen and all other types.
http://paulsbods.blogspot.de/2011/05/pavisen-in-172nd.html

Title: Re: heraldic shields
Post by: Neldoreth on 15 April 2014, 04:58:28 PM

Hello,

Unfortunately at the time I wrote this shield-painting article I wasn't interested in weathered or battle-damaged shields... I've since change my mind about that. However, the below article is still how I start, weather and battle damage come after the pristine shield is painted. I hope it helps a little! It's specific to Hoplite shields, but the techniques can be applied to any genre/period.

Painting 15mm Hoplite Shields (http://www.hourofwolves.org/?view=articles&which=paintingShields15mm)

Maybe I'll do a weathering tutorial at some point... Seems like a fun project!

Thanks
n.

Title: Re: heraldic shields
Post by: Neldoreth on 15 April 2014, 05:05:31 PM

Quote from: Paul on 15 April 2014, 04:51:13 PM

I mostly cheat as well, bung the originals,  print the shields out and  glue to card...works with pavisen and all other types.
http://paulsbods.blogspot.de/2011/05/pavisen-in-172nd.html

It's awesome that you make your own shields from scratch, and do such a good job at that!

I always have a very hard time producing my own shields. My problem was always with symmetry. I used to draw and cut out half of the shield and then trace it, flip it, trace it again, but symmetry was always shoddy. I totally learned from your article that printing and gluing the shape and then using that to cut is obviously the best answer! So obvious after someone shows you ;)

Thanks a lot for posting,
n.