"Medieval Irish and Scottish shield designs" Topic
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 John the OFM  | 15 Apr 2008 1:21 p.m. PST |
I have two 25mm units I need shield designs for. Old Glory WOR Irish kerns, Dude isin a shirt, no pants. Shield is ival, wicker backed, probably leather face. Any suggestions. beyond Zulu cowhide? ("How are t'ings in Dublin, Eamon?") Old Glory HYW Scottish spearmen. Quilted gambeson. He has a small heater shield. |
| willthepiper | 15 Apr 2008 1:53 p.m. PST |
For the Scots, you could look at the Court of Lord Lyon King at Arms – the heraldic authority for Scotland: link Scottish heraldry more or less followed the same rules as English heraldry – you won't find much in the way of fancy Celtic knotwork, for example. If you want your lad to look especially Scottish, you can probably paint a Saltire on the shield – which has a nice bonus of being easy to paint! Hope that helps. Will |
| Lowtardog | 15 Apr 2008 1:58 p.m. PST |
The Irish Kern shields were a plain leather really John so different shades of leather browns would be your best bet |
| Oh Bugger | 16 Apr 2008 4:21 a.m. PST |
Agree plain leather for these shields. However I have seen a reference to cavalry shields been decorated in the 1500s. |
| Lowtardog | 16 Apr 2008 4:31 a.m. PST |
Anothe roption is to swap out some of the oval shields for round targes with leather and studwork that is what I did for a bit of variety. |
| mandt2 | 17 Apr 2008 4:30 a.m. PST |
There's a thread in the Ebob Miniatures Forum that includes a number of shield and banner designs for the Scots, and English. |
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