04-04-2010, 07:58 PM
Hey guys,
My fraternity hosts something called Medieval Massacre, where basically everyone takes cardboard and duct tape and make weapons and armor and shields and, frankly, beat the crap out of each other. It's loads of fun and actually a lot of people take it seriously and have loads of fun with it. Why that brings me here is this: I watch Rome on HBO and saw this fight and liked the fighting style - especially the shield. I was wondering if you guys could enlighten me (though I know how much you all hate that series) as to what shield that is.
Also, just a couple of questions if you know... What is the point of a curved shield? I thought it was to help deflect swords but I was reading some sites and they said it was to help defend the side of the body. If you have any tips/sites on ancient shields/armor/weapons I'd greatly appreciate them as well.
Thanks!
My fraternity hosts something called Medieval Massacre, where basically everyone takes cardboard and duct tape and make weapons and armor and shields and, frankly, beat the crap out of each other. It's loads of fun and actually a lot of people take it seriously and have loads of fun with it. Why that brings me here is this: I watch Rome on HBO and saw this fight and liked the fighting style - especially the shield. I was wondering if you guys could enlighten me (though I know how much you all hate that series) as to what shield that is.
Also, just a couple of questions if you know... What is the point of a curved shield? I thought it was to help deflect swords but I was reading some sites and they said it was to help defend the side of the body. If you have any tips/sites on ancient shields/armor/weapons I'd greatly appreciate them as well.
Thanks!