07-30-2020, 03:10 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-30-2020, 03:29 PM by Crispianus.)
(07-30-2020, 02:28 PM)Dan D\Silva Wrote: Thanks. I see from there that the boss on the Witham shield looks similar, if shorter. It's dated to the 4th century but it's close.
I just rediscovered a page on the Glauberg burials. The boss from there might be a good model, though I'd have to reduce the flange by about three quarters (and the central ridge might be unattainable/unaffordable). The statue from the same site has a shield with short spines.
If you check out the Chertsy shield (400-250bc) which has a similar boss to the one you want to use, you can see that the ridge is a seperate piece riveted on eesy peesy....
I think it should be wooden with or without a metal strap across it, this can be simple or as complex as you like...
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
