05-17-2006, 07:57 PM
Ave Matt,
in Medieval ages, the (leather covered) shield first was coated with a 'chalk-primer' (directly translated - I don't know the correct term for it in English).
This primer was a mix of champain-chalk (pure chalk), glue and water. (In German this glue is called 'Glutin-Leim').
Such a primer is still used by traditional painters today. It's advantage is beeing lissome/flexible due to the glue. So it won't crack compared to modern primers or unflexible paints.
I built a Norman kite shield last year, using the information from Jan Kohlmorgen's book "Der mittelalterliche Reiterschild" (= The Medieval Horseman Shield), featuring surviving originals and detailed reconstruction for re-enactment.
The author's receipe for this chalk primer for half a square meter is:
250 g chalk
25 g glue (bone-glue)
80 g zinc white (to make the grey chalk white - not necessary in any case)
water
perhaps that will work on your scutum.
Greetings from Germany
Heiko (Cornelius Quintus)
in Medieval ages, the (leather covered) shield first was coated with a 'chalk-primer' (directly translated - I don't know the correct term for it in English).
This primer was a mix of champain-chalk (pure chalk), glue and water. (In German this glue is called 'Glutin-Leim').
Such a primer is still used by traditional painters today. It's advantage is beeing lissome/flexible due to the glue. So it won't crack compared to modern primers or unflexible paints.
I built a Norman kite shield last year, using the information from Jan Kohlmorgen's book "Der mittelalterliche Reiterschild" (= The Medieval Horseman Shield), featuring surviving originals and detailed reconstruction for re-enactment.
The author's receipe for this chalk primer for half a square meter is:
250 g chalk
25 g glue (bone-glue)
80 g zinc white (to make the grey chalk white - not necessary in any case)
water
perhaps that will work on your scutum.
Greetings from Germany
Heiko (Cornelius Quintus)
Greetings from germania incognita
Heiko (Cornelius Quintus)
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
Heiko (Cornelius Quintus)
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
