Hoplite Shield Designs

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

I won't argue further,since I fear you may decide not to make one! :lol: Just one thing:I didn't say it didn't exist. I don't say it existed,either. But I'm being very sceptical on what can a re-enactor understand about the functionality of the shield. Each one of us would come with a different reproduction,some of the totally different but all of them totally plausible. I bet you've seen Chris' reproduction. I think he has a tutorial of its making here in rat. He even has a video on youtube. But 550 bc sounds too late for an accurate reproduction. i dare say there is more evidence for the same shield three centuries earlier.
As for wicker shield made by hoplites,i think they always fought as light troops when they did this,for example the Athenian oarsmen in Sphacteria(and this belongs to another thread)
Do you plan your re-construction to look very closely to the stylized examples of the late sixth century?
Khaire
Giannis