Friday, May 06, 2005
Shield work.....
No, I didn't get out and actually start working with the shield. I made a trip to Michael’s (the craft store) and picked up gesso and tempera paint. Yes, gesso- not gouache. I have to say, this whole getting armored thing has really been….. enlightening. I have learned a plethora of things since I started working on getting armed. More on that in another post--- I was talking about shields.
As previously stated, I am following the Sir Galan Schol method of shield preparation. I dug out the shield blank that he cut out for me ages ago (I have to talk to him to find out what kind of wood it is), but I can say it is ¼ or not much more. As I recall, it was not cheap, so it must be something besides pine plywood. Much better than pine plywood. Anyway, I cleaned up the scrapes and dings and such. I applied my first coat of gesso this evening, and have to wait 24 hours until I can sand it to do the second layer. Then I can start the shield decoration, of which I am still unsure. Unsure what I am going to use as the decoration, that is. Since the Norsefolk didn’t generally use heraldry as we think about it, I am for sure not going to use my current, totally non-period arms. Did I mention there is a possible name change in the works too?
I’ll keep you posted. ;p
As previously stated, I am following the Sir Galan Schol method of shield preparation. I dug out the shield blank that he cut out for me ages ago (I have to talk to him to find out what kind of wood it is), but I can say it is ¼ or not much more. As I recall, it was not cheap, so it must be something besides pine plywood. Much better than pine plywood. Anyway, I cleaned up the scrapes and dings and such. I applied my first coat of gesso this evening, and have to wait 24 hours until I can sand it to do the second layer. Then I can start the shield decoration, of which I am still unsure. Unsure what I am going to use as the decoration, that is. Since the Norsefolk didn’t generally use heraldry as we think about it, I am for sure not going to use my current, totally non-period arms. Did I mention there is a possible name change in the works too?
I’ll keep you posted. ;p
