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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 2:55 pm    Post subject: Shields Reply with quote

Did the ancient Celts ride into battle paipo style? We'll probably never know, but their shields had some nice templates....ovals and peanut shapes (a New World term.)

http://www.vicus.org.uk/kitguide/shields.htm

More photos on the British Museum site...may take longer to load:

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/t/the_battersea_shield.aspx


http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/t/the_witham_shield.aspx


http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/online_tours/britain/buried_treasures/chertsey_shield.aspx

The Greeks appear to have been skimboard warriors, but they did have a few crescent tail models:

http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/se/~luv20009/Greek_Shields475-430.html

The medieval "heater" shield reminds me of Andy Bick's hollow wood templates.:

http://www.by-the-sword.com/acatalog/Decorative_Shields_Page_1.html
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 4:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

haha great you found that!

i've thought the same thing about the African warriors (they have some great waves in some places) Very Happy

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