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Re: Where to begin? New Kit in the working..
« Reply #135 on: 2014-06-11, 22:00:23 »
What I do with my shields is prep the canvas with a few coats of gesso, then just go over that with plain ol' acrylic.

You could probably even skip the gesso if you really wanted to, but I use it just to make sure no oils from the wood seep through the canvas to the paint.
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Re: Where to begin? New Kit in the working..
« Reply #136 on: 2014-06-12, 02:45:49 »
I just use acrylic primer and acrylic paints. I do a couple of layers of satin polyurethane as a topcoat.
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Re: Where to begin? New Kit in the working..
« Reply #137 on: 2014-06-12, 03:02:42 »
Quote from: Ian on 2014-06-11, 21:39:10
Quote from: Sir Jason Simonds on 2014-06-11, 20:35:53
I have already purchased the helm, and Stag antlers. Just have to make the Mantle when they get here.

Also got the heater shield from Kult of Athena.
http://www.kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=801204&name=Medieval+Heater+Shield

What do you guys recommend to use to paint the shield??

I would probably just use regular acrylic paint unless you want to make it a pain in the butt.

Acrylic paint on steel??
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Re: Where to begin? New Kit in the working..
« Reply #138 on: 2014-06-12, 11:38:16 »
Quote from: Lord Dane on 2014-06-12, 03:02:42
Quote from: Ian on 2014-06-11, 21:39:10
Quote from: Sir Jason Simonds on 2014-06-11, 20:35:53
I have already purchased the helm, and Stag antlers. Just have to make the Mantle when they get here.

Also got the heater shield from Kult of Athena.
http://www.kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=801204&name=Medieval+Heater+Shield

What do you guys recommend to use to paint the shield??

I would probably just use regular acrylic paint unless you want to make it a pain in the butt.

Acrylic paint on steel??

I thought this was for a shield
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Re: Where to begin? New Kit in the working..
« Reply #139 on: 2014-06-12, 13:15:19 »
I cheat even more. I've been using flat/matte finish spray paints for armor and shields. It looks pretty decent. The trick is doing the masking right, so you don't have sprayed edges that give it away.

(The shield in my avatar pic was done this way)
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Re: Where to begin? New Kit in the working..
« Reply #140 on: 2014-06-12, 13:47:12 »
Oh I can attest to the use of masking - just makes the job easier.  I had to caulk my bathrooms this past weekend- I'd never done it before so for the first seam I just squirted it all over the place and made a mess.  Then the wife suggested painter's tape and the ubiquitous light bulb went off- thanks honey!  :)
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Re: Where to begin? New Kit in the working..
« Reply #141 on: 2014-06-15, 20:04:12 »
Armor is in. Shield is in. Antlers are in. Now just waiting for helmet, also gonna start looking at paints for shield.
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Re: Where to begin? New Kit in the working..
« Reply #142 on: 2014-06-16, 18:18:19 »
Pics please!
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Re: Where to begin? New Kit in the working..
« Reply #143 on: 2014-06-16, 19:26:48 »
OK here is the Pic.

Connecting the Huge Antlers to the helm is gonna be fun. Didn't realize they were that big. LOL.
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Re: Where to begin? New Kit in the working..
« Reply #144 on: 2014-06-16, 20:01:38 »
That's really looking great so far!
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Re: Where to begin? New Kit in the working..
« Reply #145 on: 2014-06-16, 20:14:09 »
Awesome! :)
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Re: Where to begin? New Kit in the working..
« Reply #146 on: 2014-06-16, 20:52:46 »
Can't wait to get the shield painted. Just have to find or make a stencil for the stag, trefoils, and axe, and find the paints.
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Re: Where to begin? New Kit in the working..
« Reply #147 on: 2014-06-17, 15:44:46 »
Yeah I need to work on my shield...need to get some canvas and make a stencil for my ribs...I feel like medievalists never finish with adding projects to their to do list...
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Re: Where to begin? New Kit in the working..
« Reply #148 on: 2014-06-17, 16:01:34 »
Your kit's coming along nicely, Sir Jason!

Don Jorge- so long as they continue to love it, they never do.
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Re: Where to begin? New Kit in the working..
« Reply #149 on: 2014-06-17, 19:22:49 »
Also I have plenty of leftover leather from the piece used to make my armor straps. Hoping there will be enough to make a sword belt, when i finally get a sword.  :) Plus i think i can cut and shave some of it down to make leather point squares for my arming coat.  :) :)
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