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[883cobra]

Has anyone incorporated a shield with their armor?
The idea crossed my mind today and couldnt find any pictures of where someone has.I am sure it might be a pain to troop with it but it shouldnt be no worse than carrying a heavy weapon.Any way just wondering.

[Blackbird]

Which era are you going for?
I know shields used to be frowned upon for Modern era kits.
I think season 6 of the Clone Wars showed they can be used to great effect in "modern" combat situations.

[883cobra]

I am thinking of building a modern kit.I didnt know it was frowned on but I can understand why.maybe that's why I havnt found any pictures of mercs using a shield.
I am working on a Capt.America shield to decorate my room with which is where I got the idea from. Ofcourse if I did do a shield it would be a style that the Mandalorian police used in season 6.

[Dar'manda]

I don't see problems with making one to carry.  The only issue is you have to carry it around all day.   Also, holding a shield may limit you to one-handed weapons (swords, pistols).

[Chro]

The main thing, I think, is that it'd have to be more of a modern riot shield sort of concept. Kite shields and bucklers, things with heradlry, that sort of stuff doesn't really tend to fit the modern supercommando vibe. However, one road you could take is the energy shield idea, based on the gungan shield and the commando droid shield.

 Going that way is both Swarzy and light on the arms depending on your materials. In any case, like Taglar said, you would be limited to one handed weapons, both from a tactical-in-universe standpoint, and from a how-are-you-going-to-carry-a-heavy-repeater-and-a-shield-in-this-parade standpoint.

[Valinar P'ieten Verda]

I've thought about this a couple of times myself, in regards to my Urban assault build. In my opinion a good way to cover it would be to mix together the normal shield and energy shield idea.

You take the gauntlet of your non dominant hand and craft a 'buckler' for it (appropriately starwars doo-hicky'd obviously)
  This is the beskar hub of your shield, it houses the portable power unit needed to maintain a barrier, and in a pinch acts as a good way to protect vitals when the shield is not active.

Then you build a modular attachment to that base out of sintra strips or piping, hex construction or more liek the commando droids use. Then you fill in the gaps with a opaque material.

It would be super cumbersome to lug the extra bits around with you. But... I think it would look amazing if done right.

[Tlor Fett]

I thought of doing one like this with a colored clear frisbie and some EL Wire.

[OriKad]

Something like this, only with lights that work?



Actually, that did have working blue LEDs that made the center and the edges of the clear acrylic buckler light up (and long before it appeared in TCW), but I've since changed to different gaunts.  I thought of having a large target shield (round, like Captain America, the 300 Spartans, etc) but I never rounded up the material.

As for large shields and large weapons:  Notches and/or cutouts in the shield, gun ports (a hole in the shield right above the left arm for instance), and possibly something like a steadicam rig to make a two-handed big gun a one-handed big gun.  A shield would probably go really well with a Merr-Sonn Underslung Rotary Carbine

[Valinar P'ieten Verda]

...... you should find that shield Ori, and sell it to me if yer not using it anymore. Lol.

That's close to what i was sketching up, also the idea of crossing it with a underslung BFG with a steadycam rig is just good times.

[Zul Veyrde]

I thought of doing one like this with a colored clear frisbie and some EL Wire.

A couple of us have had some ideas along these lines. I made semi-successful prototype w/o lights that needed work, but I've put it aside for more important work, like the helmet. I still plan on doing this...maybe as a post OMing upgrade.

Best of luck!

[883cobra]

That is to cool  8)
I cant remember what company made it but there was a frisbee on the market that lite up as it was in flight.I think it was semi clear.Its been years since I have seen one.If someone could find one that might work out since it is already wired with LEDs

[Blackbird]

You could try something like this:
http://thinblueflorida.com/?p=2221



Make some straps to sling it on your back ala Captain America.  Use it primarily for photo ops  and stash it under a table at Cons or something when you aren't using it.
Or you can make a shield that goes on your gun like this:

[Kyr'bes Adenn]

I wanted to revisit this old post as I'm also considering a shield. I'm considering the idea of an energy shield.  I've managed to procure an old police riot shield which is round and fairly compact.  It's also clear and it seems that this could be perfect for the energy shield.

I had thought about a more traditional type shield and painting my own mythosaur skull into it but that wouldn't now work with an energy shield. The good thing is that I have an authentic shield to work with although weight could be an issue...

[Darth_Vemon]

If it's a clear polycarbonate, adding some EL wiring or strings of LEDs, it would give it that energy shield look, provided there's enough light to saturate the plastic. 

[Echo Darklighter]

I wanted to revisit this old post as I'm also considering a shield. I'm considering the idea of an energy shield.  I've managed to procure an old police riot shield which is round and fairly compact.  It's also clear and it seems that this could be perfect for the energy shield.

I had thought about a more traditional type shield and painting my own mythosaur skull into it but that wouldn't now work with an energy shield. The good thing is that I have an authentic shield to work with although weight could be an issue...

Next time, make a new thread.  This one's over two years old.

[Kyr'bes Adenn]

Not much wonder lol