1/23/2024 0 Comments Medieval shield templates![]() ![]() So, I decided to get my kit back together and start reenacting again. I didn’t do any shows for over ten years due to ill health and life dramas, then during the global pandemic I saw my old friends posting pictures of themselves in kit saying how much they were missing reenactment being stuck in lockdown with no events on, and this made me realise how much I missed it too. I only stopped when ill health (two rare lung diseases) made me too weak to put on my armour, let alone fight in it. My kit was basic and low quality but as good as it needed to be really.įrom that moment on, and for the next twelve+ years, I was hooked, this was during my formative late teenage years where drinking, fighting and wenches was all I had on my mind. He played a Teutonic knight back then, and I used to play a vintner (sergeant) of the Teuton Order, a lower-class soldier in a small retinue of Teutonic knights, a diplomatic envoy was our excuse for being in England fighting. Pinn was then somewhat obliged to teach me how to use my light arming sword, having me repeat the basic 5/6 points against a post (Pell) in his back garden for hours on end developing muscle memory for both the defensive blocks and the offensive swings. I’ve been a historical reenactor for decades now, I first started when, at 16, my high school maths teacher, who always drew stickmen with swords and shields on the blackboard, told my friends and I if we bought swords, he’d teach us to use them… A great recruitment strategy… However, swords are expensive, and I was the only one out of my friends who actually bought one. And pictures of the shield at each stage of construction. ![]() The materials and layers of construction of a shield.The shield of Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales.Research methods for genealogical research.Castles in other countries around the world.I will be mixing our castle blog posts with related content covering subjects such as: This instructional post on How to make a medieval shield is a little off-topic from our usual castle content, but it is still relevant and hopefully of interest to you. ![]()
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