Customizing Your Ultimate LARP Shield!
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Let's customize our own LARP Shield!
As you dawn the gleaming armor, your fingers brush against the cold, indomitable surface of your most trusted ally - the shield. Its edges, worn from countless battles, whisper tales of bravery, of foes vanquished, and of moments when it stood as the only barrier between life and the cold grasp of death. The emblem, engraved at its center, glistens with a promise, not just of personal protection, but of an unwavering commitment to guard those who stand beside you in battle. With every heartbeat resonating through its solid frame, the shield becomes an extension of your very soul, preparing you to face the storm of war, as legends rise and epics unfold.
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If you want a better option for a blackwash, switch out the paint for acrylic ink. It tends to work a lot better for washes and tends to come out to about the same price.
This is kind of a random thought but how cool would it be to have a mannequin and weapon plaque in the background of the set to show of what was made in the episode and as you make new things for your larp costume you can add it to the mannequin and we can literally see the progress in each episode. Not sure why but my ADHD brain keeps looking in the background thinking a mannequin decked out in your gear would look good there lol.
He made a mannequin once(I think in the video it's called "foam golem"), he usually has it dressed in his leather armor set
Would look perfect
I know the perfect space the brown pipe its aside from that empty space
I know the perfect space the brown pipe its aside from that empty space
Oh man that would be rad.
Another tip for woodgrain is to take a coarse wire brush to go a little bit lighter over the grain lines for a bit more texture.
I use a metal fork.
This is super cool and all, but could you do a tutorial on a shield from start to finish? Like making the shield yourself?
I know it's such a small detail, but I really love how you cut the corners out of those small bits of leather for the strap holes. It looks so good!
Oh man king, I’m coming out of my lurker hole for a HOT contact cement tips. I’m a full time LARP and cosplay maker, and in my “free” time at events for the last couple years I’ve been making shoes as practice for leather fantasy boots. After my first pair or two, I found a magical concoction that has forever replaced contact cement. The stuff is called Aquilium 315. It is water based so there’s pretty much zero fumes (I use it in my living room even 😱). It’s the same hold I get from stinky cancer contact cement as it’s made to hold on shoe soles while you wander in them day after day. It’s even water proof as far as I can tell, I’ve used it to patch a lot of my linen shirts and heavy cotton pants that wear out constant wear at events. Actual life changer, using that hoop inside without a mask and not being afraid of it touching my skin is a real game changer. Hope you can get your hands on some and try it out!
Ooh! That says it actually works on PU! I've cast flexible PU for my boot soles, but I keep having adhesion issues with the things I've tried so far. The "proper" neoprene shoe/boot contact adhesive gets close but doesn't handle stretch well enough. I've ended up resorting to 5-minute Liquid Nails construction adhesive but it expands and bubbles aplenty, though the adhesion is great. I've bookmarked the Aquilium 315 for next time I'm doing something like this - thanks for the recommendation!
You may want to add an adjustable size to the handle section as well. If you are wearing thick gloves or gauntlets the handle area may be too tight.
Love the design and use!
another cool rivets trick is to use googly eyes.
for foam, you can use a wood burning tool. If you want to do wood graining, that is cool because it gives the foam a neat texture and grooves that aren't all the same size.
You're just going to casually announce a new branded colour scheme without ANY talk of the significance to you?? 😂
The shield turned out so good!! I was super impressed by how well the wood grain turned out, especially once you hit it with that black wash 🤌 The finished product kinda makes me imagine a Paladin with the Guild Artisan background!
A good alternative for beginners is a large plastic container lid, most lids have a shallow region in the middle that you're gonna wanna put a few layers of cardboard in that way your arm doesn't feel 100% of every impact it takes, you can use duct tape as customization and straps, and if you preserve the clips you can use the shield as a lid and put your larp stuff in the container.
Very nicely done. Wonder if you'd show how to make a larp safe weapon? I don't think they'd use steel blades of course.
You did a wonderful job on this! Not that I have any room to talk really, but one thing you might want to consider for your next one is adding some sort of hard rubber or plastic material ( think a spool shape) for the holes that the strap goes through to prevent them from cutting into the foam. Probably not a big deal unless you're into heavier combat larps but definitely an easy way to make it last longer and makes it easier to replace the straps.
I should clarify, This is to help with the inside of the holes since the leather strap moving around can work a lot like a rasp, especially if the foam gets wet and dries out.
Would love to see an episode of you showing how you make all your drinks. Whenever I see you with like the blue one I think hmmm I want one
If you don't have access to plasty dip or other flexible base coat, you can always mix white glue, water and some acrylic paint to make a cheap alternative. It's not perfect, but is works pretty well. You can also use it without paint as a finishing layer to protect your paint job (but it will give it a shiny-ish look, that might not work for what you wanna do. Baby powder is useful to get rid of the shine, but works a bit too well)
I made a kite shield out of nice plywood and it looks really good, I didn’t really have any idea how to decorate it, thanks!
Found your channel a few days ago and have been mainlining since then lol
Great content!
Of course now I have to buy some leather and start making epic things!
ahhh this is so cool! I made a tower sheild similar to this years ago out of eva foam. Something I would love to see is your take on a larp safe Crossbow with foam. I know you've made a really nice one in the past with wood that was pretty neat. In most cases wooden ones aren't safe for larp but I would be super interested in what you could come up with but in foam. Keep up the great work.
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I used my Dad's heat gun to make some foam 'wood effect' stuff this week, and guess what, its a Black and Decker heat gun, and it says "Proudly Made in England". I looked it up, the heat gun is from 1983 and still works. In fact its kind of terrifying how hot it gets.
Great video, as always.
I jut thought to add a method for making shield straps that might be helpful to people making their own shields. I saw this method used by some people in buhurt circles and they claim that it's the best method for a shield that's going to get hit and abused a lot (and if buhurt doesn't qualify then I don't know what does).
Anyway, it's made kinda like the top strap that Cl3ver made here but instead of the metal rings being attached to the handle the rings are attached to the shield directly on both ends of the strap and the same thing is done to the bottom strap. A lot of times people don't even use leather but just permanently fix them to the shield and then use rope to connect the two rings and make a handle that way. Maybe this method doesn't look glorious as the leather stuff, but functionally it has more benefits: you can easily tie and untie a rope to configure the strap size to whatever fits you best, you save time and money because you don't have to work and deal with leather, you don't need to make any belts and buckles, you don't need to maintain the leather and finaly, if it breaks it's much easier to replace a piece of rope than to replace a leather strap.
Hopefully someone finds this method useful and levels up their shield-making skill 😉
This is helping me brainstorm repurposing a boffer shield that's been gathering dust for a few years, thanks guys!
Nice work! I've made a round shield myself using a plastic hubcap as a core, it even comes with holes for your straps ;) And instead of plastidip I used hexflex paints, it's like a rubbery acrylic and they have a transparent paint that works as both primer _and_ clearcoat!
I had one that disappeared on me in a move that used one of the round plastic sleds as a core.
I don't usually make things like this, but my one suggestion would be to reinforce the holes in the canvas a bit more by hand-sewing around the eyelet (I know it's not circular, but the same technique or a similar one I'm not aware of may be useful there). There may be a need for a curved needle with the way the shield was made, but it may be worth it.
Anyway, the main reason to reinforce that area more is incase someone does decide to go punching things with the shield. That would be so funny to see as well.
The hand sewing technique you are thinking of is a button hole stitch, it's used for re-enforcing slits and oblong cuts.
Just a quick comment about having the Tree gold on silver (Skill Tree Tree or on field argent) in terms of Heraldry. In basic Heraldic rules, a metal never goes on a metal. The gold on teal is fine, as metals can go with either colors or furs. This is oversimplified, of course, but it’s still the basis of the rules. I thought y’all would want to know!
That being said, I think the shield turned out great! I can’t wait to try it myself! I just love your channel and watch every video as soon as possible! Keep up the exceptional work!
Godspeed, Rev. Chris
Hey all Alucard808 here Thank you all for showing interest in the whip and a HUGE congratulations to not only the lucky winner of the whip but also to the lucky 10 who won the belt favors. I hope each and every one of you enjoy your winnings and have an amazing weekend
I've recently started learning to embroider on a cloak I recently got, and it'd be awesome to see you learn and add some flare to your pieces!
Also, I just wanted to let you know that the discord server invite doesn't seem to be working! It may be expired or have hit the max invitees -- after two years and yet another Skilltree video binge, I decided it's finally time to join the server sbdjh Can't wait to see what you'll make next! Happy crafting, monkeygang
I'm a suckered for embroidery so I too would love to see this
I made a little round one with a thick foam and used the dremmel to make the wood texture because I don't have a heat gun so I wanted to carve the texture with a little more depth without heating it. It is easy and cool :)
I hypothesize that you like the look of the handle because it looks like one of those old beat up base ball mits from the sandlot. I love your channel, this was a great video.
Was literally just talking about this in the Reckoning Discord
At the larp I do here in New England we mostly use corrugated plastic shields. Theyre super light and you can do a lot with them. Like my shield I put a 2mm EVA facade on it to make it look like wood instead of just straight plastic and it works wonders. Cant wait to see what the next episode holds!
At part of New England do you live in, I live in New Hampshire and am curious about larp.
winces in english larp
Which LARP do you do?
@@HeroClone99 I live in Southern Mass but the LARP I do is community run and has events all over.
@@kajitheninja the LARP I do is called The Realms
still cant get over how epic the guy in germany was to get to you just to say keep leveling up you
Made a LARP shield a few months ago too. Base and fomework was the same as yours but i used latex milk mixed with acryllic paint for coloring and isoflex (similar product also for sealing roofs) for sealing. It survived LARP and heavy impact extremely well. But it also needs something to relove the tackyness. I used talcum powder for this since I didnt mind dulling the colors a bit and liked the smooth finish. But silicon oil spray works as well and keeps the colors mostly intact with the drawback of beeing a bit oily to the touch
In heraldry, the little shield shape for the local would be called an escutcheon.
I discovered your channel a few days ago, and now after watching through a bunch of your older videos, you are making me want to quit my job, and spend all my life's savings on a cool workshop to make tones of neat things.
All that to say, thanks for the inspiration. I'm looking forward to what comes next.
Love your enthusiasm.
Hello I love your videos and just love the effort you put in evey video ❤
We tried making a drinking game off how many times you go off subject. Needless to say, we got drunk by 8 minutes. Thanks for narrating for BBC.
Great job Clever!!
If you want to put some more padding on the handle part of the back of your Shield you can use crafting rope inside the leather gives it a little bit extra bulk that way
The heat gun trick is great, will have to try that. Thanks!!!
I just found your channel. Awesome content. Thank you so much for sharing. I’ve been binging on it for the past two days. Looking forward to more!
I happen to have a strange amount of 55 gallon plastic drums. We used several for flowers and vegetables but since I have found a ton of uses for the heavy duty hdpe that they are made of. Seriously considering making shields. Cheaply purched from your local car wash.
Yo dawg, I heard you like shields. So I put a shield on your shield...
Those colours would look great as set of resin dnd dice with tree logo on the high numbers
For anyone copying this: beware of adding metallic acrylics on to foam. You need to check the copper content because it can eat the foam and won't last more than a couple of years, sometimes less. It can make the foam turn to goo and ruin other kit too.
Black Wash just like dry white brushing for highlights,… they always give me anxiety making the thing you did look like you‘ve ruined it and than a few applications later makes it pop and look amazing
this shield is awesome! really love this video. can't wait for the pauldron. See you next video.
To make another kind of rivet - use a leather hole punch
Nicely done
This is awesome.
Looks awsome
Awesome…
As always.
This is so awesome!
I think there´s a clear coat by FlexiPaint too, I plan on using this one on my shield. Great video, thank you so much
great job 🌲
12:40 Not quite fenrisian grey and averland sunset but I like it
Heraldic in the shield!
I love the Burgschneider shields, have 2 of them and need more. Loks cool with the wooden optic, but damn its canvas, just paint it
Thanks for sharing the method. I know it's a larp shield, but I feel like just a bit more research into historical shields would have made this one a lot better. That's not to say it's not cool. You're doing nice work on this channel
I've never been this early, Love the Shield!
Nice. Looks like it jumped right out of a Zelda game.
Very cool 😀
Im hooked on the chex rice cereal. Cant have wheat, corn or soy.
Amazing content as always! I would love to suggest a larp safe staff for my acrobat to bonk some baddies. Ty and keep being awesome!
Nice 👍
That is so cool! Would clear flex seal work for the protective layer?
Clear plasti dip will seal and be as flexible as the foam. Probably cheaper
A little tip: if you mix acrylic paint with latex, the color will not crack by using it in larp battles!
The paint he was using was developed for cosplayers - it's actually a flexible acrylic paint.
@@beckymurphy4714 sorry, I don’t know the american products! Thank you!
where was this a fortnight ago! i just made mine this would have been so good!!
Nice
groovy shield
Awesome Shield!!!
U guys have made some cool projects n I been following u guys since u got the leather sewing machine, so when u changed the tree logo it kinda resembles ur face was that intentional???
Hi I have a few suggestions for stuff to try make: roman segmenta armour, chinsese repeating crossbow, roman wax tablet, knife sword or axe handle engraved
Hey Cl3ver! I just discovered this channel for cosplay research and now I’m a big fan of your work. Btw, do you know what the base of the shield that they sent you is made of?
This reminded me I need a new logo.
For LARP and fantasy do what you want. But I just wanted to point out that from a historical point of view, that shield design would not be made of wooden boards with chunky grain. That style of shield would be a single piece of wood and the grain would be tight and all but invisible once painted and probably covered in canvas anyway. Also real shields also didn't have metal rims, rims were typically rawhide. Though I have seen a few places saying later period shields did on occasion, but still very rarely, have metal rims. But I've never seen any period evidence for it...
But for LARP and fantasy. Do what ever you like. Not here to bash on other peoples fun, just sharing my understanding of the historical side for anyone interested.
and then there are the Native American shields.
@@OtherSarah2 can’t say I know much about shields from other cultures tbh. Just European.
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Can u make a instant legolas repeating bow or crossbow
i like shield fighting... but the shield has to be made of wood. after binding the edges with rawhide, cover in pool noodle foam, and you're good
What is the material? I wonder how they made permanent bends in it?
Hello, sorry my English is not very good, could you explain what is the main material you use as a structure?
You, loving on your new shield- priceless! You not thinking the whip through- priceless! You-priceless 🌟😂🤗
Instead of dry brushing white, dry brush with a lighter shade of your blue
please make a sleeping fur/hammock/pack convertible deely-o
Clever, My Boy you have done it Again!! Great job, I have been wanting to do something like this.
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Jousting shield is an odd choice.
oh nice you got the burgschneider tournament shield! edxcited to see what you make with that!
Can you do a banner? I've no idea how to make it, and I'd really like one to my wall.
He already did one.
man, just as im about to close youtube and do something else.... :P
make something Cthulhu
In caveman voice- Been 12 days need new video
The way you hold your shild, you can't protect your legs. Most hits in larp are going to the legs
Not everyone is a tank. A small shield is Still a great shield. You have to learn how to move and block with your weapon
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congrats on the 20th comment, first time being on time-ish
What if you just made like tiny videos of you like, talking about stuff and keep them stashed away for the days you wouldn’t be able to release a normal video. Maybe keep up engagement
you should at least show how to make the shield blank...knowing how to paint it doesnt advance me on mactually making one from scratch lol
How to make a shield, buy a pre made shield
What are you drinking? I must know🤔
It's very pretty, and a lovely larp device, but a historical abomination. Re-enactors will want a much thinner wooden shield covered with canvas.
sound too low ☹🤓