Welcoem to posts!!
in the future - u will be able to do some more stuff here,,,!! like pat catgirl- i mean um yeah... for now u can only see others's posts :c
Will Publish a video about shield making... aaand its out.
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Shield boards made of radially cut planks.
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Hirdmenn members Arttu Peltoniemi and Joeli Takala are attending Hemac as instructors. Come and meet us.
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If one would be making new shields what should be learned and tested with them?
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In these sceeshots of slowmo, one can see how thick shield "wobles" when hit with dane axe. Enjoy the whole playlist of thick vs thin shield tests here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR...
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Weapon simulators tested together. Some agressive shield use in few newest videos.
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So the tests were done. Hopefully we will get them bublished during this year. The goal is to do an article, a blog pots, and publish a lot of test videos.
The two shield have the same builder and the shield is done from identical materials. The wooden boards temper down to 3mm towards the edge. They are 10mm (white) and 6mm (black) on the center. Read about building the one with white paint from here:
hirdmenn.blogspot.com/2022/01/fat-little-sister-ma…
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Two shields. Same construction method. Other is 6mm thick, other is 10mm thick. Lets see how the difrence matters.
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We are a group of four reenactors based in Finland, enthusiastic about prehistoric martial arts and weapons.