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Creative => Photography & Graphics => Topic started by: cowabounga on February 19, 2012, 22:46:26

Title: GAUL SHIELDS
Post by: cowabounga on February 19, 2012, 22:46:26

Hi all!
A request from Wot put in the mood for another batch of Gaul shields. Here are the designs I came up with.
This time I figured I could just show you a .gif image, since I haven't printed them yet.

(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx266/cowabounga/BOUCLIERS_GAULOIS.gif)

 :wave:
Arnaud

Title: Re: GAUL SHIELDS
Post by: PlaymoMan on February 19, 2012, 22:54:25

Very nice designs! I especially like the first one.

Title: Re: GAUL SHIELDS
Post by: Pynedor on February 19, 2012, 23:49:59

These are really cool, cowabounga. I've seen a lot of your customs, and they are definitely cool. What sources do you use for heraldry and such? I know a lot of Playmobil's knights have their own unique heraldry, but what source do you use for your more historical ones? I ask because I greatly enjoy studying Medieval European history and am curious to know!  :)

Title: Re: GAUL SHIELDS
Post by: cheng on February 20, 2012, 02:46:38

b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l artwork as usual Arnuad! :love:
the 2 i recognised immedoately are the long ones at the bottom row....used to paint many of these on my 1/72 figures but not that nicely of course :P

Title: Re: GAUL SHIELDS
Post by: Wolf Knight on February 20, 2012, 06:51:32

Superb, Arnaud!!! :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

Title: Re: GAUL SHIELDS
Post by: tahra on February 20, 2012, 08:48:54

:love: :love:

They look great!

Title: Re: GAUL SHIELDS
Post by: playmofire on February 20, 2012, 10:53:33

Very impressive, Arnaud!   :wave:

Title: Re: GAUL SHIELDS
Post by: cowabounga on February 20, 2012, 12:22:31

Thanks all!
@Pynedor: I take inspiration from Google images, which often leads me to wiki. I also have a few books on heraldry, most of my designs are historical.
@Cheng: are you sure about both long shields? The white one is very different from the image I used...
Best,
Arnaud

Title: Re: GAUL SHIELDS
Post by: Pynedor on February 20, 2012, 13:07:57

Quote from: cowabounga on February 20, 2012, 12:22:31

@Pynedor: I take inspiration from Google images, which often leads me to wiki. I also have a few books on heraldry, most of my designs are historical.

Cool, cool. Well done, your designs are great. I enjoyed looking at your pictures of custom knights in the other threads that you made.

Title: Re: GAUL SHIELDS
Post by: conniefrere on February 20, 2012, 13:13:23

They look great, wonder how they look on actual shields.

Title: Re: GAUL SHIELDS
Post by: cowabounga on February 20, 2012, 16:15:20

Quote from: conniefrere on February 20, 2012, 13:13:23

They look great, wonder how they look on actual shields.

Patience, Jan!  :D :D :D

Title: Re: GAUL SHIELDS
Post by: conniefrere on February 20, 2012, 19:03:17

Quote from: cowabounga on February 20, 2012, 16:15:20

Patience, Jan!  :D :D :D

 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

It's a virtue that I lack.

Title: Re: GAUL SHIELDS
Post by: cheng on February 21, 2012, 04:26:53

Quote from: cowabounga on February 20, 2012, 12:22:31

@Cheng: are you sure about both long shields? The white one is very different from the image I used...
Best,
Arnaud

well, this is playmobil and our historical accuraccy is bent somewhat...your 'white one' was kind of bronze and the shape was a little like a fat, curve-less '8' right?
so for me...these beautiful creations of yours are Playmo standards to me(just like our playmo kepis) which we can still immediately identify as gauls shields
...keep them coming Arnaud!

Title: Re: GAUL SHIELDS
Post by: cowabounga on February 21, 2012, 07:47:27

Spot on, my friend! It's the bronze shield I used for the circles. I'm a bit short on inspiration right now, so the next batch won't be before a few weeks I guess. I need to print these first, see how they look IRL, make Jan happy, etc…  :lol:
A.