Wonder
Woman’s Shield
Due to
the recent and decent wonder woman film, recently released. I decided
to make her shield. It was surprisingly easy and took around five
hours in total. This is the definition of a DIY (do it your self).
Despite how good it looks, I did mess up the runes at the bottom.
They’re a bit crooked and nonsensical.
All it
took was a wookpan , a sheet of EVA foam, soldering iron and a
heatgun. That being said, it is a bit on the small side. However that
is just a minor complication. Basically i traced a circle around the
biggest pot lid I found. After struggling for quite some time, I did
manage to cut a decent circle, Far from perfect. I’m not sure why I
removed the pot lid and tried to do it freehand. Some of the liens
got a bit wobbly. The hardest part was still to find the mid point of
the circle. In the end I just used a ruler to draw up a square around
the circle. Then traced a line from corner to corner, this also gave
me a decent guide. Now the sane thing is to draw all the lines and do
all of the scribbling on the surface before curving it.
The
pattern I drew on plastic sheets I put on top of my pc screen, after
hoisting the screen onto my lap. We truly live in fantastic times.
The old crt monitors made this virtually impossible to do. Basically
i found out I can use the flat screen as a make shift light table.
All of
the decorations where carved out with a soldering iron, which
incidentally releases some dank fumes. A breathing mask is
recommended I suppose. After carving out several wonky trenches and
gibberish Greek inspired runes, I heated the circle up. Then stuffed
it into the wookpan and squeezed it into shape. Heated it some more
and pull it out after it got cold. On the backside I attached another
smaller circle of foam to attach the shield straps and to make it
more sturdy. The straps it self are glued and bolted onto the foam,
just to be on the safe side. Some paranoia is always recommended,
plus durability is a must. Incidentally this also hides the straps on
the backside. Making the whole product much more tidy.
Meanwhile
the symbol and the colors was a deliberate pick. The original one
from the comics always looked like a plastic toy. Hardly fitting a
Greek amazon warrior. The new one looks a lot more fitting, but it
lacked the logo. Which game me the idea combining the two designs. On
the edges I carved in several crocked and wobbly runes as well, which
in all likely hood is garbage and gibberish. But when you consider
that people in the ancient world did not have powertools, some
imperfections is to be expected. This is also the first time I’ve
made a round buckler like this.
There
are two plans for this shield, one is to have someone dress u and use
it at launch day and then to give it to a lovely little lady, whom is
a huge fan of Wonder Woman.
Zaceron
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