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The more worn it gets, the more authentic it looks! Excellent!

This was very interesting. In my ignorance I was initially surprised that oil paints were not the paint of choice for items like shields, but after a quick search I see that this was not used in Europe until much later. Thank you for sharing.

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I love these instructional videos!

Had to share this with my viking group! Thank you!

I use Glair in gilding, and I have a half liter jar of Glair in my fridge that is over 4 years old and has not started to smell bad.... even after all of that time. I make a lot of it at one time by purchasing packaged diet egg whites at the grocery store and using them to make my Glair, whipping it with a powered beater.

Really amazing. Started a month ago looking for information and tips to build a authentic shield. And this series is miles above anything I found. So much good tips and infos and the result just blow me away. Especially the artistic approach on this is crazy. And the best I think now to take my time and make something great and don’t rush this project. Thank you!

Hello it’s Philip’s wife, you’ve trained and had classes together. I happened across your video. We’re on Memorial holiday and have time to paint 🎨 our shield 🛡 I was looking at BindRune, yet the image shown is amazing

well done look sick

You couldn't have picked a better time. I'm planning another shield project soon.

I was rereading Teophilius Presbyter, because your video sparked my curiosity for historical painting and the desire to test it myself, it turns out that it is mentionning linseed oil specifically and how to make it (in the part on how to paint doors in red)

Love your work. I'll have to try to make a shield for myself some day. That shield of yours came out looking amazing.

Gestern noch in haithabu gesehen das Schild. Es sieht noch echt super aus und ist auch weiterhin ein Kunstwerk

insanely Beautiful

Impressive work !

Excellent! I am building a few shields and bucklers right now. This is very helpful and inspirational. Thank you so much! I am going use this technique to elevate my shields to the next level. Greetings from the Netherlands

Your shield looking realy nice and the Ringlerike decoration ad to it a lot. The vry time consuming making and decorating process mkes it, to my opinion, to a more high statul object for a profesional worrior or a jarl, for a normal guy who take part on a raid or is part of a contingent it seems to be to much. Nevertheless it is a beauty. I use a very light and mobil shield as well but not as light as yours. It seems a good idea to give it a try. In a previous video you said that there is no evidence of linen fabric as front material. As far As I read there is no evidence for nerly any material than wood but parchment as well as linen seems to be logic. Specialy linen ad a lot of strength with rather low waight and is way easier to work with. For excample it is not so problematic with humidity. On jurney with a boat or on land there is more or less no chance to keep it dry. kind regards from Westerwald region. p.s. If you have the chance for visiting Miklagard, try out a hand weavery close to Hagia Sophia. When you go from Hagia Sophia to Gülhane park it is on the right. I took some handmade raw silk fabric with white and red stripes for a baggy trousers 😁 6 years ago.

This is by far the best sheild construction content on KZfaq! I am planning to a build shortly and I will be following your instruction. I have some ideas to reduce the warping. I do a lot of edge joints.

Excellent content!

Thanks for this interesting tutorial.

The Dynna-stone can today be found at the Museum of Cultural History, Oslo. A replica can be seen at Hadeland Folkmuseum, not very far from where the original used to stand.

That was excellent. Thank you.

This video is just so, so, very good.

Pretty brave Roland. The good Tupperware.

Merci infiniment pour ce document j'adore tes vidéos

Thanks for a very interesting video. I've always wondered if the Vikings decorated their shields with colorful designs. In the sagas we find only references to the colors of the shield. Amulets in the form of a shield show us a simple geometric pattern. However, I doubt that people who sought to decorate any of their things with ornaments would have left their shields unpainted. Let's hope that the discovery of the shield from Gnezdovo 2017 will reveal an interesting ornament.

Quite fascinating. I've looked into egg tempera paint before, but I wasn't aware that it was used by vikings, or on shields (though in hindsight the latter isn't that surprising as it was the standard paint of its day) One of my occasional hobbies is painting instruments, so I was wondering how thick the final paint is? It would probably not be a problem for a guitar or the like, but the idea of painting a bass drum head like a viking shield is very appealing, and I love these colours. Unfortunately, drum heads are especially effected by increased thickness, so I'd likely have to try to imitate it with a synthetic paint that comes out thinner. Thanks for the fascinating video!

which saga was it that I read where the two warriors were to have a "duel" and they brought Multiple shields for the event.... and I'm sure they weren't all highly decorated nor did they last long (hence the need for multiple shields) it seems to me that, in some cases at the very least, shields were "mass produced" (in dark ages terms) and probably not decorated nor exactingly manufactured

Fascinating series, Roland. When did you walk the Camino?

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I definitely made my shield too thick, mainly because it is my first time and I could only buy some plywood. I tried my best to make it look as accurate as possible and cover up the inaccuracies so hopefully it turns out alright xD

Hallo kurze frage... ich habe jetzt die tierhaut komplett mit knochen und hautleim auf das holz geklebt... nun beim rand läufts zwar nicht so rund haha. aber naja... jetzt ist der leim nicht wasserfest... und ich hab gemerkt das alleine direkte sonneneinstrahlung ihn schnell wieder gummig macht... hätte ich noch was zum leim beigügen sollen oder reicht die bemalung mit eitempera und leinöl ?

any idea on what grounding to use for a metal helmet? gesso there too?

Ah there it is finally! Was it here before and was it deleted or what happened? Either way I’m glad the series about the shield is now complete!

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How long will I have to wait for the varnish on the colour of the viking shield to dry?

Hello Roland, I'm new to your chanal and what you do is amazing! I started reanectment a few months ago and until now I'm getting it well. Unfortunately I'm left handed and so I can't find some good historical sources. Could please make a vidio about how people could have fought in the early medieval time or was it even possible? Great Work! ~Richard

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Question out of the blue! How would one strap a war hammer, a mace or an axe to one's hip without jeopardizing quick access?

Does the egg not rot as paint?

For the white, do you also use the yolk? or the other part of the egg?

Is there a playlist for the later medieval shield?

okay now for a video for forging an ulfberht the way the vikings did lol

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