Spartan Battle Shields

khopesh97 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:43 pm

I just had a request for BF shield prints:

Maybe an upside down V like the Spartans had. Not the Halo Spartans though!

Just sharing my thoughts.

K97

Shadow Viking · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 10:13 pm

More accurately known as a Lambda, which stands for Lakedamonia, the region of Sparta.

Regardless, this would be a nice print to have.

Daken the Bladesmith · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:42 pm

Perhaps the other Hoplite symbols as well.

Armothe · **Joined:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 4:00 pm **Posts:** 23559

Such Prints will be coming.

-A

Spartikis · **Joined:** Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:51 am **Posts:** 2

I would be very interested in this, i have been making my shields using decals from 40mm figures, they are a bit to small plus at the end of the day its a decal and not a printed image

Armothe · **Joined:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 4:00 pm **Posts:** 23559

I have 5 designs drawn up for the different color shields. If anyone wants to submit other designs/ideas, do so in this topic knowing that you may or may not get any sort of official credit for the design/suggestion.

-A

SPACE MARINE · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2011 1:47 pm

What about a quartered pattern with a shield boss in the middle, for vikings, footmen, and such?

Shadow Viking · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2011 6:49 pm

Powered Assault Commando wrote:

What about a quartered pattern with a shield boss in the middle, for vikings, footmen, and such?

^ that's a good idea. There's been some evidence that Saxons had curve-faced (but otherwise viking/germanic style) shields, as I recall.

Armothe · **Joined:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 4:00 pm **Posts:** 23559

Shadow Viking wrote:

Powered Assault Commando wrote:

What about a quartered pattern with a shield boss in the middle, for vikings, footmen, and such?

^ that's a good idea. There's been some evidence that Saxons had curve-faced (but otherwise viking/germanic style) shields, as I recall.

Albeit very, slightly curved. I think the larger debate is size. In my opinion, the new LEGO shield from the Minifigure series is slightly too small. And so is the Castle Skeleton/Dwarf shield. Perhaps the Technic shields from the Vikings are the right size but always seemed slightly too large for my taste. The BF Battle Shield is close - with some screen printing I suppose it could pass?

-A

Magnus the Great · **Joined:** Tue Aug 30, 2011 3:28 pm **Posts:** 1

The new LEGO shield isn't that bad. A viking shield could vary quite a lot in size. Viking shields between 24-48 inches were common, and somewhere in between (36") was the most common size. The average viking was around 65-70 inches tall, although they weren't as big-boned as minifigs. When comparing the shield diameter with a minifigs height, it's a pretty good size. However, if it is compared to a minifigs width, it should be 20-25% larger in diameter.

I don't have any pictures but I have hopes some of these Greek-city state standards might be printed.

Sparta: Λ (Lamda)
Athens: Glaphx (goddess Athena's symbolic owl)
Thebes: Heracles' club
Argos: The Hydra symbol
Corinth: A Pegasus
Macedons: The Vergina Sun
Thessaly: A bull's foot
Eretria: An eye
Thespiae: The Crescent of goddess Artemis

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