I got bit by the heater shield bug bad. Here's the result. Both are laser-cut and rolled aluminum stock. Thick. almost a quarter-inch thick. The brackets and leather on both are my design. Not screen-accurate, but I like them.
The first is an attempt at a screen-accurate USO shield. The client (my son) wanted it pristine. Not battle-scarred. He also wanted the cue cards on the back. The cards are scans of the original cue cards found on an auction site. The back is gold to match the movie shield.
For the second shield (mine) I wanted to do something different that I hadn't seen anyone tackle: Cap's first shield design, with the blue stripes. In Marvel canon it's called the Smithsonian shield. I also wanted to do a heater shield with the Dupilcolor Metalcast anodized paints. So it's sort of an amalgam of the movie mythology and comic book mythology. It turned out really well. The Metalcast paint is fun to work with.
Both were a ton of fun, but a ton of work. Clear coat always kicks my butt. I had to strip and start again on both at least once cause I rushed the clearcoat.
One's going on my son's bedroom wall, the other in the basement :)
The first is an attempt at a screen-accurate USO shield. The client (my son) wanted it pristine. Not battle-scarred. He also wanted the cue cards on the back. The cards are scans of the original cue cards found on an auction site. The back is gold to match the movie shield.
For the second shield (mine) I wanted to do something different that I hadn't seen anyone tackle: Cap's first shield design, with the blue stripes. In Marvel canon it's called the Smithsonian shield. I also wanted to do a heater shield with the Dupilcolor Metalcast anodized paints. So it's sort of an amalgam of the movie mythology and comic book mythology. It turned out really well. The Metalcast paint is fun to work with.
Both were a ton of fun, but a ton of work. Clear coat always kicks my butt. I had to strip and start again on both at least once cause I rushed the clearcoat.
One's going on my son's bedroom wall, the other in the basement :)