by bo1 » Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:49 am
frosty this was written 3 posts down from your thread.
shields should be like skirts, small enough to make it interesting, but big enough to cover the subject.
but i agree with what is said here, most normal people, 100 lbs to 200 lbs a 28" round is a great answer. if you are pretty close to that 100lbs mark, a 24 would be more of a challenge.
if you are over the 200 mark, and extra inch for each 25 lbs is a good model. there is a formula in ther i bet, arrakis, oh wait he is busy in the dungeon m aking my other formula i want, i will field this one then.
((your wieght in lbs + 200lbs) / 50lbs)" + 20"= number of inches in diameter the finished shield should be. note, this is not the core size but the finished size. that is a pretty crappy formula, i am sure there is a more elegant one, that would give a pettier result, but this works well enough.
so if big jimmy wieght 300, it is
((300LBS+200LBS)/ 50LBS)" + 20"= 500/50"+ 20"= 30", which is really close to what he would want if he wanted to challenge himself a bit.
i am 250 so for me it is , ((250lbs+200lbs)/50lbs)"+ 20"= 29 ", which is what i normally use.
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