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Thurat wrote:Regarding the curve, I would personally put it top and away. It will help prevent you from hitting your head on it when you wear it on your back.
As for strapping it lengthwise, that's perfectly legit as long as it doesn't measure more than 3ft in that direction once completed.
Magpie Saegar wrote:I believe your shield will hit too solidly if you only use 4lb foam.
Those builds are both okay, but I'd suggest using a 2lb foam for most of it -- at least for the outer layers. Blue camp pad is the most common material I've seen used. Don't use couch cushion.
Celtic Christ wrote: The 3' wide rule becomes a concern if you use it in the lotr fashion like you were talking about. using it laterally like that changes which side would count as the width.
Caleidah wrote:To answer your other question, waffle shields are technically field legal, yes. However, they break down so much faster than solid foam that you would spend more time and money eventually repairing the shield than you would just using the standard construction method.
Magpie Saegar wrote:I believe your shield will hit too solidly if you only use 4lb foam.
Those builds are both okay, but I'd suggest using a 2lb foam for most of it -- at least for the outer layers. Blue camp pad is the most common material I've seen used. Don't use couch cushion.
Varadin wrote:i have a feeling that thing will hit like a ton of bricks being all 4 pound foam. You may need to add a layer of blue to soften it up a bit still.
Magpie Saegar wrote:Magpie Saegar wrote:I believe your shield will hit too solidly if you only use 4lb foam.
Those builds are both okay, but I'd suggest using a 2lb foam for most of it -- at least for the outer layers. Blue camp pad is the most common material I've seen used. Don't use couch cushion.
If it passes at a big event let me know -- I'm legitimately curious. I stand by what I said before you did this, though.
Hardiron wrote:I have a 4lb core less punch that only uses 2lb on the edges, I had one fighter * about "feeling like core" on the face but it passed because every other checker thought it was fine, 4lb on the edge though will probably make it fail, it just cant spread the hit out like the face can, and yours is cored so it wont flex at all when struck.
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