Heater Shield

The following is a conclusion drawn from a thread on the Belegarth Boards, ([1]). on the subject of making a heater shield.

Heater shields are extremely popular with knights (in Belegarth), but contrary to popular belief many non-knights used heater style shields throught the middle ages. So, it isn't "blasphemous" to own a heater shield and be "non-chivalry" (To Para-Phrase Magnus of Taurendor).

Belegarth heater style shields generally look like this:

(These images courtesy of the Henneth-Annun website.

Real heater shields tend to look like this, with a curve and more of a slope than angles.

(Contributed by Kyrian)

Other Links on heater shields that can be used to make realistic belegarth shields can be found here. [2] [3] (Also contributed by Kyrian)

Now, you're probably wondering how to build a heater shield, the standard design is something like this: