3D Heraldry Shield

My Heraldry Shield

So my latest project isn't the most historically accurate but I had a ton of fun doing it, basically it's my SCA device in 3D on a shield about the size of a real shield.

 I used a wooden shield blank I purchased at Winter War in 2016 from a vendor and painted it with acrylic paint for the field (i.e. the background of the device).

 I then used polymer clay, pigments, alcohol ink and a touch of acrylic paint to make both the Narwhal and three slightly different mushrooms. For some reason the Narwhal ended up with a horn that bends upwards slightly, I think this happened when I took it out of the oven, I wasn't careful enough to keep it flat. For the Heraldry the Narwhal is supposed to be 'sable' or in common tongue black. I didn't want the Narwhal completely black so I just gave it heavy flecking as is seen in younger Narwhal (they lose colouration as they get older).

My mushrooms are supposed to be 'argent' also known as silver or white. Therefore I gave them white stems and overtop the brown I painted a coat of semi-translucent silver paint.

Here are the mushrooms on the shield 

Here is a side view to see the 3D effect

Overall, I'm quite pleased with the end result. It makes a neat impression and I'm pleased with how the elements individually turned out when put all together.

Till next time!
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