Apology…
In the last month, it was really quite on this blog, and I’m really sorry for that. Besides finishing my master’s thesis, a new job and relocating to a new town, I didn’t find the time to write something useful.
So I promise to change that and get more articles out!
Hubris…
It’s been a long time since I’ve started to doodle around with 3D Software, and in all this year’s I wasn’t even trying Blender. Maybe this was pure arrogance on my side about this puny little, free program. Also, there was the laziness that kept me from learning the different ways to operate this tool.
Whatever it was, I was wrong. Blender is a very mighty tool which I have only started to get my grips on.
Content…
For trying out the new Software, I decided to make a little animation about typical Germanic round shields and their composition.
The round shields like this are pretty well known from 3rd century Germanic warriors. Although metal shield buckles are a pretty common find on burial places, it’s very rare to excavate some of the organic parts of the shield.
This led to the picture that these shields consisted only of a buckle and some wooden planks. These reconstructions are mainly used in films and some older schoolbooks. However, the most important part of a shield is the coated front and back, and the reinforced outer edge of the shield. Without these relative weak seaming parts, a shield wouldn’t survive the first blow or the first arrow. These would simply maul the wood and leave the owner alone without any protection.
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