Has this ever happened to you?
Well, it doesn't have to
Viking shields, for businessmen everywhere.
Hi, my name is Chris and I like to make things.
Let's make a viking shield together.
We can start by printing and cutting the template
and then tracing it on to some 6mm foam which
we will then cut out with a sharp knife. Heat
up the foam with a blowdryer and shape it
over your knee. Hot glue all the edges together
to make a nice dome. I like to hold the edges
together while pressing down on a silicone
baking sheet, giving me a smooth seam. Cut
a circle from a large sheet of 2mm thick craft
foam and, using your blowdryer, heat it up
and mould it over the dome. This process can
take some time and patience so try not to
do it when you're feeling angry or frustrated.
Remember, it doesn't have to be perfect. You
can see that there are still some wrinkles
on mine and gluing it down is going to help
get rid of some of those so start gluing from
the top and glue small sections at a time,
trying to get the foam as smooth and even
as possible.
Find yourself a bit of cardboard
and poke two holes in it, 25 cm apart and
now you have a super sweet, super hi-tech
circle making machine and you can cut out
that shield with your sharp knife. Make another
hole in your circle making machine 10 cm from
the centre and this mark will help us glue
the dome in the right place. But before we
do that, we'll grab an old belt for the handle.
Flip over your shield and mark the centre,
then make two marks 5 cm on either side of
the centre hole. Then cut a slot the same
width as your belt. Thread the belt through
the slots and you've got an adjustable handle.
You just might need to add a few holes to
the belt to make it small enough. The great
thing is, our foam dome is going to cover
up where that belt comes through on the front.
So let's put that in place now. Glue the rim
of the dome onto the shield, trying to smooth
out the wrinkles as much as possible.
Draw some lines across the shield to make it look
like it's made from strips of wood and create
the indentations using a dull metal object
such as the handle of a spoon. Now cut four
strips of craft foam 45 cm long by 3 cm wide.
Glue these strips vertically around the shield,
one after another until you get back to where
you started. Cut off any excess so they line
up nice and even. Now you can fold that edge
over and glue it down to the front of the
shield, gluing any places where two strips
join up first.
Work your way around the shield in sections.
For the rivets, mix together
some five minute epoxy and apply it in small
dots with the back of your paintbrush. Once
the epoxy is dry, paint the boards of the
shield brown and the rest black. While the
last coat of brown paint is still wet, add
a few little black marks and blend them in
to make it look a bit like woodgrain. Let
the paint dry, put on some rubber gloves,
and get out your DecoArt Metallic Wax Paste.
Apply a thin layer of the metallic paste to
the surfaces until they look a bit like this.
Hey thanks for watching my video.  You can get the pattern here.
This is gonna be a really slow breakfast, Daddy!
And then it catches
on your glasses and your glasses fall off.
No I don't want to wreck my glasses.
