How to make a Roman Shield - Scutum

All I'm doing is just gonna be soaking the wood with the water Good five minutes This is 1 8 32 by 48 So I'm going to do this for five minutes Of course today is very very humid so Bear with me so what you'll need is like around six to five straps or ratchet straps and around two by fours and You can get this at your local hardware store have them cut two by fours So this is the prepping process before we start on our Roman shield So we first just lay down all the straps make sure the handles are facing upwards Because when you wrap it around the barrel now these two type of barrels are preferable You can do the the plastic one or you can do the metal one Whichever you prefer you can pick it up locally for five dollars or ten. They're pretty cheap to pick up. So Yeah, it's a very simple process. So let's start. So I put a layer of glue Wood glue between the layers of the three wood pieces of wood and I just gently lay it down It's raining today. So Usually I took a sponge to get the water out or kind of dry it out and There you go, so Now in the next step, I'm going to be putting a barrel On top of the plywood Then I'm gonna ratchet up and then let it cure for three days. Let's get to it I'm doing is I'm Rolling wood glue on top of the shield So then I want to lay that linen on top of it. So I want to put more glue because last time I was afraid to put less glue as possible, so I didn't want it to seep through the linen and I created a bunch of air bubbles, but eventually I fixed it but as you can see This is a simple roller you can get a used You know roller they used for paint doesn't matter can be hard as rock this as long as you just roll the glue Over the shield I Get more wood glue So this is what I'm using Premium wood glue takes like 20 minutes, but there is differences Wanted something more exterior more abuse anyways You can you're gonna go to the store and look at the differences Sometimes what you pay for is the value you get out of it. So Anyways, I'm gonna finish this up Pour more glue on this bad boy Let it dribble and dries in like 20 minutes. So you kind of have to be Sort of quick on it now what I'm doing is Kind of getting all these wrinkles out as I can before it dries Stretch it this I can but you can use a just sander block like this kind of You want to get this? Stretch it hard as you can And it's about the rain here so anyways As you can see Something like this It's already getting all the air bubbles out Make it flushed and perfect Doesn't take that much effort is as long as you just play something like a flat surface like this and When you're warping the wood like this Anyways, so Sometimes it creates a crack seam like right here Can't really get out of But whatever Nothing's perfect sometimes Having little imperfections makes it even more authentic. Oh This is gonna be a beautiful shield. I shouldn't Should name all these shields give them their own little personalities, you know cars I gotta take this in the garage before it starts raining, so but You fly you just pour the wood glue on there Take a wood sander like this Then just even out all the air bubbles best you can And then let her dry This shield has very baby smooth skin Come out nice very very nice Can't wait to put this shield in action So I got some good old-fashioned milk paint and some red is what I'm using to paint the Roman shield So the instructions say do not pour all of this in at once so you want to Put a little bit too much And then pour a little this is a whole cup. So When I did the first time I used to have one cup Mixing the milk paint I covered the whole room and shield So I'm not gonna use a whole cup of water But I'm trying to get a second coat on there because I feel it needs a second coat, but So I just mix it up And I bought this can for like $3 from Lowe's. So this goes around $15 if you guys not want to know Pretty much special-order sadly Let's just pick up so many shields to make I'm just gonna do latex paint. So So I'm taking a milk paint water-based paint, so just painting Just painting the linen. That's I used wood glue for the linen on top of the shield. So so Seal it a little bit more Looking good so far so what I'm using is a boiled linseed oil so basically I'm just gonna Layer it over the milk paint or the linen So it can be darkened just take a simple roller and And we'll make it even more darker. So let's get it Not too much, but just enough to cover the shield As you can see it's already getting darker plus the oil helps protects Of course I already Took it in practice And roughed it up, but gave some character to it I'm just using a little sponge roller