Lego Shields

Sir Terrance · Post by **Sir Terrance** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 1:06 am

Hi, this question is mainly directed to Ben or Anthony, but how did you make those Shields beside your logo and on the sidebar? They looked rendered, but nothing like Ldraw Shields. Any answers will be appreciated.

Post by **architect** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 1:44 am

Hi Terrance,

Anthony and I both use photoshop to make shields. My shield is inspired by one of my family shields. Once the image is finished, you can save it as a .giff. Then you can make the background color - white - invisible. This will get rid of the white rectangle around your shield.

Ben E.
Sets Admin

Post by **SavaTheAggie** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 3:34 am

Ben is right, we both use Photoshop. I just wanted to add that the shields that I've made were done as trace-overs off real pictures of the shield designs. Just me and photoshop. Unfortunately I'm not really good at custom shields.

--Anthony

footsteps · Post by **footsteps** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 9:33 pm

SavaTheAggie wrote:Just me and photoshop. Unfortunately I'm not really good at custom shields.--Anthony

Well, based on this photo:
http://festum.de/1000steine/myimages/album91/Bild_007
you should have fun adjusting your designs to fit.

These shields look good (cartoonish graphics aside) and would be a nice addition to anyone's armed forces.

I hope you'll consider providing better graphics for these once they become available.

Alan

PS Signing off (but still lurking) until 15 February. Look for me in the Administrative forum on that day.

Dragon Master · Post by **Dragon Master** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 10:31 pm

Well, based on this photo:
http://festum.de/1000steine/myimages/album91/Bild_007
you should have fun adjusting your designs to fit.

These shields look good (cartoonish graphics aside) and would be a nice addition to anyone's armed forces.

I hope you'll consider providing better graphics for these once they become available.

Alan

PS Signing off (but still lurking) until 15 February. Look for me in the Administrative forum on that day.

Those sheilds look decent. Why there is a stud in the middle is beyond me. I like the sheild of the Blue Knight the most. What were they thinking with that monkey!

DM

P.S. See ya in a while footsteps.

coyote · Post by **coyote** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 10:47 pm

I think the stud is pretty well-done. You can use tiles, round 1x1 plates or small radar dishs on it. Everything to hide those weird animals ...

Post by **Ye Olde Republic** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 10:54 pm

I guess we now know that the minifig KK shields are indeed ABS and one piece. A stud on the front though? That's good in a way....it kind of make the part more useful as something other than just a shield. What, I don't know yet.

Post by **Bruce N H** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 10:09 pm

We've seen shields with studs on the front before, in 1984:
http://www.classic-castle.com/sets/oop1984.html
And also in the recent Adventurers sets:
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/?q=7418_1&v=z

Bruce

Jojo · Post by **Jojo** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 10:26 pm

Hello!

Possibly we'll see those shields in different functions in non-Castle sets, too. May that's why they designed them with the stud at the front. Remember? The (dark grey) roundshields have been used as radar dishes in Space sets (clear and red transparent).

Bye
Jojo