Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: Grunt on April 08, 2010, 08:39:15 pm
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Here's a few more Medicine Shield paintings. I was on light duty recovering from cataract surgery so I wasn't to lift anything over ten pounds for a week. Paint brushes don't weigh much. The one with color is an Oklahoma Star design and the one without color was inspired by Mound Builder insized shell carvings.
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Sweet shields, I especially like the mound builder style design very cool. What are they made of?
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These are great! What colours did you use??
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Sweet shields, I especially like the mound builder style design very cool. What are they made of?
The Shields are canvas that I stretched and gessoed on a 3/4" self made plywood frame. The paints are water based regular hardware store paints. The feather work was done with fax eagle feathers from Crazy Crow and the ribbon is from a craft store.
The Ok Star is orange and green contrasting colors so it really "pops"
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Nice to see these here, maybe I'll post some pics of my tipi, its in a Cheyenne style and painting,
I am picking up some buffalo rawhide in two weeks for several shields, medicine and war shields,
A friend in MT and I are working up a mounted competition using buffalo lances on targets, to go along with mounted archery. Those bows are shorties, 42-48" mostly, I am working on several morre now.
If I get some pics taken will post on the lances, all on 5' shafts. Only the war lance decorated.
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man,those are really nice.good work.