Risu
Master Member
Long story short: Wanted to make it for years, shields were too expensive, price finally came down a bit, bought a bunch of them. This one is for my sister, she needed it done by a deadline and didn't so much care about the accuracy, so I took a couple short cuts on account of there's just not enough reference to see what the thing actually looks like. I picked the version I preferred/the more practical one with the shields attached in the center.
![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/NinjaRisu/DSC03369_zpsb8af2e54.jpg)
![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/NinjaRisu/DSC03367_zps702e36b9.jpg)
![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/NinjaRisu/DSC03368_zps52e73f1c.jpg)
For mine I'm going to try to mix up a slightly lighter batch of dye, maybe try to get some thinner lace (anything thinner than this pretty much just snaps if you put any pressure on it, so I'd have to actually make it myself), make the loop with stitched lambskin, and I was originally going to actually tie the huge ball knot out of lace, but I'm starting to lean toward the button for my own now as well. That giant knot looked awful and stuck out really far.
![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/NinjaRisu/DSC03369_zpsb8af2e54.jpg)
![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/NinjaRisu/DSC03367_zps702e36b9.jpg)
![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/NinjaRisu/DSC03368_zps52e73f1c.jpg)
For mine I'm going to try to mix up a slightly lighter batch of dye, maybe try to get some thinner lace (anything thinner than this pretty much just snaps if you put any pressure on it, so I'd have to actually make it myself), make the loop with stitched lambskin, and I was originally going to actually tie the huge ball knot out of lace, but I'm starting to lean toward the button for my own now as well. That giant knot looked awful and stuck out really far.