I kept giving my shield more brown washes so it looked darker and whilst it was drying i helped out the Razz group by making them a pair of Elephant tusks out of polystyrene. The shape was drawn out and roughly cut out. I used the band saw to add more shape to them then I went over them thoroughly with some sandpaper to smooth out the shape.

After my shield had dried I proceeded to trim down extra strips to make the arm and hand straps with more leather and fixing them them to the shield using the same tacs used to attach the leather trim.

Next I had to choose a design for the front of the shield and I chose a pattern consisting of three upside down half moons and a series of smaller crosses. I drew out the moon shape easily by finding circular objects to draw around. the crosses were a bit harder than expected. Here is a failed attempt.

I gave up for the evening on the crosses and instead helped out the Razz group again. This time I painted the paper rope on the trunk and tail using watered down paints i had mixed to match the colour of the EVA foam.

I also made a fur tuft for the Elephant's tail by cutting a fairly thin strip off goat fur and hot gluing it down the sides of the tail.