The next morning the glue had dried and the shield stayed in place with a nice curve. I used a circular sanding wheel in the workshop to neaten messy and uneven edges of my shield.

 Next a member of the costume group for our project was summoned to measure out canvas which wold be glued and nailed to the front of the shield as they would have done all those years ago.

 I used a piece of wood to spread the glue evenly over the shield and matched up the border of the canvas with the edges of the shield. I made sure to press out any bumps so the canvas lay flat on the wood. The rim of the canvas was folded and stapled around the back of the shield.

My work colleague covered the back of his with canvas as our shields are going to be two different variations.

 Next me and my associate measured and cut strips of leather 2 inches thick to be glued and nailed around the edge of the shield to add strength.

 Whilst I was at a meeting my colleague made some hand rests out of an old jacket and some wadding so it would be comfortable on the back of your hand to hold the shield as the reference pictures had shown, but before I left I sculpted a half sphere that my associate could vacuum form to create a shield boss for his shield as mine was not featuring one.

When I returned we both helped each other to nail the leather strips around the edge of our shields. 

We used small tacs which were hammed into both sides of the shields to hold the leather rim down as well as wood glue

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 I used the tacs to nail the hand pad in place and I used watered down paint to stain everything a lot darker to make it look a lot more aged.