Less than $20.oo WWII Captain America Shield

Halloween is coming close and I was trying to think of a costume. I have a leather jacket, some cargo pants, brown boots and can find an Army helmet to paint NATO blue with an "A" on it.

I need a shield.

I found this laminated chair back from a chair that had seen better days...

Step 1 Planning out the shape

The curves are actually easy to create using a string, a pushpin and a pencil.

You first need to find the center of the piece for this kind of curve.

Comments

[DanDevlinOS]

A good way to get the right angle for holding the shield, is to hold the shield by the corner closest to the top leading edge. Let the shield suspend at the extreme angle then position your shield holding hand and arm vertically. Have someone trace around your arm or lay it on a flat surface and do it yourself. Be sure to make special marks over the largest part of your forearm and the center of you closed fist. This will allow you to hold the shield in a more comfortable and natural position.

[monkeywork]

I like that! Most of my shields are for RenFests, round Scottish targs, so the placement never mattered much.

I saw film photos of the Captain America shield and the handle and forearm support were centered, so that's what I went for. But next time, I'll give your method a go.

[abeaton]

SWEET! This is so cool! Nice job recycling an old chair back.

[dawg065]

reminds me of the shield i made when my sixth grade class performed camelot.of course my shield did'nt look this good.

[INFunGuy]

Wow!!!!! Fantastic job and great play-by-play with pics! Very impressive and easy to follow. Thank You.

[james kevin]

Cool ! good work . I love Captain too.

[monkeywork]

Thank you!

This has sparked my interest in creating more Instructables, I just need to get better at photo documenting things, I always have a project in the works. (The ABC Robot from Judge Dredd has been in the planning stages for a while...)

[Penolopy Bulnick]

This is very awesome! Nice work :)

[monkeywork]

Thank you! This is my first instructable, and I'm really happy with the way it turned out. And I saved something from going into the landfill, bonus!

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Yes! I love being able to reuse things, especially if you have such an awesome outcome!