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Question: Which shield do you like most out of the options available?
Tear Kite   -14 (77.8%)
Kite   -1 (5.6%)
Order   -1 (5.6%)
Bronze   -2 (11.1%)
Total Voters: 16

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« on: July 09, 2007, 02:02:01 am »

As other squads have their own unique shield as part of their uniform, and the Navy as of yet does not, I thought I'd like to see what shield members prefer.

By no means will the shield which proves to be most popular be implemented into the Navy's official uniform - though of course, it could be! - I merely wanted to see which of these options I've given members like the most.

In order from left to right, there is the Tear Kite shield, the Kite shield, the Order shield and the Bronze shield. I've left out the Chaos, Heater, Buckler and Metal shields as they are all already in use by other squads / army entities.

The options are as follows:


Personally I'm in favour of the Tear Kite shield, followed by the Order shield. Whether or not to include the Order shield was debatable, as it's a sign of loyalty to Lord British which Cove is decidedly not. However, the serpent could represent some sea beast, of which we are the bane! Laterally thinking, mind you.

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« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2007, 02:34:00 am »

Tear kite:

Why? The kite shield looks like something a knight would use, an order shield is what Lord British's soldiers use and the bronze shields are just butt ugly
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« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2007, 02:40:47 am »

I don't really fancy the order shield or the random kite shield type thing. It came to a tossup between the large round one, which reminds me of viking ships, and the tear kite, which are just plain sexy.

While vikings are awesome, I'm going to have to go with the tear kite.
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« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2007, 02:44:09 am »

Why not Wooden shields? they fictionally weigh less. .and float... seem alot more IC for someone on the sea to carry.. as it could double as a floatation device
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« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2007, 02:58:53 am »

Kite shields just rock, they look mint and have a nice sea born thing about them
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« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2007, 07:00:46 am »

Tear Kite Shield.

Looks pretty neat, especially in Valorite to match the Marine's plate arms.
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« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2007, 08:50:45 am »

We tried Valorite looked a tad ugly..
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« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2007, 09:16:44 am »

What does a bronze shield look like? Aren't those quite hot!?
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« Reply #8 on: July 09, 2007, 11:21:23 am »

I like the tear kite shield. You can RP it made of leather too, therefore it floats like wood.
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« Reply #9 on: July 09, 2007, 11:26:46 am »

Leather isn't very good in water. Metal is better in water, as metal has straps and doesn't stick to your body when wet.

If floating is good, then why not go with a wooden shield?
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« Reply #10 on: July 09, 2007, 11:30:23 am »

OOC: Think cause they want resists
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« Reply #11 on: July 09, 2007, 12:19:05 pm »

Tear kite definitly

Just use valorite, but non coloured..atleast it looks wooden.
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« Reply #12 on: July 09, 2007, 06:21:35 pm »

Welp, I was under the impression that shields had to be Shadow Iron hued, but supposing they don't, I've displayed further suggested options below.

In order from left to right, we have a valorite hued tear kite shield, an un-hued tear kite shield, a wooden shield, and an un-hued bronze shield:


I didn't originally include the wooden shield either as metal shields have much superior resists, are seen as more professional equipment - Cove's military is no shabby militia! - and, as for the idea that they are bouyant, I thought the fact that we're clad in heavy plate armour defeated the purpose of floating in the first place.

Personally I'm still much in favour of the tear kite - probably the un-hued brown. Both are undoubtedly sexy, but I think the brown colour has the edge over the shadow iron. My second choice is probably the un-hued bronze shield.

Anyhow: do these additions change anyone's views?


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« Reply #13 on: July 09, 2007, 06:25:28 pm »

Go with non hued Tear kite, but change the color of the plate arms. Go with like..copper or something.
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« Reply #14 on: July 09, 2007, 06:33:09 pm »

Well, with valorite arms / gloves and the un-hued tear kite, we do look slightly like corsairs, it has to be said. That's another debate though.
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