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aztec Funditor Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 858 Gender:	Maquahuitl and shield Jun 22^nd, 2009 at 8:43pm heres my Maquahuitl and my newly painted aztec shield. hopefuly they can inspire all you warriors out there
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Lycurgus Senior Member Offline [ch924][ch927][ch923 ][ch937][ch925] [ch923][ch913][ch914 ][ch917] Posts: 445 Coventry, England Gender:	Re: Maquahuitl and shield Reply #1 - Jun 23^rd, 2009 at 4:28am I like that a lot. It always impresses me how many different and artistic ways "primitive" peoples developed in order to inflict maximum carnage on other people. Kinda says a lot about basic human nature dont it?
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Fundibularius Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Sultan of Sling Posts: 1385 Inter Mosam ac Rhenum Gender:	Re: Maquahuitl and shield Reply #2 - Jun 23^rd, 2009 at 4:34am They look great, aztec! Congrats. And yes, it seems like human fantasy does not know any limits when it's about inventing things to hurt and kill other people.
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slingbadger Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't Badger a Badger Posts: 3228 Akron NY Gender:	Re: Maquahuitl and shield Reply #3 - Jun 23^rd, 2009 at 5:43am Is that real flint/obsidian in the maquahuitl? if it is, I'm impressed!
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kbear Novicius Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 9	Re: Maquahuitl and shield Reply #4 - Jun 23^rd, 2009 at 6:14am Nice work that looks great!!
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Lycurgus Senior Member Offline [ch924][ch927][ch923 ][ch937][ch925] [ch923][ch913][ch914 ][ch917] Posts: 445 Coventry, England Gender:	Re: Maquahuitl and shield Reply #5 - Jun 23^rd, 2009 at 6:49am Where did you get the design for the shield? It looks to me like a stylised sun and wave, is it?
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Camo-sling Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Forge your own path. Posts: 1419 Australia Gender:	Re: Maquahuitl and shield Reply #6 - Jun 23^rd, 2009 at 8:04am well done!
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aztec Funditor Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 858 Gender:	Re: Maquahuitl and shield Reply #7 - Jun 23^rd, 2009 at 3:54pm the blades are metal lol. i cheated on that part of it. i googled aztec sheild designs and that one was the best one i found
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Re: Maquahuitl and shield
Reply #8 - Jun 24^th, 2009 at 7:41am

They look really good. I cheated on my maq and used metal too. I raided a friend's hay cutting equipment, and got a dozen blades from a swather (picture a riding lawn mower with an 18 foot cutting bar, if you don't know what I mean).

What did you use?

And do you have any pictures of the back side of your shield? I'd like to see how you hang on to it.

K'Jev
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xxkid123 Past Moderator Offline Hallo, ich heiße kartoffel Posts: 4807 new to california Gender:	Re: Maquahuitl and shield Reply #9 - Jun 24^th, 2009 at 12:02pm hey cool. now you can spank people and slice then up (you did use a paddle for the base right, because it looks like one)
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slinger87 Funditor Offline I bet I can throw a rock farther then you can! Posts: 731 MI Gender:	Re: Maquahuitl and shield Reply #10 - Jun 24^th, 2009 at 5:46pm looks good, what did you use for the blades, did you make them, buy them or get them out of something?
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aztec Funditor Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 858 Gender:	Re: Maquahuitl and shield Reply #11 - Jun 25^th, 2009 at 4:20pm i got a peice of flat metal stock at lowes and i cut it into 3 inch sections so its not sharp now but i could sharpen it if i ever wanted to. ill try to get a pic of the back of the shield later today
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slinger87 Funditor Offline I bet I can throw a rock farther then you can! Posts: 731 MI Gender:	Re: Maquahuitl and shield Reply #12 - Jun 25^th, 2009 at 4:23pm my grandmas got sheets of old sideing or roofing, its tin or steel, i might be able to use that
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aztec Funditor Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 858 Gender:	Re: Maquahuitl and shield Reply #13 - Jun 26^th, 2009 at 1:09am two leather straps atached with tacks and epoxy the strap on the left is loser so i can fit the thinker part of my arm in it and the right strap is flatter for my hand to grip
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slingbadger Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't Badger a Badger Posts: 3228 Akron NY Gender:	Re: Maquahuitl and shield Reply #14 - Jun 26^th, 2009 at 6:23am Do you have any idea how the strapping was done "in period?" That adds such a good historical touch to things, and adds to your knowledge.
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