Improve my BA shield!

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**Phototoxin**

I'm planning a small BA DoA army - some marines require storm shields so I was thinking about making them from bitz and making them suitably blood angely.

This is what I've come up wiht so far:

Any thoughts on how to improve it? Should I fill the gaps?

I'm thinking that I might cast some up so that the gap would be filled, but with a thinner layer.

**Flinty**

That looks rather neat. I would be inclined to leave the gaps open. The SS is supposed to include an energy field, so that can easily cover the gaps

**SlaveToDorkness**

Maybe cut off the eagle tails so that it is just wings coming from behind the BA symbol?

That would lend it a more balanced shape as well.

Leave the gaps!

**GCMandrake**

That's pretty cool. Yes, I'd remove the feet/tails and also move the eagles closer together so the gap is a little smaller and balanced against the gap you add by removing the tail. Add some purity seals, and you're golden.

Also, I'm wholeheartedly stealing this idea.

**Ghidorah**

I think it looks perfect as it is now. The feet/tails add to the symmetry of the shield and the gap is just right for a nice field of view while the shield is being employed. I wouldn't change what you have one iota. What you can do to gauge they difference in look between current vs no feet/smaller gap is photoshop it and do a side-by-side image.

Also, I second the addition of purity seals and/or scrolls and I think you have a brilliant touch to your BAs.

Ghidorah

**SlaveToDorkness**

:::mesmerized by sig pic:::

**Lygris Axon**

I say leave it and let me steal your idea.

Lygris

**Phototoxin**

LoL! Thanks for the support! My BA are going to be 'pimped' - purity seals everywhere ,scrolls... and so on.

I was thinking... surely the shields needs to be light/easily moveable and the gaps allow you to see through - while implying an energy field as mentioned! I wil try a 'tail'-less versin.

Just for clarity the bits are all from a drop pod (1 drop pod should get you 2 shields this way!)

**poda_t**

If you have dark angels stuff kicking around, you could easilly remove the wings and re-task them. They'd be more substantial and might look more interesting...

If you dont, DA kits come with outrageous ammoutns of those things, so theyre fairly easy to acquire.

**Clang**

Looks good, except the aquilla 'tails' poking out look wrong somehow.

Hmm, how about a storm shield made from a Sanguinary Guard 'wing'?

**Phototoxin**

Would need a lot of wings and they aren't easy to get! Basically the bits I've used are spares/junk. However I got some sang guard today - I could pimp the shields with the extra wings bitz

**Enzephalon**

Clang wrote:
Hmm, how about a storm shield made from a Sanguinary Guard 'wing'?

I have seen this been made before, but it really looks horrible.