Optima Defensio:Lantern Shield by Cybertenko
Software:
Base Figures:
Michael 4
Available Uses:
The lantern shield is a small shield combined with a lantern used during the Italian Renaissance (15th and 16th century Italy) especially for night time duels. A number of specimens survive. Their defining feature is a small circular shield – a buckler – combined with a lantern, or a hook from which to hang a lantern, intended to blind the opponent at night or in duels fought at dawn.
Some more elaborate examples might incorporate gauntlets, spikes, sword blades, and also a mechanism to alternatively darken or release the light of the lantern. The most peculiar example is the one now kept at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, made in the 1540s. Swordsmen dueling at dawn are reported to have carried lanterns during the 16th and 17th centuries, and fencing manuals of the period integrated the lantern into their lessons, using it to parry blows and blind the opponent. The manuals sometimes show the combatants carrying the lantern in the left hand wrapped behind the back.
It is believed that the lantern shield was never actually used in combat, but rather for patrolling Italian city streets at night.
What is included:
Lantern Shield smart prop
Materials
Bronze and Steel Shield
Brass and Tin Lantern
Velvet and Leather Cushion
all in pbr and specular
Lights
Lantern point light
Superfly Light FX
Fire, Blue and Green Inner glow
Poses
3 poses for M4
Shield Hand for MR LH
Up to 4kx4k and textures suitable for closeups, Unpacked Runtime Size: 60 MB.
suitable for animations.Historical Reconstruction/Original Design.
