Shield making today

A damp day off, so I'm heading to the shop.
It has been so long since I made a shield from scratch that I'm not sure I recall how to do it! At least not with what's on hand. I have a curved blank, but it is very heavy and the idea is to make a left handed new guy shield. On the other hand, the donated plywood I have on hand has not proven to be very durable in other shields.

Off to fiddle around!

Anyone from the Thursday practice enough of an artist to be interested in doing the painting on this when it is done? Not even sure what to put on it. We could go with the Bay Company's cog wheel, Isenfir's colors, or some sort of V and crossed swords for UVa recruiting.