Captain America Shield Star Dimension

[Chris Fields]

For those comparing to pics, keep in mind, due to the dome of the shield, the slightest off angle will cause "ovaling" of the circles in the image. There were some good shots of the shield flat on in the Official Movie special magazine that came out just before the movie. The new Blue Ray has some great shots as well.

 

[CSMacLaren]

Chris,

Feel free to PM me if you come into contact with any images.

I looked at the hi res poster image and this time I decided to crop the visible part of the shield and rotate it. This assumes the shield is a computer graphic looking directly and perfectly at the "camera" as the image is rendered.

I can't say it's entirely accurate but the best I can do with limited resources.

Here is my reconstruction:

 

[Kevin Gossett]

This is some excellent analysis going on!

 

[TheCap]

1k is pretty cheap. The hero props for the film were over 10k a piece.

not that cheap when you dont have the 1k to spare lol

 

[Zombie Killer]

$1k seems a bit high to me. Especially when the last R2 dome i bought cost $400 and those have 2 spun domes (inner and outer) PLUS the laser cutting. There is alot more work on the R2 domes. It sounds like that company is "saying yes we can make sheilds but we don't really want to."

They may have paid $10k each but like the Farnsworths that cost the studios $4k those can be made for under $100

 

[Chris Fields]

not that cheap when you dont have the 1k to spare lol

very true!

 

[Chris Fields]

$1k seems a bit high to me. Especially when the last R2 dome i bought cost $400 and those have 2 spun domes (inner and outer) PLUS the laser cutting. There is alot more work on the R2 domes. It sounds like that company is "saying yes we can make sheilds but we don't really want to."

They may have paid $10k each but like the Farnsworths that cost the studios $4k those can be made for under $100

I wouldn't say that at all. The hero shields have 5 individually spun pieces for the front surface, each ring, the blue center, and then the star. Those spinning have to go through a major milling process to step them down on each side so they connect to the next. Then the bracket in the back is a 6th spinning, and gets a major machining to it to get it's shape. Then all the details start. The etching on the star, the etching on the back bracket. Then the 18 individual aluminum parts for the handle straps, then the straps, then the stainless hardware... that is a lot.

 

[Valor]

What if they are not spinnings? What if they are individual CNC pieces. Seems it would be easier to ensure perfect fit that way.

 

[Chris Fields]

What if they are not spinnings? What if they are individual CNC pieces. Seems it would be easier to ensure perfect fit that way.

They are spinnings, that was confirmed. CNC'd pieces to the shape of a spinning would be even more expensive, and would yield a huge waste in material as they would be cut out of a block.

 

[winghead]

Valor, received the Star today!! Nice Job! Thanks!!

 

[WoodsonJ]

Hey guys, wanted to thank all of you for taking the time to break the shield down. I have bought a shield with the 10" center because of this thread. I have tried to read through to find where I might find a star or if someone could make one. Valor, could you do this for a price? Also does anyone have some guidance on how to paint the shield for an authentic replica? Thanks!!

 

[Spartan1117]

thanks:thumbsup I got the shield spun from AMS in Florida, where everybody gets their shields from and the paintwork was from our very own member, Phizzle. and that Valor's awesome center star's in the middle.



mind if I use these measurements as well? I'm having them spin me up a new one shortly

May I please ask, but what is AMS? I plan on getting a shield spun as well

 

[Valor]

Rolando ROLO0811@aol.com ... A shop in Miami ....

 

[Xosmi]

imho, the shield with the 8" center looks wonky because it's destroying the overall balance of the rings, the center red ring becomes bigger and more prominent, creating an optical illusion of the shield being more cone shaped then it actually is, the 10" one looks like it has all rigngs spaced out a lot more evenly.

 

[Star Raider]

I have taken the liberty of making an outline of the entire shield using a 10" circle and the above dimensions courtesy of shenphong. Let me know if this helps

All Dimensions are in Inches

Version 3

http://www.mediafire.com/?tl43n151dbuxuvc

- Star Raider

 

[temujin]

From what i saw last night the small one has a thinner inner ring. The big one he used at the begining where it is unpainted. This one also has a different handle. Also at the first raid it looks like a big painted one. The small one seems to be used the rest of the movie because he is either fighting or wearing it on his back. So i get 3 different ones. An unpainted big one with metal handles, a painted big one with battle scortches and a smaller painted one with scortches or battle damage. There were probably more made though.

http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu18/88844733/DSC06757Medium.jpg

Hola, he leído el post con detención y en ningún lugar alguien habla del alto del escudo. Alguien podria decir cuanto seria algo cercano a la pelicula? Gracias!

 

[PerilloMarc]

From what I can deduct it looks like the shield has 5 equally spaced rings, the first 2 encompass the star and blue, the third and fifth are red with the forth silver/white. I have read that have multiple shields for the movies that range from different sizes depending on the shot. Because of this fact I would have to think all the shields would have to be proportional to one another so an obvious difference can't be seen. This is why I believe the dimensions would be down on a scale instead of actually inches so regardless of the size of the shield (24,25,26,26.5) they would all look the same regardless.

I would also like to point out that I have look over photo at exhausting rates and not sure if my eyes are playing tricks or if the images are of different shields or maybe stretch a little bit in the photos but it looks like the blue circle is just short of 2/5 on some of the photos and is exactly 2/5 on others. It's going to be hard to tell until someone gets a shot of the shield with a ruler next to it. Recreating exacted dimensions from a photo is incredible hard as most of you know. There's such a limited amount of data.

I would love to know how everyone feels about this?

-M. Perillo

 

[Kevin Gossett]

Sorry, but where are you getting 5 rings from? Outer red, silver, inner red, blue.

 

[PerilloMarc]

its not exact but it's close, my first guess was 2 3/4" rings with 9 1/2" star cause it equalled 26" (a nice round number) and looked good on paper but then I read about how there are different size shields used in the movie and it made me wonder how they measured to make the shields used in the movie.. It is possible when they made a different size shield by an inch or inch and a half, they just made it close enough and figured people wouldn't notice but I find it odd they would take that chance with such a essential prop with major screen time... There is also the fact the curvature to the shield, if the flat diameter is 26" then the surface diameter will be bigger because of its triangle (2D) or cone shape (3D) shape. Wish I could just hold a ruler to the actual shield

 

[pinder91]

Mathematically, I think that is EXACTLY how the rings were laid out.

That's how I modeled this shield also.

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