History Main / FaceDesignShield

** [[ThePaladin Paladins]] of [[DragonsAreDivine Bahamut]] can have said deities face, his holy symbol, on their shields.

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant No, this isn't about face masks.]] This trope can also be compared with RageHelm and FacialFaçade.

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant No, this isn't about face masks.]] This trope can also be compared with RageHelm and Facial Façade.

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant No, this isn't about face masks.]] This trope can also be compared with RageHelm.

* The ''VideoGame/KnightsOfValour'' series have recurring ShieldBearingMook enemies, whose shields bears the motif of a tiger's head.

** In [[TabletopGame/AdvancedDungeonsAndDragonsFirstEdition the first edition]]'s ''Monster Manual'', an illustration for the kobold has a fighter with a giant ant's head on his shield.

One of the great things about [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe shields]] are that depending on the design and size, this basically makes them large metal or wooden blank canvases were smiths or artists can have some fun.

While some are left blank[[labelnote:*]](especially if they were meant to be somewhat disposable)[[/labelnote]], there are few that are given the bare essentials (like the colors of their faction as an example), but some are given amazing and intricate designs as a way to show off the smiths and artists skills but to also make it's wielders stand out. This trope covers a subset that choose their design to be based on faces/heads, from something humanoid or animalistic either used for intimidation or to denote their loyalties. It's usually something painted on by artists but smiths sometimes make the face/head a separate piece attached to the shield.

One of the great things about [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe shields]] are that depending on the design and size, this basically makes them large metal or wooden blank canvases were smiths or artists can have some fun. While some are left blank[[labelnote:*]](especially if they were meant to be somewhat disposable)[[/labelnote]], there are few that are given the bare essentials (like the colors of their faction as an example), but some are given amazing and intricate designs as a way to show off the smiths and artists skills but to also make it's wielders stand out. This trope covers a subset that choose their design to be based on faces/heads, from something humanoid or animalistic either used for intimidation or to denote their loyalties. It's usually something painted on by artists but smiths sometimes make the face/head a separate piece attached to the shield.

Although there's a few unorthodox examples of this trope, sometimes the shield with the face ''is'' the face (or head) of some strange being, but for a slightly more mundane example the shield is be ''designed'' to be based on a head or face of something usually an animal of some sort.

* ''VideoGame/GuildWars'' has several -- the [[http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/File:Ascalon_Aegis.jpg Ascalon Aegis]] (and it's variants), the [[http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/File:Guardian_of_the_Hunt.jpg Guardian of the Hunt]], and most prominently, the [[http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/File:Gingerbread_Shield.jpg Gingerbread Shield]] are just three such examples.

One of the great things about [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe shields]] are that depending on the design and size, this basically makes them large metal or wooden blank canvases were smiths or artists can have some fun. While some are left blank[[labelnote:*]](especially if they were meant to be somewhat disposable)[[/labelnote]], there are few that are given the bare essentials (like the colors of their faction as an example), but some are given amazing and intricate designs as a way to show off the smiths and artists skills but to also make it's wielders stand out. This trope covers a subset that choose their design to be based on faces/heads, from something humanoid or animalistic either used for intimidation or to denote their loyalties.\\

Although there's a few unorthodox examples of this trope, sometimes the shield with the face ''is'' the face (or head) of some strange being, but for a slightly more mundane example the shield is be ''designed'' to be based on a head or face of something usually an animal of some sort.\\

[[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe Shields]] can have some amazing and intricate designs on them. In particular, those resembling faces. Probably for intimidation.

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant No, this isn't about masks.]] Compare with RageHelm.

** The occasional Megazord uses a component mecha's head as a shield, including the Mastodon in season 1 of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' and Elephant in ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce''. The Thundersaurus Megazord in ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' ''could'' use its Triceratops head as a shield, but rarely did so.
** Also in ''Dino Thunder'', the Blue and Triassic Rangers' personal weapons are shields shaped like ceratopsian heads (Triceratops for Blue, Styracosaurus for Triassic).