Thanks for the comments chaps. Much appreciated. The mantle merges into the skull at it's base and sits over the 'brain mass' as a sort of natural armoured shield. I'll watch that area for sure.
Another quickie, will do lowpoly + mats, based on this concept , flaps that open for reload can also form a small shield that will avoid bullets that come in direction to the hand :P :
Looking cool so far. Maybe make the yellow bits be more transparent like glass or plastic? The idea would be similar to the light shield on a curing light that dentists use.
@notman: Oh I HATED that jump SO much. How could they fix it? Make the shield flatish instead of curvy. Rest of the game was awesome, just that one bit, gah!
haaiii peopleee here is another hand painted weapon, this time it's a shield! next one will probably be a full character, so AHW MY GAD I made this as a warm up