@Pennywise I liked the idea of a tier set of shields and it turns out it was a good way of developing a single piece of work in stages for me. Think I might attempt steampunk next, if it comes to me.
@Rokugan You could try to paint over the black lines and give it a more heavenly look to it? I can paint what I mean with your permission. Got stumped with the steampunk thing, ideas kept escalating beyond defensive. wanted to keep away from just putting random cogs on a shield.