Define Shields?

[Kasualix]

The vanilla Shield made of iron is so boring.
Is it possible to make shields from other metal materials?
It would be nice if you can do that.

[gigaherz]

Not currently. Shields are a very specialized item that would require implementing multiple things to be able to define one via json.
However, there's existing mods that add custom shields, maybe one of those has a design you like?
But keep this ticket open, as a feature request, so maybe I remember when I have some spare time and decide to work on this.