The glass panel gives way to a round translucent field of cyan hexagons on a 512×512 texture, held on the same frame and the same arm. The author took the idea from the energy shield of the Halo games.

View models only, all nine shielded weapons, at 2064 polygons on the Desert Eagle against the stock 1106. Nothing ships for the player and world models, so from the outside the shield still looks standard.