ArmouredOutlaw It would also be cool if you can change the shield's transparency, or a Lower Shield module, like the one we have for NoFire thing.
Alexander01998 Hey ArmouredOutlaw, that's an interesting idea! I've turned your comment into a new "proposals" thread so it's easier for others to find and vote on. Cheers!
ZANXEY There's a Sword Blocking Mod that removes the shield entirely and replaces it with - you guessed it - sword blocking. It may not be exactly what you're looking for, but I think it's worth a mention.
RealmKebab ZANXEY it's only for servers on 1.8, no use for it if you're trying to cheat on a 1.9+ server
ZANXEY RealmKebab nope, works on any server. This is a completely client-side, visual mod, and doesn't affect how a shield works (to block, you need a shield). First line of the mod description literally says it all.