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| In lugnet.castle, Mike Rayhawk writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Eric Joslin writes:
> > Why not use a lance for the grip part, and attach a spear to the other
> > end? If the minifig holds the lance "backwards", the handle would give
> > ample opportunities for connecting bit to hold the spear.
>
> This is a lot like what we did when we needed to make Japanese spears for a
> game a few months ago, we reversed the lances and attached sabers to the butt
> ends (rather than spears). You can find pictures of them at
> http://www.teleport.com/~rayhawks/games/n-setup.htm
I like the ones with what looks like the toilet-plunger (flag-holder, whatever)
with 1x1 round and katana. Either style is fine for a naginata, but not quite
what I'm looking for in a western pike.
>
>
> > Done in the right way, it could even suggest the "lack of sophistication"
> > of Scots (although anyone capable of making and weilding a claymore seems
> > pretty sophisticated to me).
>
> More properly stated, if you meet someone who has made and is wielding a
> claymore, are you going to tell him he's unsophisticated?
>
>
> - Mike Rayhawk.
Ummmm, errr, I was refering to the Scots methods of pike-handling as opposed to
the Swiss. The Swiss were capable of much more offensive action than the
Scots. Considering the latter were often facing longbow armed troops, this
proved decisive on more than one occassion.
And I ain't arguing with anyone slinging a sword whether he made it or not.
:-)
Bruce
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| In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Mike Rayhawk writes:
> > In lugnet.castle, Eric Joslin writes:
> > > Why not use a lance for the grip part, and attach a spear to the other
> > > end? If the minifig holds the lance "backwards", the handle would give
> > > ample opportunities for connecting bit to hold the spear.
> >
> > This is a lot like what we did when we needed to make Japanese spears for a
> > game a few months ago, we reversed the lances and attached sabers to the butt
> > ends (rather than spears). You can find pictures of them at
> > http://www.teleport.com/~rayhawks/games/n-setup.htm
>
> I like the ones with what looks like the toilet-plunger (flag-holder, whatever)
> with 1x1 round and katana. Either style is fine for a naginata, but not quite
> what I'm looking for in a western pike.
>
> >
> >
> > > Done in the right way, it could even suggest the "lack of sophistication"
> > > of Scots (although anyone capable of making and weilding a claymore seems
> > > pretty sophisticated to me).
> >
> > More properly stated, if you meet someone who has made and is wielding a
> > claymore, are you going to tell him he's unsophisticated?
> >
> >
> > - Mike Rayhawk.
>
> Ummmm, errr, I was refering to the Scots methods of pike-handling as opposed to
> the Swiss. The Swiss were capable of much more offensive action than the
> Scots. Considering the latter were often facing longbow armed troops, this
> proved decisive on more than one occassion.
>
> And I ain't arguing with anyone slinging a sword whether he made it or not.
> :-)
>
> Bruce
Ok, I am away from my legos, so I can't test this, but tell me what you think,
cause after all, I seem to be famous for my makeshift weapons. How about if
you did this. Take a lance, turn it around, and put two 1x1 round bricks of
the same color on the handle end. Then insert a silver dagger (from the
underwater lego sets) into the top most 1x1 round brick. How's that?
--Anthony
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| In lugnet.castle, Anthony Sava writes:
> Ok, I am away from my legos, so I can't test this, but tell me what you think,
> cause after all, I seem to be famous for my makeshift weapons. How about if
> you did this. Take a lance, turn it around, and put two 1x1 round bricks of
> the same color on the handle end. Then insert a silver dagger (from the
> underwater lego sets) into the top most 1x1 round brick. How's that?
>
> --Anthony
I had a good time tinkering with Lego (okay, okay, playing with Lego, stop
twisting my arm) last night.
Best visually sans color is the lightsabre with a spear in the other end. No
huge out-of-proportion pieces. Is there a black lightsabre blade? Gray I have
a few of, but mostly the transparent ones. I suppose I could chop up matching
spears and then I'd only have the chrome lightsabre handle, but I could live
with that.
Not too bad was the toilet-plunger with 1x1 round with spear. Made 'em all
black and this worked reasonably well. A fraction shorter, but quite
servicable. Replacing the spear with a katana works even better since the hilt
covers the rest of the hole in the 1x round, but it makes a better naginata
than pike.
Anthony's trick above produces a nice pike tip, but a real-top heavy look. The
lance is quite long, so the length is okay.
Lopping the blade and reverse spike off a gray halberd produces a slightly
longer spear that could be servicable as long as you don't mix them with
halberds in the same unit (which of course, is what they often did).
The two-handed over-hand body-sideways thrust pose looks great except it kinda
prevent a second rank standing close.
I'll have to see about the plastic tube/rod from the hobby store when I get a
chance.
Bruce
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> Best visually sans color is the lightsabre with a spear in the other end. No
> huge out-of-proportion pieces. Is there a black lightsabre blade?
The Star Wars A-Wing has two of them in black.
JohnG, GMLTC
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.castle, John Gerlach writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > Best visually sans color is the lightsabre with a spear in the other end. No
> > huge out-of-proportion pieces. Is there a black lightsabre blade?
>
> The Star Wars A-Wing has two of them in black.
Even longer, the little Xteam hangglider has some slightly longer ones in black
as well...they might work even better, not sure.
> JohnG, GMLTC
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.castle, John Gerlach writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > Best visually sans color is the lightsabre with a spear in the other end. No
> > huge out-of-proportion pieces. Is there a black lightsabre blade?
>
> The Star Wars A-Wing has two of them in black.
>
> JohnG, GMLTC
I believe the Emperor's cane is also one in the SW Sith figure pack.
John
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.castle, John Radtke writes:
> I believe the Emperor's cane is also one in the SW Sith figure pack.
>
> John
For the non-purists, I may have just stumbled upon another solution. I was
walking past the coffee machine here at work, and noticed they have small
black straws for stirring the coffee. I picked on up, and thought "that would
fit a minifig hand". Brought it back to my desk, yep - it fits perfectly.
They're about five inches long, and lightweight enough that the figs don't
topple.
Now, all I have to do is figure out how to get several hundred of them...
<grin>
JohnG, GMLTC
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
>
> Best visually sans color is the lightsabre with a spear in the other end. No
> huge out-of-proportion pieces. Is there a black lightsabre blade? Gray I have
> a few of, but mostly the transparent ones. I suppose I could chop up matching
> spears and then I'd only have the chrome lightsabre handle, but I could live
> with that.
The Naboo swamp has four dark gray ones for the stap fighter thingies.
Sean
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | > In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> >
> > Best visually sans color is the lightsabre with a spear in the other end. No
> > huge out-of-proportion pieces. Is there a black lightsabre blade? Gray I
> have
> > a few of, but mostly the transparent ones. I suppose I could chop up matching
> > spears and then I'd only have the chrome lightsabre handle, but I could live
> > with that.
>
> The Naboo swamp has four dark gray ones for the stap fighter thingies.
And the A-Wing has black 4 stud long rods, which I will be adding soon to my
sales page, along with many dark gray rods as well.
Scott S.
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| In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Anthony Sava writes:
>
> > Ok, I am away from my legos, so I can't test this, but tell me what you think,
> > cause after all, I seem to be famous for my makeshift weapons. How about if
> > you did this. Take a lance, turn it around, and put two 1x1 round bricks of
> > the same color on the handle end. Then insert a silver dagger (from the
> > underwater lego sets) into the top most 1x1 round brick. How's that?
> >
> > --Anthony
>
>
> I had a good time tinkering with Lego (okay, okay, playing with Lego, stop
> twisting my arm) last night.
>
> Best visually sans color is the lightsabre with a spear in the other end. No
> huge out-of-proportion pieces. Is there a black lightsabre blade? Gray I have
> a few of, but mostly the transparent ones. I suppose I could chop up matching
> spears and then I'd only have the chrome lightsabre handle, but I could live
> with that.
>
> Not too bad was the toilet-plunger with 1x1 round with spear. Made 'em all
> black and this worked reasonably well. A fraction shorter, but quite
> servicable. Replacing the spear with a katana works even better since the hilt
> covers the rest of the hole in the 1x round, but it makes a better naginata
> than pike.
>
> Anthony's trick above produces a nice pike tip, but a real-top heavy look. The
> lance is quite long, so the length is okay.
>
> Lopping the blade and reverse spike off a gray halberd produces a slightly
> longer spear that could be servicable as long as you don't mix them with
> halberds in the same unit (which of course, is what they often did).
>
> The two-handed over-hand body-sideways thrust pose looks great except it kinda
> prevent a second rank standing close.
>
> I'll have to see about the plastic tube/rod from the hobby store when I get a
> chance.
>
> Bruce
Appologies for coming into this discussion a little late, but I've found a
good way to create pikes involves taking a lance, adding a technic peg to
the end without guard, and adding a spear to the end of that...makes a
decent length weapon.
Benjamin Whytcross
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.castle, Benjamin Whytcross writes:
> Appologies for coming into this discussion a little late, but I've found a
> good way to create pikes involves taking a lance, adding a technic peg to
> the end without guard, and adding a spear to the end of that...makes a
> decent length weapon.
>
> Benjamin Whytcross
The technic connector has seen more use of late for this find of stuff
(pikes and naginata). Not as heavy looking as the one-by-one round, nor as
gaudy as the chrome lightsabre handle. I think the lightsabre
blade/peg/spear works better than the lance/peg/spear. Not as long (and
pikes could edge out over 20 feet) but visually better since the former
doesn't have the clutter of the handguard and pistol grip.
Bruce
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| In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Benjamin Whytcross writes:
>
> > Appologies for coming into this discussion a little late, but I've found a
> > good way to create pikes involves taking a lance, adding a technic peg to
> > the end without guard, and adding a spear to the end of that...makes a
> > decent length weapon.
> >
> > Benjamin Whytcross
>
> The technic connector has seen more use of late for this find of stuff
> (pikes and naginata). Not as heavy looking as the one-by-one round, nor as
> gaudy as the chrome lightsabre handle. I think the lightsabre
> blade/peg/spear works better than the lance/peg/spear. Not as long (and
> pikes could edge out over 20 feet) but visually better since the former
> doesn't have the clutter of the handguard and pistol grip.
>
> Bruce
I'd certainly have to agree with the appearance difference...however, if
you're doing a scene with pikemen inside a shielded area with other soldiers
around them, then no-one will be able to notice the handguard...and it does
make it easier for the soldiers to carry them.
[Also, with the 'pistol grip' in one hand, and the lance in the other, it is
possible to show the soldier actually using the pike across their body,
which I thought looked better than the alternative.]
Benjamin Whytcross
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