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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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> 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
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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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