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Re: Long Lances
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Fri, 24 Aug 2001 16:23:24 GMT
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> The result is a longer lance, with a vicious looking chrome point.
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> With a (normal castle) spear it looks a bit too long, but might make a
> reasonable pike (although IIRC pikes were not usually adorned with flags).
Very cool idea :) Can anyone post a picture of such a contraption? I know
that actual lances were very long - which
version would be more realistic?
-- Pawel
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| (...) I don't know exactly how long they were, I am sure that varied. But I do know that they were so long that a heavy counterweight had to be added at the butt end of the lance so that it's centre of gravity would be around where the knight would (...) (23 years ago, 24-Aug-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| This has probably been done before, but I'll describe it anyway, just in case... I was playing round with my castle figs (rebuilding after a Brikwarz defeat), and was doing the standard pennant flag on the lance thing for the cavalry. Then I tried (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.castle)
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