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Re: BLUNT Weapons
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lugnet.castle
Date: 
Mon, 22 Dec 2003 21:14:08 GMT
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> In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> 
> 
> "I want it, I want it, I want it..."
>                 - Magic Bus, The Who
> 
> The next line in the song is the unfortunate, "You can't have it!"  :-)
> 
> But if you are thinking about a new set of weapons, give them a haft similiar to
> the mace since it holds the weapon in place better in a minifig's hand (your
> beautiful axe has a tendency to slide down).  A ball and spike classic morning
> star would be more cinematic than the four-flanged mace head that you put on
> your flail.  The warhammer looks good as it.
> 
> Hope these comments are blunt enough for you!  Oh, and we need your logo's
> armor.  Corinthian helmet, muscled corselet, and a round bronze shield!
> Hoplites!


Bruce,

   I've had some "axe sliding" myself with older figs. Newer figs tend to
be fine with it. Hand stretching perhaps...or too slick of an axe handle?

   If I get these produced, the flail will be more "period" rather than
cinematic, sorry. I try to design these as close to the real thing as I
can, given the odd scale of all things minifig.

   Yeah, I know...Greek Hoplites and Roman Legionnaires. Of course, If I
make them - will enough people buy them. That's the question.

   Jeff
> -->Bruce<--



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(...) I put a dab from my 3M Post-It glue stick on the axe, and it stays in place. The bills are actually the worst, but since I have the butt rest on the ground, it doesn't matter that much. (...) Flail's came in a wide variety of formats - the (...) (23 years ago, 23-Dec-03, to lugnet.castle)

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  Re: BLUNT Weapons
 
(...) "I want it, I want it, I want it..." - Magic Bus, The Who The next line in the song is the unfortunate, "You can't have it!" :-) But if you are thinking about a new set of weapons, give them a haft similiar to the mace since it holds the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-03, to lugnet.castle)

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