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Re: Peasants and armies
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lugnet.castle
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Wed, 15 Mar 2000 22:15:48 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Jeff Stembel writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Eric Kingsley writes:
> > In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> > > Hey guys,
> > > Check these out:
> > > http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/Peas_assort.jpg
> > > http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/armyview.jpg
> >
> > Very nice assortment of figs. I am trying to keep more peasants than
> > soldiers but it is a hard thing to do. Its a good thing the Star Wars sets
> > have good parts.
>
> Tell me about it. I think my peasants are outnumbered 10 to 1 by soldiers.
Heh... we've all got this problem.
> > My only comment is I don't like Silver Swords. To me no sword should be as
> > big as the person carrying it. :-)
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> I don't like Silver Swords, either, but for different reasons. The silver
> layering begins to flake off very quickly, and it really annoys me.
> Otherwise, they make perfect Claymores! :) BTW, Claymores and Flamberges
> could get up to six feet long, so a sword larger than the wielder is not
> unheard of.
Well, the "proper" height of a claymore is "from the ground to the chin",
including hilt, so the sliver swords are a teeny bit long for minifigs, but
then again, compared to the wrenches and oilcans over in .town, they're
perfectly to scale. ;) I've just got the same bias as Eric.. I don't like 'em.
> > I think the Silver Sword is OK for a special or Majical weapon but otherwise
> > I try very hard not to use it. That has been hard though because I have a
> > shortage of DkGray swords
In the mail today, Eric. ;)
> But spearmen, Pikemen, and Archers were more common than swordsmen. That is
> why I have so few swordsmen(1). :)
Depends on period and army. Also, most pikemen doubled as swordsmen once the
charge was broken...a pike is a great weapon against a knight charging, but
it's hard to find a more awkward one against a knight looming. :)
Archers were only more common because any old peasant can shoot a bow. (and
make a bow, and own a bow...)
James
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| (...) Well...I disagree with "any old peasant can shoot a bow". The rest is pretty accurate, but as for the first, well, there's an old English saying: "If you want to train an archer, start with his grandfather." During some periods in English (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Why? :) (...) Tell me about it. I think my peasants are outnumbered 10 to 1 by soldiers. The margin would be a lot closer if I decided to count my wolfpack and forestmen as peasants, though. ;) (...) I don't like Silver Swords, either, but for (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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