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Re: The cost of minifigs
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Thu, 20 Apr 2000 21:34:32 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Christopher Lindsey writes:
> Boy, minifigs sure are expensive! Not to purchase, but to maintain!
> I've started planning of the barracks for my fortress, and it appears
> that the magic number is 6x12 "studs" of floor space for every two minifigs
> (or 72 square studs).
<snip breakdown of cost>
:)
Yay! It's my specialty(1)!
Actually, it depends on who the minifigs are, and how historically accurate
you're trying to be. The amount of room you're allowing above sounds about
right for knights or minor nobility. But for a soldier, you're being way too
generous. :)
My soldiers get 12x20 to share amongst 10 of them. I'm more generous with my
lieutenants, who share about that much amongst the 4 of them, and my captain
lives in outright luxury, getting about 6x14 or so to himself!
Most medieval soldiers (of the career variety) would own perhaps a backpack
full of their own things, while their armour, weapons, and all else is
provided by their liege. They would be billeted in barracks, and no one would
have their own bed. Rather, in a garrison of 50 soldiers, there would be
perhaps 15 beds, as many again straw mats, and at any given time, about half
the soldiers wouldn't be there.
Most solders of the levied variety would own (or carry with them, rather) even
less. A blanket, mug, plate and knife would describe the limit of most
soldiers gear. Again, their weapon and armour would be provided to them.
They wouuldn't have beds, or likely even mats, let alone 4 walls and a roof.
Most of them would be peasants from the surrounding villages.
James
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1:In the "What's your Lego specialty?" thread a while back, I gave mine as
'minifig scale castle stuff, that actually has everything it should' :)
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