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Re: Making Pikes
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lugnet.castle
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Mon, 28 Aug 2000 16:20:43 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > > I need some pikes for my medieval/renaissance armies and I was wondering • what
> > > solutions others have used, the standard spear being too short for a pike. • I
> > > thought of shaving off the axe blade from the gray halberd, which leaves a
> > > longer spear, but it has that clunky squared off section, and a pike should
> > > be longer than a halberd in any case. I can get a long enough effect with a
> > > spear mated to a lightsabre, though at the cost of a rather unsatisfying
> > > color combination. Any suggestions?
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> If it doesn't offend anyone's Lego purism, I would suggest 1/8" styrene rod
> stock, available at many hobby stores in 12" inch and/or 36" lengths. I've
> seen them in white, black, dark grey, as well as a few translucent hues, and
> they fit minfig hands and can easily be cut to scale length and honed with a
> pencil sharpener.
While that would certainly offend people's sense of purity, it is a good idea,
of course there is a "pure" solution, take some of that thin flex-tube and cut
it to appropriate lengths. I think it can be found in grey or black. One would
want to figure out some way to get a spearhead on the end
Frank
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| (...) If it doesn't offend anyone's Lego purism, I would suggest 1/8" styrene rod stock, available at many hobby stores in 12" inch and/or 36" lengths. I've seen them in white, black, dark grey, as well as a few translucent hues, and they fit minfig (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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