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Re: Making Pikes
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lugnet.castle
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Mon, 28 Aug 2000 23:52:42 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Mike Rayhawk writes:
> > In lugnet.castle, Eric Joslin writes:
> > > Why not use a lance for the grip part, and attach a spear to the other
> > > end? If the minifig holds the lance "backwards", the handle would give
> > > ample opportunities for connecting bit to hold the spear.
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> > This is a lot like what we did when we needed to make Japanese spears for a
> > game a few months ago, we reversed the lances and attached sabers to the butt
> > ends (rather than spears). You can find pictures of them at
> > http://www.teleport.com/~rayhawks/games/n-setup.htm
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> I like the ones with what looks like the toilet-plunger (flag-holder, • whatever)
> with 1x1 round and katana. Either style is fine for a naginata, but not quite
> what I'm looking for in a western pike.
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> >
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> > > Done in the right way, it could even suggest the "lack of sophistication"
> > > of Scots (although anyone capable of making and weilding a claymore seems
> > > pretty sophisticated to me).
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> > More properly stated, if you meet someone who has made and is wielding a
> > claymore, are you going to tell him he's unsophisticated?
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> >
> > - Mike Rayhawk.
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> Ummmm, errr, I was refering to the Scots methods of pike-handling as opposed • to
> the Swiss. The Swiss were capable of much more offensive action than the
> Scots. Considering the latter were often facing longbow armed troops, this
> proved decisive on more than one occassion.
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> And I ain't arguing with anyone slinging a sword whether he made it or not.
> :-)
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> Bruce
Ok, I am away from my legos, so I can't test this, but tell me what you think,
cause after all, I seem to be famous for my makeshift weapons. How about if
you did this. Take a lance, turn it around, and put two 1x1 round bricks of
the same color on the handle end. Then insert a silver dagger (from the
underwater lego sets) into the top most 1x1 round brick. How's that?
--Anthony
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| (...) I had a good time tinkering with Lego (okay, okay, playing with Lego, stop twisting my arm) last night. Best visually sans color is the lightsabre with a spear in the other end. No huge out-of-proportion pieces. Is there a black lightsabre (...) (26 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) with 1x1 round and katana. Either style is fine for a naginata, but not quite what I'm looking for in a western pike. (...) Ummmm, errr, I was refering to the Scots methods of pike-handling as opposed to the Swiss. The Swiss were capable of (...) (26 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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