Opinion is divided on pike use. Iain is in one camp and everyone else is in the other.World2dave wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2020 5:28 pm Iain would like to hear about the evidence for the length of the pikes, and how they used to fight with them. He's got some theories of his own on this of course....
Pointy Sticks, Macedonians!
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Love to see a nicely formed pike block, very pretty.
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Nice try, you two, but I flatly refuse to be drawn into another discussion on this subject.
For a while, anyway.
For a while, anyway.
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He has (S)piked the conversation.
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He’s ended up being a push-off pike
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Lovely pikeblock Fred
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Sorry Fred, I meant to say 'splendid unit'.
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Only 2 more of them to paint! But Thessalian Cavalry next on the bench.
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Both using completely different base sizes, presumably?
Kein Plan überlebt den ersten Kontakt mit den Würfeln. (No plan survives the first contact with the dice.)
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