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I would go with either plasicard or the plastic bristles from a brush for 2 reasons.

1. Being plastic they are bendy and there is less chance of them pinging off as with metal ones.

2. You are less likely to skewer yourself on the pike block.
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The other good thing about bristles is that you can make a spear point by squeezing the end with some smooth face pliers and trim to a point with a scalpel.

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That explains it - you've always had such a smooth face.
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World2dave wrote: ↑Sun Dec 06, 2020 10:24 pm That explains it - you've always had such a smooth face.
Nah. That's my boyish good looks.

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I just buy my pikes/spears from most any figure seller. I think I mostly buy the Artizan ones, there's a trade stand I go to at shows. They come in 50mm and 100mm. Northstar will have them. Scotiagrendel did too when I was looking at Xyston Macedonians, the DbA boxes. Looking! Didn't buy!
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Like Tim, I buy my spears from there as well. Well worth it.

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Most of the sellers at shows sell 1mm spears which are a bit thick I think for smaller than 28mm figures. Donnington sell smaller gauge ones which are nice.
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tim.w wrote: ↑Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:35 pm I just buy my pikes/spears from most any figure seller. I think I mostly buy the Artizan ones, there's a trade stand I go to at shows. They come in 50mm and 100mm. Northstar will have them. Scotiagrendel did too when I was looking at Xyston Macedonians, the DbA boxes. Looking! Didn't buy!
Me Northstar as well
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Ilkley Old School wrote: ↑Sun Dec 06, 2020 6:15 pm 2. You are less likely to skewer yourself on the pike block.
On the alternate hand, other players tend to treat your figures with more respect after they’ve slipped a metal pike between flesh and fingernail. I’ve found :evilgrin:
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Wargames mate of mine used to be a medical technician and used hypodermic needles for his 15mm lances. The number of times he picked up a WRG Cataphract element with the palm of his hand and no fingers needed
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