The Loose Association of Wargamers

Count Belisarius wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 10:32 am I'm sure there was. But they probably just killed them for being a self centred awkward twat.

Another fine tradition we could do with reinstating...

A bit harsh on vegans

Thanks all !

Spanner wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 10:55 amAre the pikes the steel, stick-in-the-finger types for careless gamers?

Yes they are and they've already drawn blood !

goat major wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 4:23 pm Thanks all !

Yes they are and they've already drawn blood !

A blood sacrifice? The dice gods will love that unit, mate!

goat major wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 4:23 pm

Spanner wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 10:55 amAre the pikes the steel, stick-in-the-finger types for careless gamers?

Yes they are and they've already drawn blood !

Huzza!!!

(I speak as a man who has converted all his 15mm Minifigs Renaissance/ECW/TYW pikes to brass wire; they also have leaf-bladed points as this makes them harder to pull out when you get skewered!)

BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: ↑Fri Nov 24, 2023 1:24 pm

goat major wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 4:23 pm

Spanner wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 10:55 amAre the pikes the steel, stick-in-the-finger types for careless gamers?

Yes they are and they've already drawn blood !

Huzza!!!

(I speak as a man who has converted all his 15mm Minifigs Renaissance/ECW/TYW pikes to brass wire; they also have leaf-bladed points as this makes them harder to pull out when you get skewered!)

Moi aussi!. It does tend to stop curious hands from picking them up more than once.

There was one occasion (admittedly, I was slightly the worse for drink), where I got skewered and walked around the house for several minutes without noticing that I had a stand of 4 pikemen implanted into my left hand. which is a comment on the sterling retention properties of said weapons.

I recently ran a murder mystery RPG game set at a wargames convention where the victim's body was found with a pair of pike stands embedded in his eyesockets

One of my more painful accidents was dropping a Pax Britannica French officer with a pin for sword.
It embedded itself in my upper thigh, aided by the weight of the figure behind it.
A few inches one way would have no doubt been more painful and provided one of those interesting stories from casualty.....
Neil

Hinchliffe Elephants

Outstanding Elephanty Goodness!

Especially those shields.