#So for this week's post here's a pack of garden wires I picked up at either "The Range" or "Poundland" before Christmas.
The pack label (shown below) is self- explanatory - 12, plastic coated 1mm thick wire pieces, each 30cm long.
I picked these up specifically to convert into lances for my lance-less Egyptians. I do have 'steel' spear/lances/pikes, but they are very thin (and expensive). For my Mahdists, I converted a lot of paper clips into lances and spears and using the same process made a dozen or so more from this wire stuff.
I use a 2lb hammer (masonry hammer) as an improvised anvil and flattened the end of the wire with another 'normal' hammer, finishing of the point with a quick file job to make a slightly rounded point. (health and safety would be proud). The next step was cutting the piece to length, I used 50mm lengths representing a spear or lance at somewhere around 10 to 12 foot long. IIRC lances were around 14 foot long, so they probably should be a little longer.
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| Finished 'lances' |
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| Obvious close-up of pointy end. |
I'll be trying to get back into my regime of at least an hour's hobby-related work a day over the next week, even if all that happens is that I glue some of my recently purchased to my already cut bases and add gunge, sand etc.
So that;s it then for another week, thanks for taking the time to visit and any comments will of course be both surprising and welcomed.
A very useful way of replacing missing lances Joe. Can understand finding it hard to get back to normal as the last 8 months have been very much all over the place for me, but even if it's only small steps back, you'll get there eventually
ReplyDeleteThanls Dave, my 'history; of gaming had always been vary social and I'm finding what little I've been doing slo has mostly been very unrewarding. I'll still be pottering about though I guess and as you say, little stesp at a time.
DeleteCan fully understand where your coming from on that Joe, I've found the solo gaming a struggle compared with the social aspect before the illness, but I would be completely lost without some aspect of the gaming I used to do
DeleteI'm in a sad 9for me at least) situation, where nearly all the gamers I know in the area are WH players !
DeleteWhen I seen the wire Joe I thought you were going to start making tree's so the lances were a nice surprise, not that I need lances but as that same thing would also work for spears I thank you for the tip :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Frank, paper clips can give you very usable large, leaf-shaoed spears too )(many of my dervishare so armed).
DeleteBOO! How surprising was that?
ReplyDeleteGood job with that wire Joe.
Thanks MJT, very surprising in fact !
DeleteAny many thanls for bringning a smile to my face !
One step at a time Joe, I know that I am finding it hard to get back into the swing of things too. Very useful post, thank you.
ReplyDeleteThanks Michael. it'll no doubt be a greater chore getting back to work - at least I doun't have that particular grief to contend with !
DeleteYes, thank You for a review !
ReplyDeleteThanks Michal, I do realise that whilst you may not the same shops as we here in the UK, you;ll no doubt have something similar.
DeleteNice work on your lances, I don't bother hammering the end but then your more of a perfectionists than me!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain, for the little extra effort involved I think it was worth it, but each to their own.
DeleteVery creative and a good tip to us all that will be needing a lance in 2020. Thankyou very much Joe and I alsowish you a nice start of this hobby-year
ReplyDeleteThanks Ptr though it's probably not an original idea, but the wire is a good buy for all sorts of things too.
DeleteYou're not the only one struggling at this time of year, there's plenty of us like that, just bash on as they say.
ReplyDeleteI like how you flattened the end of the spears, when I did this for pikes I used hardened piano wire, it was a bugger to cut but didn't bend all the time and couldn'tbe flattened. Of course they would spear you if you put your hand on them :)
Thanks Vagabond, yes I have sufffeed at the hands of thin steel, once picking up a unit of pikemen with just the palm of my hand ! I tend to round my points off a little.
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