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Monday, 6 January 2020

Filler

No this post isn't about filler,  but is rather a filler, as I haven't done a thing hobby-wise in the last two weeks, or managed to view several blogs (my own included - due to intermittent Interweb problems) this post is a bit of a filler, until and if I get back to posting ! As always, when I break routine, I find it very difficult to get back into the swing of things !
#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.





Finished 'lances'
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.
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18 comments:

  1. Dave Stone6 January 2020 at 05:24

    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

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    1. Zabadak6 January 2020 at 11:35

      Thanls 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.

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    2. Dave Stone6 January 2020 at 12:14

      Can 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

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    3. Zabadak7 January 2020 at 07:49

      I'm in a sad 9for me at least) situation, where nearly all the gamers I know in the area are WH players !

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  2. Frank O Donnell6 January 2020 at 10:20

    When 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 :)

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    1. Zabadak6 January 2020 at 11:36

      Thanks Frank, paper clips can give you very usable large, leaf-shaoed spears too )(many of my dervishare so armed).

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  3. Maudlin Jack Tar6 January 2020 at 10:22

    BOO! How surprising was that?
    Good job with that wire Joe.

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    1. Zabadak6 January 2020 at 11:37

      Thanks MJT, very surprising in fact !
      Any many thanls for bringning a smile to my face !

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  4. Michael Awdry6 January 2020 at 13:00

    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.

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    1. Zabadak7 January 2020 at 06:35

      Thanks 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 !

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  5. Michal DwarfCrypt6 January 2020 at 19:56

    Yes, thank You for a review !

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    1. Zabadak7 January 2020 at 06:36

      Thanks 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.

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  6. caveadsum14718 January 2020 at 10:37

    Nice work on your lances, I don't bother hammering the end but then your more of a perfectionists than me!
    Best Iain

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    1. Zabadak9 January 2020 at 10:01

      Thanks Iain, for the little extra effort involved I think it was worth it, but each to their own.

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  7. Ptr9 January 2020 at 11:11

    Very 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

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    1. Zabadak12 January 2020 at 03:06

      Thanks Ptr though it's probably not an original idea, but the wire is a good buy for all sorts of things too.

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  8. Vagabond12 January 2020 at 01:58

    You're not the only one struggling at this time of year, there's plenty of us like that, just bash on as they say.

    I 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 :)

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    1. Zabadak12 January 2020 at 03:08

      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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