ECW Remodelling

[Ironsides]

I wish to thank all those who have given "useful"suggestions.

Open handed figures would be good. Those in favour please say.

The cavalary I cannot accept in their present form, no animation about sums these figures up.

Lobster pot trotting with swords and pistols would be good.

Royalist cavalary charging with sword etc.

Ironsides

p.s. some personalities would be good too i.e. Rupert minus his dog.

[nikharwood]

I'm quite happy with mine as they are - I don't think that they're particularly un-animated: and once on the table I think they look great - have a look here:

http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=389.0

[Bertie]

Great work Nik fair do's they do look good.

But I still stand by what I said, Infantry no prblem at all. Mounted need some VIAGRA I thinking . Thought about using some 30 year war figures and perhaps cutting heads off. But when I see the League of Augsburg range, well I ask you

Anyway Pendraken are still tops by me.

Bertie

[mollinary]

Re my post of the 14th, that would be a"No" then as to whether anyone has any primary source evidence on how widespread cutting down of pikes was?

Mollinary

[Sandinista]

This quote in Haythornthwaites book (p.28) is from "Turner, Sir J. Pallas Armata - Military Essayes of the Ancient Grecian, Roman, and Modern Art of War - Written in the Years 1670 and 1671 (London, 1683) p.178. New York, Greenwood Press, 1968

"Turner noting that few exceed fifteen (feet)... many base soldiers will cut some off the length of that".

No more, but I'm looking...

[mollinary]

Interesting that no evidence has come to light on this "practice" in eighteen months. A single reference from a source twenty five years after the war?  And it still says "few exceed 15 ft in length", which is about 50% longer than the pikes on the existing Pendraken figures.  I still think the balance should be, mould open handed figures, and let the customer decide! 

Mollinary

[Leon]

Interesting that no evidence has come to light on this "practice" in eighteen months. A single reference from a source twenty five years after the war?  And it still says "few exceed 15 ft in length", which is about 50% longer than the pikes on the existing Pendraken figures.  I still think the balance should be, mould open handed figures, and let the customer decide! 

Mollinary

The pikes we supply for the LoA and the Greeks are 30mm, so about right for 15ft in scale terms.

[Sandinista]

Fair to say that in eighteen months I have not looked as I am happy with figures as they are and will be buying more soon

[mollinary]

No more, but I'm looking...

So was that ironic, sarcastic, or rhetorical in some way?    

Mollinary


EDIT: Quote fixed.

[mollinary]

The pikes we supply for the LoA and the Greeks are 30mm, so about right for 15ft in scale terms.

Agreed. With open handed figures they would work well, and could be cut into toothpicks or firewood at the whim of the individual! 

Mollinary

[Sandinista]

So was that ironic, sarcastic, or rhetorical in some way?    

wishful thinking