Assembled my Dwarf force for the school wargames club last night, and I noticed the vast majority of the sword wealding chaps are left handers! :D
Is this a racial trait?
Just saying...
Dwarves, being shorter than average, have a disadvantage in combat due to their shorter reach.
Left-handers, being relatively rare, have a slight advantage in combat, as those of you who are (or like me, were) into fencing will know.
In order to overcome their inherent disadvantage the dwarves have developed a combat style to balance it out. ;)
Quote from: mad lemmey on 10 April 2014, 08:20:23 AM
Assembled my Dwarf force for the school wargames club last night, and I noticed the vast majority of the sword wealding chaps are left handers! :D
Is this a racial trait?Just saying...
I'd have a very small wager that the sculptor that made them was left handed....Or maybe he was trying to give some variation ?
Being right handed myself, I tend to make almost every one of my wee chaps right handed.....Can't explain exactly why, but on the few occasions I get to make a left handed figure I always think it 'looks wrong'.
Probably just me ! ;)
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Ithoriel on 10 April 2014, 08:45:14 AM
In order to overcome their inherent disadvantage the dwarves have developed a combat style to balance it out. ;)
Yeah like biting yer kneecaps and interfering with things below your shield rim
Quote from: Techno on 10 April 2014, 09:19:53 AM
I'd have a very small wager that the sculptor that made them was left handed....Or maybe he was trying to give some variation ?
Being right handed myself, I tend to make almost every one of my wee chaps right handed.....Can't explain exactly why, but on the few occasions I get to make a left handed figure I always think it 'looks wrong'.
Probably just me ! ;)
Cheers - Phil
On a slightly serious note
Is that the same if you sculpt someone with a 2 hand axe or spear?
I'd say it was a major advantage. I hated fighting a southpaw, and I am one. That may be the reason why I can't weald a sword. Of course, I'm too tall to be a dwarf.
Quote from: Fenton on 10 April 2014, 09:28:22 AM
On a slightly serious note Is that the same if you sculpt someone with a 2 hand axe or spear?
Yes Steve.
It's virtually second nature for me to make them right handed.
Probably because I'm a lazy oik......and I'd have to use more grey matter (at least, what's left of it !) if I made a left handed figure.
It just feels 'natural' for yours truly to make them this way.
Only 'leftie' I've made recently was for the Warofkings game....Because the concept art showed a particular figure that way.
Strange, but true.
Cheers - Phil
Nah, they're actually right handed and the beer mug is held in that hand as it's much more important than a sword!
Quote from: FierceKitty on 10 April 2014, 09:28:46 AM
Of course, I'm too tall to be a dwarf.
Captain Carrot is a dwarf and he's well over six feet tall. (It's not who you are, it's who you
think you are.)
Quote from: toxicpixie on 10 April 2014, 08:46:06 PM
Nah, they're actually right handed and the beer mug is held in that hand as it's much more important than a sword!
to say nufink bout de rat on a stick.
IanS
That goes in the teeth!