tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post7670007305359713611..comments2024-03-27T15:59:11.066+00:00Comments on Prometheus in Aspic: Hooptedoodle #293 - Rage over a Lost PikeMSFoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-37469037517954593802018-02-25T18:15:54.326+00:002018-02-25T18:15:54.326+00:00Pike hike strike is the technical term, I believe....Pike hike strike is the technical term, I believe.Wellington Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295966991101976478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-70263581458804058892018-02-25T10:25:57.643+00:002018-02-25T10:25:57.643+00:00:-):-)MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-28623144522595826362018-02-25T00:24:00.315+00:002018-02-25T00:24:00.315+00:00Don't tell 'em your name pike block!Don't tell 'em your name pike block!Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-59931039302446151252018-02-24T21:55:16.265+00:002018-02-24T21:55:16.265+00:00It would have been an appropriate title, agreed, b...It would have been an appropriate title, agreed, but then my pretentious nod towards Beethoven would have been lost (and the world might have been a better place, I hear someone mutter - I'll spare you the Columbian poetry and the Icelandic sagas, but I confess I'm a horror if anyone encourages me).<br /><br />I would have expected 40mm scale pikes to be more reliable - interesting - they'd be easier to spot, mind. A travelling army of pikes is a hairy prospect - I can see that.MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-72058704871331778022018-02-24T21:22:35.731+00:002018-02-24T21:22:35.731+00:00I suppose "Pike Anxiety" might have been...I suppose "Pike Anxiety" might have been an appropriate title. I'm not sure what part of my brain thought that a Pinkie era Scots army was a good choice for my first full 40mm wargame army, one which was going to be travelling regularly to US wargame conventions. Not so easy to pack and they shed pikes as regularly as any 20mm army. I drive now....... Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-41453014593759111712018-02-24T20:24:45.269+00:002018-02-24T20:24:45.269+00:00This is a good tip. When I started the ECW, which ...This is a good tip. When I started the ECW, which is only 5 or 6 years ago or so, I became the bane of local hardware stores, looking for brooms with brown plastic bristles. As you say, they only seem to make red or yellow now, though one of the shops gave me some false hope by remembering that there used to be brown ones, but he couldn't remember who made them.<br /><br />After some futile searches online I plumped for a particular guage of green plastic coated florists' wire, and by luck I picked up a big load of the stuff on eBay for just a few quid. With the investment made, a Scotsman is bound to be committed (!), but I have kept an eye open for promising brooms...MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-16990900959918854552018-02-24T17:55:24.458+00:002018-02-24T17:55:24.458+00:00I do hate it when this happens.I do hate it when this happens.Ray Rousellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352596392520905197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-11274281963877341592018-02-24T15:50:06.868+00:002018-02-24T15:50:06.868+00:00My figures are smaller than yours - I originally c...My figures are smaller than yours - I originally calculated 65mm for pikes, but in fact that is marginal for the box lids, so I altered everything to 60mm. I reckon that's near enough to 16ft for jazz!MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-80206823077447039142018-02-24T14:47:28.654+00:002018-02-24T14:47:28.654+00:00Just a tip on spears that I found a great solution...Just a tip on spears that I found a great solution; using nylon bristles from brooms or dust pans for spears. They flex, but bounce back straight and stays glued on. The only problem is finding the right color. All the brushes I've found are blue or green. Of course, writing this even a hair brush would work well. jhnptrqnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11011208263053721255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-48912206157427735322018-02-24T14:44:54.364+00:002018-02-24T14:44:54.364+00:00Pikes can be right buggers, mine spring off at the...Pikes can be right buggers, mine spring off at the slightest accidental 'ping', and if it's one of the central figures from the blog getting it to stick back again can be a nightmare, all the result of poor planning I suppose. Speaking of poor planning what length are your pikes Tony? I gave little thought to storage when I cut mine to a standard 80mm and now they don't fit the file boxes I have been buying, yours all seem to fit nicely. I'm on the search for alternative sturdy boxes that can be fitted with steel sheet and will take my pikes?<br /><br />Good luck with Marston Moor, should be quite a spectacle. Please bear with me and I WILL get that mortar cart to you....you know me by know! 'Lee.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02728400013024811279noreply@blogger.com