Shin Okada Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 WotC's D&D Miniatures line will have a swashbuckler mini which is holding rapier in fencing style. http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/iw060220...washbuckler.jpg A Shan Cutthroat from Aberrations set also had rapier. http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ab_gallery/292.jpg Is it hard for Reaper to make that kind of "fencing style" minis with thin rapier? Since we have really a lot of rapier wielding PC types (more than half of the rogues), demand should be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwyksilver Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 My guess is that a very thin rapier might be difficult to have survive the casting process intact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Froggy the Great Posted June 3, 2005 Moderator Share Posted June 3, 2005 It's very easy to cut off a sword blade and stick a pin or needle in the mini's hand for the rapier blade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Okada Posted June 3, 2005 Author Share Posted June 3, 2005 It's very easy to cut off a sword blade and stick a pin or needle in the mini's hand for the rapier blade. Yeah. But angle of the hand and grip is the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Froggy the Great Posted June 3, 2005 Moderator Share Posted June 3, 2005 2801: Evalyn is the one I was referring to for that particular conversion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophet118 Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 that character is already holding the precursor to the rapier..lol but yeh, rapiers dont cast well im sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperbryan Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Technically speaking, anything longer than 1cm and narrower than 1mm will be such a pain in the neck to cast, it is impossible for production purposes - the temperatures required would destroy the mold in hours. A thicker blade would be doable, but people would get irritated by the thickness of the blade. Look at our Charon the boatman - he has a lantern on a pole - that is how thick we are talking for ease of production. Sadly, our craft does have its limits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mengu Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 2425 Eli Quicknight 2555 Dirk Donovan 2689 Kurff the Swift 14021 Shad Coalshadow These are some good candidates to convert them into rapier wielders fairly easily. 2757 Gastaroth would also make an interesting conversion though may require a bit more work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwyksilver Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 If you are using the pin method for making a rapier, just remember to blunt down the tip a little so you don't draw blood from the other players by an accidental impalement on the gaming table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Froggy the Great Posted June 3, 2005 Moderator Share Posted June 3, 2005 Or not, depending on how you feel about the other player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwyksilver Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Mental Note: Wear gauntlets when Frosch's minis are on the table Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Devalis Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 JUst remember folks, once a mniature has a taste for human blood, you will never be able to keep them from seeking it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 I lose more mini's that way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairman Aeon Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 I'm waiting for IWM to do a male version of the Unfettered. I'm waiting for Reaper to have standard base sizes for DHL like the Arcana Unearthed stuff. ;) Iain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billr Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 I have some Ral Partha pikemen from either late 80's or early 90's where the pike shafts were just thin steel rods. It wouldn't expect a manufacturer to do that these days, but for a conversion I think it would work well. Either that or a paper clip. I wouldn't use the pin though. Too much puncture wound potential, and pins are also a real pain to cut with clippers as they are so thin (or maybe I need to get clippers w/o so many notches in the blades. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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