tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30139647.post8826608819682837181..comments2023-12-06T00:37:58.468-08:00Comments on Saxe-Bearstein: Some Decisions to be MadeBluebear Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05171345165563779232noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30139647.post-14043166636881024642013-11-07T11:49:51.520-08:002013-11-07T11:49:51.520-08:00'Twixt reading thy postinge and making my comm...'Twixt reading thy postinge and making my comment I contrived to forgette it were ECW thou wast talkinge about, and not WSS. On the question of firearme length for the shotte, I reckon I should still goe down the 'separate units' path, rather than mixing themme.<br />Cheeres,<br />IonArchduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30139647.post-86503555638265064212013-11-06T15:17:59.240-08:002013-11-06T15:17:59.240-08:00If ye will play Pyke and Shotte, then thy wilt hav...If ye will play Pyke and Shotte, then thy wilt have Pykes that are veritably a Pain in ye Arse ;-)<br /><br />Theye also do comme loose as ye fingers doth bump themm, or worstens, thy hande doth alight upon their sherp pointy bit.freecloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02733549306046954628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30139647.post-34645501347114884822013-11-05T20:15:46.210-08:002013-11-05T20:15:46.210-08:00You can probably get away with the different muske...You can probably get away with the different musket lengths and different swords in ECW units, especially ones from 1642/1643. Nothing was standard, weapons came from wherever you could find them, and all that jazz.<br /><br />With some judicious positioning of the figures in the sleeves, few people will notice. That's how I plan to mix my Perry and Warlord.Robert Herrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02174794157127723967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30139647.post-78686300352624577462013-11-05T14:49:16.654-08:002013-11-05T14:49:16.654-08:00I tend to make alterations only if something is br...I tend to make alterations only if something is broken. So if it were me, I would be disinclined to replace the unbroken swords to 'fit in' with the repairs. Ditto muskets. The main reason you have identified yourself: too much bally work!<br /><br />I might be inclined to ask why I want to mix figures from different manufacturers in the same unit. I can see some very good aesthetic reasons for this (e.g. slight variations in appearance, giving the units a realistic and animated look - though I am mindful of school cadet days in which the columns and lines were ordered by height: the tallest on the right).<br /><br />There can be 'administrative 'reasons as well. I have 90 figures of Manufacture A, and 110 of B - 10 by 20-figure battalions. One approach might be to build 4 Bns of 'A' and 5 of 'B' and mix the 10th Battalion (I'd probably call it the 5th, actually, but that's neither here nor there). To solve the compatability problem you then have just 10 muskets to think about. I'd ignore the disparate lengths between units.<br /><br />Speaking of which, depending upon how they are sculpted, I would probably look to shortening them 'from the centre'. This means cutting them off (carefully) as close to the hand as possible, cutting a piece off that end, and then regluing. That way you preserve the bayonets etc.<br /><br />Another point about different musket sizes. If you don't have too many of the shorter muskets (fewer than half, say), why not call them fusils, and units with them fusiliers?<br /><br />I have to agree with you about the plastic put-together guys. They do take time... I've had my 7 packets of WSS infantry 2-and-a-half years now, and still only 4 units are built (unpainted). Mind you, the artillery (2 packs) I got this year have all been assembled...<br /><br />Cheers,<br />IonArchduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com