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Post by nordmann on May 30, 2019 10:35:42 GMT
So I've been a wargamer for over a decade now.
But after I took a serious interest in swords/HEMA, I've noticed just how many bad swords there are in miniatures.
One thing is the oversized nature of many of them, this is claimed to be because it makes them less proned to be damaged. But other producers manages to make realistic proportioned swords with no problems.
Some sword look more like aluminium bats with a crossguards.
But also there is the problem swords just being wrong.
I saw some rodeleros figure, now they should problebly be using a side sword type weapon, with a complex hilt.
But instead the are armed with oversized knightly swords.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2019 13:32:42 GMT
As 3d printing will replace a lot of smalls that get cast, we can hope definition will get a huge boost. As to accuracy of form, that will depend upon a producer's knowledge and care in regarding historic details. Unfortunately, I imagine most sources are probably going by gamers definitions. Some do care, most don't.
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Post by nordmann on May 30, 2019 19:25:42 GMT
As 3d printing will replace a lot of smalls that get cast, we can hope definition will get a huge boost. As to accuracy of form, that will depend upon a producer's knowledge and care in regarding historic details. Unfortunately, I imagine most sources are probably going by gamers definitions. Some do care, most don't. There is more care for the 1700-1900 period then earlier, mostly I think because people doing that period are more concerned with realism(button counting etc) It seems people get away with more for the earlier periods. But there are good stuff from that era too.
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Post by Sir Thorfinn on May 30, 2019 20:03:22 GMT
I think most of the swords are bigger for strength, otherwise the mini is far too fragile.
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Post by nordmann on May 30, 2019 21:37:15 GMT
I think most of the swords are bigger for strength, otherwise the mini is far too fragile. As I said, there are many examples that not the case, far fewer bat swords for the period after 1600. And you do have companies that make medieval sword that are more to scale. While this sword is ofcourse thicker then a real one, it is sword shaped, even had an age. Now look at these,(particularly the right one) not only are they bearly sword shaped, but these are suppose to be early 13th century. Yet they still have 11th century swords.
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Post by anima on Jun 6, 2019 5:18:20 GMT
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Post by Cosmoline on Jun 7, 2019 17:50:58 GMT
There's far less interest in realistic swordplay from RPG and miniature circles than I would have expected. In the HEMA groups we've gotten a few crossover students but mostly they find it too difficult and are drawn more to boffer and larp. I suppose that makes some sense.
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