Never thought to use nylon broom bristles, great idea. I ended up swapping my 15mm romans' pilums with a brass tube, plasticard, and pin concoction. Even more work but at least they all look like pilums now and won't snap.
Wow, no more noodle pikes or bloody fingers from pointy wires! PS: it's much debated among experts and academics whether or not sarissa's had one piece staves or were joined in the middle as you have followed.
Have been doing the same for my 15mm hoplites, worked extremely well, looking for thicker bristles for pikes and lances in my 28mm but hard to find so far.
Those pikes look great.
Never thought to use nylon broom bristles, great idea. I ended up swapping my 15mm romans' pilums with a brass tube, plasticard, and pin concoction. Even more work but at least they all look like pilums now and won't snap.
Wow, no more noodle pikes or bloody fingers from pointy wires! PS: it's much debated among experts and academics whether or not sarissa's had one piece staves or were joined in the middle as you have followed.
Very useful. Well done.
Have been doing the same for my 15mm hoplites, worked extremely well, looking for thicker bristles for pikes and lances in my 28mm but hard to find so far.
This is a really great idea. I'll try this with my 15mm pikemen.