"Bayonets" Topic
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 Flashman14  | 16 Jan 2011 6:10 a.m. PST |
It could be the exceptions are standing out but whilst perusing pics of 15mm figs online I frequently notice multiple bayonets that are bent and twisted with burs that were never cleaned off and just painted over. What's the ratio I wonder to people who clean the whole model and those who allow tangled, folded and twisted bayonets to remain? The latter ruins the aesthetic completely … Is it just the after effect of rough gaming? Who games like that for crying out loud? |
| redbanner4145 | 16 Jan 2011 6:45 a.m. PST |
Bayonets bend. Repeated straightening tends to breakage. Its a fact of life. My older Nappys and ACW troops have many figs that have lost their bayonets over the years. I don't mind the look of some figs with and some without bayonets. |
| Martin Rapier | 17 Jan 2011 6:15 a.m. PST |
I certainly don't leave bayonets unbent for painting, it is much easier to paint them if they are straight! They do get bent in the course of handling though, depending on the specific figures. Flagpoles get bent sometimes too. |
 javelin98 | 18 Jan 2011 11:42 a.m. PST |
I wonder if it would be possible to replace them with brass rod? |
| laptot | 27 Feb 2011 6:35 a.m. PST |
Old Gory bayonets are way too think. I sharpen mine with an exacto knife. This prosess or burnishing them by straightening them with smooth pliers hardens the metal which reduces their suseptability to bending later. |
| Karl von Hessen | 27 Feb 2011 3:25 p.m. PST |
Does anybody make bayonets for repairs/conversions or dioramas? If not, it seems that while they wouldn't make a fortune doing it, a figure caster could do a service to the hobby at seemingly little effort/expence. Several make muskets, swords, etc. A bayonet with some sort of groove or method of attachment is something I would appreciate and buy |
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