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Post by briancarrick on Sept 12, 2016 6:43:01 GMT
Matchstick firing cannons are an essential feature of 54mm wargaming for me but what do others think of this?
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Post by Mike Lewis on Sept 12, 2016 8:02:33 GMT
I enjoy games with firing cannon as they go back to when I started wargaming with 54mm but they are not an ESSENTIAL part of wargaming for me. I am happy to play TSATF or grid-based games with 54mm on the tabletop.
We have played Funny Little Wars with half size units on the table at the Guildford Club, but did find that some of our shots hit games on other tables!
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rich
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Post by rich on Sept 12, 2016 11:12:20 GMT
I did play a few games of funny little wars, the first one we used little dice instead of matchsticks as my cannons had not arrived.
This was a laugh as they bounced all over the place.
Once the cannons arrived it was more accurate firing and still much fun.
Though I prefer dice in games and I do not want to fire at my britians Sudan figures I am now collecting.
Rich
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Post by JohnY on Sept 12, 2016 14:27:22 GMT
Like Rich, I have some figures I don't want to fire at but I'm still tempted to pick up some match stick cannon, just to try it.
I've often thought it would be fun to use a small Nerf gun (some of the larger examples have quite long ranges and generate a good bit of force), rubber band gun, or perhaps even an Airsoft gun to take down figures.
-John
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Post by irishmick on Sept 12, 2016 16:18:59 GMT
-Mike, etal,
I have eight(8)pieces of various calibres of Britain's artillery. All one has to do is call out "incoming". Skilled gunners are paramount in 54 mm war games. Train, Train, and train some more.
-The Irish Mick
Arizona Territory
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rich
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Post by rich on Sept 12, 2016 20:14:26 GMT
Just a thought would using the guns with 54mm lego figures work better. You would see what the injuries each figure got as their arms etc fell off. You may need a Nerf gun to get them to fall apart.
Rich
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Post by rossmac on Sept 12, 2016 21:41:27 GMT
![]() Apart from a few early experiments when I first got my 4.7" I've only once fired it in... let's say...in earnest. Other than that occasion for 20 years I have used the exact same rules as I would with smaller figures. However here's evidence that I did try it in 2013. Ross |
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Post by zuludon on Sept 13, 2016 2:28:50 GMT
Has anyone else tried firing Q-tips with one soft end cut off? I can achieve a range of 20 feet with my Britain's spring loaded WW2 howitzer.
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Post by spiritofethandune on Sept 14, 2016 9:29:31 GMT
Call me a heretic but I'm afraid I prefer using the more conventional alternative dice-based mechanism in the Funny Little Wars rules. As Mike has already mentioned the one time we used matchstick firing guns at the Guildford Club the novelty soon wore off for other gamers as matchsticks started landing in the middle of their games:)
Anthony
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Post by Mike Lewis on Sept 14, 2016 9:51:56 GMT
Has anyone else tried firing Q-tips with one soft end cut off? I can achieve a range of 20 feet with my Britain's spring loaded WW2 howitzer. At the Little Wars centennial games one team were using q-tips as you describe as they were using Britains and didn't want the paintwork scratched! |
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Post by manoftinblog on Sept 21, 2016 18:23:32 GMT
Playmobil in their website on the accessories pages sell amongst other equipment individual pirate cannons with rubber tipped projectiles (2 for £7) but can't say how powerful these are.
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briddy
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Post by briddy on Nov 30, 2016 3:28:22 GMT
Everyone loves shooting the guns. It was obviously the safest thing when manufacturers stopped making them, but I still yearn for the days when one could get a hold of these "weapons of match-destruction". Of course now, we have to rely on lucky finds on eBay, and I have built up a sizable artillery park (I blame Tim Gow of Megablitz and Little Cold Wars infamy). I wonder though. Does anyone, but anyone still make these kind of toys? I don't mean NERF guns and brightly colored crap, I mean real matchstick firing guns. If anyone does let me know before some responsible adult stops them, so that I can bung them some cash! P.S. Latest purchases included a Deetail British WW2 Mortar, a beat up Britains 25pdr and I'm still waiting for a dodgy PAK gun. I'll have me eye out!
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Post by Mike Lewis on Nov 30, 2016 10:47:12 GMT
I don't know of any current matchstick firing cannon. I have been working on adapting the cannon I make to fire matchsticks but haven't had a chance to pursue the project recently. In theory it should be possible to make a cannon that uses a rubber band rather than a spring as a propulsion method which might be easy to make.
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Post by briddy on Jul 2, 2017 22:13:34 GMT
Ah. That would be one of those fiddly technical things that I am totally unable to do. I did try to do something with a pen but the result was disappointing to say the least. Oh well I will keep living in hope.
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Post by alan on Jul 18, 2017 19:09:42 GMT
I have used rubber guns and find they work well as long as base of fig is not to big
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