tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339653801453633850.post1196915285059493256..comments2023-04-27T07:06:09.269-07:00Comments on Dux Homunculorum: The Charge of the Hefty BrigadeDux Homunculorumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00536604035307855671noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339653801453633850.post-53822214926041641312017-08-29T03:49:47.265-07:002017-08-29T03:49:47.265-07:00I wasn't at all convinced by the merits of hef...I wasn't at all convinced by the merits of heft until an incident at a new club.<br /><br />One of the opposing commanders - a fellow of considerable personal heft - stretched and slid his chair back along the wooden floor.<br />Our table shook as though struck by an earthquake, and all the little figures danced about (the PBIs on hillsides suffering considerable disorder).<br /><br />I now think that the heft of the figures should match the maximum heft of any player.SteveHolmes11https://www.blogger.com/profile/17392212343858957364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339653801453633850.post-16899037753348189072012-11-16T01:22:43.469-08:002012-11-16T01:22:43.469-08:00This tutorial is indeed useful. I have just downlo...This tutorial is indeed useful. I have just downloaded it. Thanks again<br /><br /><a href="http://www.osteoonhigh.com.au/" rel="nofollow">osteopathy clinic golden square</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09337092740827420699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339653801453633850.post-81340017738281106762012-09-08T10:57:02.715-07:002012-09-08T10:57:02.715-07:00Beautiful basing technique. I'll need a hauler...Beautiful basing technique. I'll need a hauler to carry about the army but oh a small sacrifice for heft! LOL! Well said.Battleground Hobbieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928122796543952528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339653801453633850.post-12821979945210210842012-09-08T08:44:55.013-07:002012-09-08T08:44:55.013-07:00I hear Neil from Meeples and Minatures going on ab...I hear Neil from Meeples and Minatures going on about heft and I assumed it was a joke...Austronaughthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065179801870654774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339653801453633850.post-10402308999188022972012-09-08T07:31:13.216-07:002012-09-08T07:31:13.216-07:00Well put. I know exactly how you feel. Well put. I know exactly how you feel. Erniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04951260078865895363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339653801453633850.post-70114231465897456292012-09-08T02:14:45.172-07:002012-09-08T02:14:45.172-07:00If I had a dollar for everytime I've heard a s...If I had a dollar for everytime I've heard a similar story about a wargames club.Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339653801453633850.post-6803020222487449652012-09-08T00:36:15.565-07:002012-09-08T00:36:15.565-07:00I use plastic figures on card bases, no heft requi...I use plastic figures on card bases, no heft required. I've always had lighter figures and so no problem in them.Maxamillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15914768350821676608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339653801453633850.post-70522927792406410382012-09-07T23:52:52.285-07:002012-09-07T23:52:52.285-07:00This has made my day :) Looking forward to the rul...This has made my day :) Looking forward to the rules rant...roma912https://www.blogger.com/profile/10874596915202957037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339653801453633850.post-26725008238776659452012-09-07T23:37:13.083-07:002012-09-07T23:37:13.083-07:00Great post. It made me laugh. I don't pick up ...Great post. It made me laugh. I don't pick up others tanks/figures etc once they are on the table so I wouldnt even know if they had heft or not. Nor do I care.<br />My only request would be...PAINT YA DAM MINIATURES! or find someone who can. I am not fussed on how good a standad either. Just get some colour on them and at least attempt basing! :)<br />But I am not a snob I tell you.<br />CheersThe Kiwihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06829184068503627810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339653801453633850.post-83374023556127484092012-09-07T22:59:40.769-07:002012-09-07T22:59:40.769-07:00Great rant!Great rant!Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12728450135657424715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339653801453633850.post-85748157468225995002012-09-07T22:51:53.283-07:002012-09-07T22:51:53.283-07:00Thinking on about the good old days... what's ...Thinking on about the good old days... what's this new-fangled foam 'man bag' style army carrier stuff all about? Real wargamers carry their *metal* figures around in an ordinary *metal* toolbox... even if a few limp-wristed types like to have magnetic bases to ensure their men don't move around, instead of having the more manly tube of emergency super glue in the box.<br /><br />The 'heft' of carrying 70 lbs of tool box and figures each club night, really puts you in the same frame of mind as your typical 20th Century Tommy, who carried an equivalent load. Admittedly it also puts you into the hands of the local Osteopath, but no pain, no gain!<br /><br />Seriously though, I would use coins/washers to base plastic figures, for the reasons mentioned by Paul above. I think the future is clearly with plastic though and like decimalisation, the switch to unleaded petrol and other world-ending events, it will turn out not to be so bad.<br /><br />Who knows, maybe the wargamer of the future will begin to resemble the slimmer and more anatomically correct plastic figures, as opposed to the lumpen misshapen and poorly formed average metal one, as seems to be the case at most shows I go to.<br /><br />;-) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339653801453633850.post-63638628027204139922012-09-07T19:46:57.885-07:002012-09-07T19:46:57.885-07:00Nicely put!Nicely put!Nick Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15668435293578877174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339653801453633850.post-9717621354344978622012-09-07T17:08:23.207-07:002012-09-07T17:08:23.207-07:00I also tend to want a bit of 'heft' in my ...I also tend to want a bit of 'heft' in my figs, but only because my gaming terrain isn't stepped and a lower centre of gravity helps them stay upright when they are on a slope. Heft for its own sake is a bit weird really!Paul O'Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611720164170399684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339653801453633850.post-16440210409781098042012-09-07T17:01:11.591-07:002012-09-07T17:01:11.591-07:00Love it! I find that judicious use of a dead blow ...Love it! I find that judicious use of a dead blow hammer solves most rules arguments. Or any argument for that matter. I am basing my 1/72 on metal washers for "heft". I don't normally game in gale force winds so it shouldn't be a problem. Why people want to stick with horrible sculpts just because they're metal is beyond me. The only thing I object to about 28mm plastics is it seems to me that they should be cheaper than what they are (read GW is too expensive). But I have been tempted by some of the newer stuff. (Other companies)Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428727065347379281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339653801453633850.post-13971458345227411692012-09-07T16:51:23.929-07:002012-09-07T16:51:23.929-07:00I am a heft monger. Thanks for giving me another ...I am a heft monger. Thanks for giving me another view. I must say that I do base my plastics with metal bases, to give them "heft". I just like the feel of heavier pieces on the game table.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04249635552989120755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339653801453633850.post-79427810141045801542012-09-07T16:31:56.516-07:002012-09-07T16:31:56.516-07:00I'm wondering if perhaps it has something to ...I'm wondering if perhaps it has something to do with "doctor's orders"? In order to reduce their weight, the doc has suggested they need more exercise and what better exercise is there than lugging heavy boxes full of hefty figures to the wargames club?<br /><br />That being said, I could see cases where "heft" could be helpful, as individually based plastics are somewhat easier to knock over than their metal cousins.TamsinPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11759947520907448060noreply@blogger.com