Low on 2 Hand Weapons -- Need some ideas please

[Jennifer]

Making 75 characters, 6 each of the 15 classes in the core rule book.  Almost done assembling them.

I am putting them together from the following sprue sets:
4 sprues Frostgrave Soldiers
2 sprues of Viking Hirdmen
4 sprues of Dark Age Warriors
3 sprues of Fireforge Foot Seargents
3 sprues of Fireforge Steppe Warriors

Of all these sprues the only ones that have two hand weapons are the four Frostgrave Soldiers sprues.  4 x great swords and 4 x halberds.

I need to make 6 templars and 6 infantry men.. so I need 12 two-handed weapons.

Any ideas how I could get some more from my set of sprues?  I also have two part epoxy putty.

Would it make sense to turn some spears into a gigantic two handed mace / morning star?   I could do that easily with the epoxy putty.  Would it make sense for a Templar to use this or should I keep it to the Infantrymen?

Sure could use some more ideas.   I suppose I could fashion an axe blade and graft to a spear as well.  

Thanks.

[Coenus Scaldingus]

The Gripping Beast Vikings also have a two-handed weapon on the sprue (Dane axe), so that will allow you to build two templars (pagan templars, why not).

Adding axe blades to a spear shaft is a very simple way to create more - the large one-handed axe from the Dark Age sprue does the job well. Made most of these Dark Age Warriors into Dane axe wielding maniacs this way - generally drilling out the left hand and resculpting it, pinning on the axe blade (sometimes upside down, as this shape appears historically too). Given a helmet, they could pass as Infantrymen for Frostgrave; otherwise the Fireforge guys can probably be made to do something similar.






By the way, 6 x 15 would be 90 figures - and I just realised you are missing the barbarians as two-handed weapon wielding guys. Something like the above could possibly pass as those, as they have no armour?

[Ogrob]

I think you had it answered in one! Also, I could easily see Infantrymen as being armed with spears.

[Jennifer]

Thanks for the tips.

Regarding Pagan Templars:  well at least two of the Templars will be using the Fireforge Foot Seargeant Scale Mail bodies.  And I changed the heads on the Templars so they look less Viking.  I tried to do all I could to avoid the contradiction.   Didn't want to invest another $20-30 in Templar sprues.

[jp1885]

I have two infantrymen in my main warband and they both have spears

[Daniel36]

Unrelated question, but where do those round shields come from? I would love a couple of those for my Frostgrave men. I dislike the shields that come in the pack.

[Ogrob]

Gripping Beast Dark Age Warriors or Viking Hirdmen has those shields. The Dark Age warriors bodies are pretty crap imo, but the heads, weapons and shields make it a useful kit anyway,

[Jennifer]

Annie, thedicebaglady.net, sells a kit (for around 22 quid if I recall) that is 50% Dark Age Warriors, 50% Viking Hirdmen .. that's what I got.  42 soldiers total.

[Daniel36]

You are low on 2-handed weapons, right? Are you high on those shields? We could do a trade, perhaps? I could probably scrounge up a couple of interesting two handed weapon combinations.

[Jennifer]

You are low on 2-handed weapons, right? Are you high on those shields? We could do a trade, perhaps? I could probably scrounge up a couple of interesting two handed weapon combinations.

Yeah I have boatloads of those shields.. I've even thrown a few away wow.  I still have tons though.   But I imagine the postage would kill us both?  I'm in the states.

[Daniel36]

Not really. As long as we make it letter sized, and flat, it won't kill us. Maim us, perhaps, possibly mutilate, but we'll live.

I'll send you a PM in a minute to discuss.