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Originally Posted by Steve Jackson
I love the idea of using 54mm figures for a convention demo. Looking on eBay I found this guy:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/TIN-HISTORY...-/262905823176
How do you suppose he uses that weapon combo? Throws one spear, fights with the other one-handed? Shield is very passive in that case. Shield is for emergencies in case his second spear gets cut up? Hm. |
Have seen some use of a spear as a blocking weapon but it was a much shorter spear and he mentioned he needed a wrap for the hand. He was a Xhosa and mentioned the Zulus were fond of banging the spears together to distract.
You can also use the spear to lever the other one, similar to some Largo Mano techniques. I have always suspected this might have accounted for some of the speed of Zulu spear play.