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Postby Corr » Tue Jul 26, 2011 5:48 pm

I am fairly new to belegarth and I was wondering, are fun noodles allowed for not as serious fighters, :spear: like me? I dont really go to belegarth. :neutral: I am in this thing called battleguard. We do not hit as hard as belegarthians do. I just need your opinions. Do you guys think a fun noodle :sword: sword\glaive would last very long?

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Re: Fun noodles?

Postby Thorondor » Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:03 pm

For a glaive (red weapon) a pool noodle weapon would 99.9% of the time fail weapon check before ever making it onto the field.

For a sword, it might pass - maybe a 50% chance. With how we fight many of them break down during the day and end up failing by the end of the day.

You would do much better running by wal-mart and picking up a camping pad and using that as your foam. It will last longer, and feel better when you're hit by it.

http://geddon.org/index.php/Category:Foams is a helpful resource over types of foams.
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Re: Fun noodles?

Postby Corr » Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:33 pm

Hey thanks for the link! And thank you for giving me your opinion on this subject. That's going to be real useful while making a weapon. :)
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Re: Fun noodles?

Postby Thorondor » Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:45 pm

Corr wrote:Hey thanks for the link! And thank you for giving me your opinion on this subject. That's going to be real useful while making a weapon. :)


http://geddon.org/index.php/Category:How_to_build that should be of even more help since it's the how-to section of the wiki (incase you haven't gotten a chance to look around it yet).

We normally suggest that new people build a couple blue swords first, then branch out to other weapons (maces, axes, etc) once they have the basics down.
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Re: Fun noodles?

Postby Corr » Tue Jul 26, 2011 8:39 pm

I agree. I have looked at my other blue swords(ordered from forged foam)and think I mostly figured it out. I have also looked at several weapons constructing instructions(including axes, stabbing tips, glaives, spears, arrows, etc.).
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Re: Fun noodles?

Postby Corr » Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:04 pm

By the way, how long do you think the glaive would last in my "light hits" group?
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Re: Fun noodles?

Postby Thorondor » Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:23 pm

Corr wrote:By the way, how long do you think the glaive would last in my "light hits" group?


Not sure how light you can actually hit with a large weapon, but I wouldn't give it more than an hour or so (at most) before becoming dangerous...that's if you can get it to safe with only a pool noodle. There wouldn't be nearly enough padding on it to be safe with only one noodle with any decent amount of force behind the swing. Maybe layering a couple would give it some padding, but even then, it wouldn't last long.
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Re: Fun noodles?

Postby warwell » Wed Jul 27, 2011 5:32 am

Here is another camp pad tutorial that you may find helpful:

http://www.dagorhir.com/forums/index.php?topic=14633.0

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Re: Fun noodles?

Postby Corr » Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:11 am

Sounds good. I will consider this when making my next weapon. Just out of curiosity, where is the cheapest place you have heard of to get blue camp foam?
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Re: Fun noodles?

Postby Thorondor » Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:24 am

Walmart is the only place I know of. It's just under $6 a roll there.
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Re: Fun noodles?

Postby Corr » Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:29 am

Wow! :eek: That's great! Thanks! I'll see if I can do that. :sword:
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