LARP-Pilum for combat displays

[ghandi]

Hi all,<br>
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Does anybody have eperience on making a pilum for show fighting purposes?<br>
Due to the fact that the exchange of missle weapons like this was more then common in ancient warfare, it should be possible to display this on show events. Of course no one should get hurt and a volley of pila should happen in a choreographed combat displays o that the other side know when to take up the shields or open formation.<br>
I think of realistic look-a-likes out of fibre glass as a core and rubber foam as a body. Painted it should like a real one from the audience distance. A problem is the pilum head itself, which could propably made out of cardboard, which bents harmlessly went hit.<br>
I know that the live action roleplay people use similar stuff but never use missles (even their shields are out of rubber like foam).<br>
So far my ideas, any help?<br>
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cheers<br>
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ghandi<br>
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