Michelangelo's nunchuks: chain or rope?

[neatoman]

Do I prefer a chain or a rope? Don't think I really care, but I guess an artist who depicts them with a chain gets props for daring to take on extra detail? I'd be more concerned if they're inconsistantly drawn, you wouldn't want them to change from one type to another in the same story.

Things like that bother me more, I think of any instance where Mike's nunchucks suddenly looked different in the same story, but a TMNT example I've brought up before is IDW Rocksteady. His tattoos pretty much seem to shift in and out of existance depending on wheter or the artist likes drawing them.

[pferreira]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

What, on a given night? On a given night they'd probably use 0. How hard would it be for them to tuck away 3 or 4 into their belt "just in case," though?

They would have to keep track of every one they threw and if they missed...oooooo dear.

[dawwe]

I prefer the chain but I don't hate the rope I guess.

[Andrew NDB]

I've always loved the chains, but I realize... the rope makes more sense and it's kind of a no-brainer. The chains on both pairs of nunchuks are going to make a crap ton of noise jingling around while Michelangelo is jumping around, running and trying to be stealthy and sneaking around the shadows, won't they? He might as well be wearing a bell.

[ToTheNines]

Damn, I never thought of that. Good point.

The chain could be coated, to reduce noise I guess. Conversely the rope doesn’t have to be just rope. It could be Kevlar cord, or something cut resistant.

[Stu_Padasso]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

Damn, I never thought of that. Good point.

The chain could be coated, to reduce noise I guess. Conversely the rope doesn’t have to be just rope. It could be Kevlar cord, or something cut resistant.

I would have picked laminated steel cable.

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by Stu_Padasso

I would have picked laminated steel cable.

Also makes sense.

(I’m such an idiot and just now got the joke of your username).