"Same period in different scales? " Topic

Do people game a favourite period in two or more different scales? E.g FPW in 6mm and 15mm? And if so, why? (I'm trying to justify this to myself atm!)

All pro answers greatly appreciated!

Rhys

Ancients – 28mm for land-based games; 1/900-1/1200th for naval games. Why? I like the look of 28mm figures, but for naval games, I'm willing to accept the fact that a fleet of 28mm ships would be both cost & gaming area prohibitive. Dean

Napoleonic battles – 6mm
Napoleonic skirmishes – 20mm

WW2 battles – 6mm
WW2 skirmishes – 15mm

Regards

sci fi 6mm, grand tactical
sci fi 28mm skirmish

also modern in different scales again for same reasons of level represented and or becuase I like the figs in the various scales.

I like toy soldiers --any size --gotta problem wit dat? LOL

Yes. I have done this with multiple periods.

SYW: 15/18mm for massed battles and 28mm for skirmish gaming (mostly in North America)

Mexican-American: 15/18mm for large battles, and 28mm for skirmish games to mid-sized battles.

ACW: 15/18mm for large battles, 25/28mm for mid-size to skirmish battles, and I just bought some 6mm paper terrain guys for play-testing a rules concept I've had for years.

WWII: 1:285 (MicroArmor) for operational-level battles, 15mm (for Flames of War where I can find opponents easily), and 20mm/1:72nd scale for skirmish games.

I suppose I could do skirmish gaming in 6mm, single-basing individual guys, but that just doesn't seem right!

I use 20mm for skirmishing 4000BC-present, 15mm for sci-fi skirmish.

On the other hand, I have 2mm for mass battle 4000BC-1918AD, 6mm for 1920+ (where I need to be able to identify vehicle types more accurately).

It happens all the time, and for a variety of reasons. Many gamers had extensive 28mm collections before they decided to collect 15mm for larger battles and conventions. But that's no reason to get rid of the 28mm collection. And then 10mm and 6mm came along, giving cause for whole new collections. Again, no reason to get rid of the larger figures.

My club does sci-fi in three scales

-28mm Skirmish or Platoon level (Using WarEngine or 5150)
-10mm Ground Combat(using FWC or Mech attack rules)
-Somewhat varied, very small scale for Starship Combat (Using Full Thrust)

Thus far the games have been separate, but we're kicking around the idea for a campaign that will make use of all three scales in one storyline.

I have, but I try not to do it too much. At the moment, the only dual-scale period I've got is Sci-Fi, for the obvious reason: I use the bigger scale (28mm) for skirmish and the smaller for bigger battailion-sized battles.

level represented and or because I like the figs in the various scales.

I guess this pretty much sums up my approach too.

I have 15mm, 20mm and now 28mm Sci Fi and Spanish Civil War, 6mm, 15mm and 28mm Medievals, 15mm and 28mm WW2.

Cheers
Mark

I will playtest, using 6 mm figures at half the ground scale, larger 28 mm convention games. I do this simply because my basement is limited to a maximum table size of 6' x 10'. So if I playtest using the 6's, I can represent a convention game that can be up to 20' long, and I actually only need 3' of the table depth to represent the actual 6' depth. I can still use the 28's for smaller divisional sized engagements on the 6 x 10 table. I just happen to have a 6 mm collection, but the same theory would work for 15's and larger scales.

npm

The answer is a hearty YES!

Thanks,

John

All the time…..

Personally, I think using multiple scales for the same is almost a necessity. 28mm models are great, but frankly, anything more than a couple of brigades and space (both storage and tabletop) becomes a major problem. At 1:20 or 1:50 15mm is good for maybe a corp (or two if you've got a lot of space). For a big battle 6mm is really the only way to go. I mostly use 15mm because it is a good compromise scale. I might paint be a battalion in 28mm, but mostly for display.

Do people game a favourite period in two or more different scales?

Doesn't everyone?

I've got 5, 15 and 28mm Napoleonics. Hell, I've even got some 25mm Minifigs from way back knocking around somewhere.

Lol fantastic responses, it's good to see that we all seem to share kleptomaniacal tendencies!!! Makes me feel better about what I want to do though!

As Custer7thcav intimated; i like toy soldiers too, problem??? Lol.

It's interesting to read how people do it and for what reasons!

Rhys

Oh and please forgive my shameless crossposting!

Rhys

Yeah, I was going to mention that…

Really sorry about that, im relatively new to TMP and I got carried away! Sorry to everyone for that.

Rhys

ACW – 28mm and 40mm.
Everything else 28mm.

I do WWII in 15 and 6, but different sized battles. 15 is for platoon or smaller. 6 is for company sized battles.

All I have are 25/28mm armies. I've got the space for larger battles, and to be honest, I just can't paint anything small anymore. If I do go for another scale or period, it would be for naval actions, but that's a long way off. I've got too much to paint right now.

ACW 1/72nd, 28mm
Modern 15mm, 28mm
WWII 6mm, 15mm, 1/72nd, 28mm
Vietnam 6mm, 15mm
Napoleonics 28mm 1/72nd.

Yes indeed I do multiple scales in a period.

Owen

You only need to apologize to Connard He's the sensitive one. I game in ancient's in 10,15 and 28mm,why?

You only need to apologize to Connard He's the sensitive one.

This is true. I have been known to break down into floods of tears because someone posted something mildly sarcastic at me.

Mined ewe, I've never posted the lyrics of a gay anthem. Unlike 20th Maine.

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Man, let me count the scales! ACW in 15 and 28mm-- the first for big Corps level games and the second for smaller Regimental and skirmish games.

WW II-- multiple armies in 15mm for PBI, FoW, Fireball Forward, and skirmish. 28mm for skirmish, but I am selling that and getting into 20mm.

SF in 6mm for the HUGE battles, 15mm for lots of cool vehicle action, and 28mm for small platoon skirmishes.

Ancients in 15 and 28mm, and Nam in 15 and 20mm.

Obviously when I like an era/genre I REALLY like it! 8)=

Not exactly using different scales in different games, but I do mix 72nd and 76th scale figures and vehicles. It depends on what is available in each scale.

AWI in: 6,10,28 and 40mm.

ACW in 10 and 28.

WW2 in 15 and 28mm.

Bob

Yes.

Star Wars: 25mm, 30mm and action figures (Some figures not in all scales.)

Classical Antiquity: 15mm and 28mm (different game/opponents)

Early Middle Ages: 15mm and 28mm (different game/opponents)

BattleTech: 1:285, Clicks (10mm?), and a few 28mm. (Most Industrial Mechs not in 1:285; not sure why I have 28mm figures unless they came from odd eBay lots)

ACW in 6 and 25.

I have Napoleonics in 15, 25 and 28mm. Medievals in 6 and 28, others that I'm a bit too lazy to list.

Kinda…
1/300 for WW2 aerial and 28mm for WW2 ground warfare…
Everything else is 28mm.

I have WW2 in both 20mm and 6mm.

ACW in 15 only. Too big of an army to seek another scale.

Started with 20mm airfix and Hinton Hunt, replaced them with Minifigs 20mm them with Minifigs 28mm and finally Foundry and Front Rank 28mm.

Meanwhile discovered Minifigs 15mm and duplicated all the 28mm, then replaced them all with AB

Along the way discovered Heroics and Ros 6mm, and duplicated the 28mm and 15mm.

It took 40 years of painting one or two hours a day most days.

All napoleonics and all now organised in five armies in three scales for my 1813 campaign. Photos of the latest collection here

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All are used in rotation during the campaign.

No.
Much cheaper to use the same figure and change the ground scale.

SciFi in 2mm 6mm 15mm and 25/28mm
Fantasy in 15mm and 25/28mm

Problem for me is the terrain – something has got to go!

Andrew
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Mined ewe, I've never posted the lyrics of a gay anthem. Unlike 20th Maine.

Proves how sensitive you are – he doesnt mind who knows!

Moderns for me.
I have figures in 28mm, 15mm, and 1/285th scale depending on which game system I am playing at the moment.

Martin

So the majority of people do at least have a fav period in at least two different scales with a few individuals who are more disciplined and don't have the ADHD or what I prefer to be deemed the "ooh shiny complex"! That's good to know!

Rhys

Responding to OP : Oh God Yes.

Why ?

it's madness.

Medievals – 6mm, 20mm, 25mm. And I hate painting heraldry.

The only ones that make sense are when they aren't really the same – so WWII 20mm skirmish just isn't the same as WWII 1/300th or even 1/900th. It's a different thing.

I have done ACW in just about all scales 10mm and up some more than once. Sold everything more than once and built again and then……. doesn't everyone do this???

Yes. War of the Roses.
I currently have figures for the Battle of Barnet in 15mm, which is only about 15,000 troops per side.

I am doing Mortimers Cross, a slightly smaller battle in 28mm.

I hope to do Towton in either 15mm or 10mm, havent decided yet.

7YW – 15mm & 28mm
ACW – 15mm & 28mm
WWII – Micro Armor, 15mm, 1/72, 1/18
This is what I still have at one time AWI, Naps and WWI would have been listed as 15mm & 28mm as well. Sold off most of them.

Why? Because I am too old to chase women (and my wife won't let me).
Actually, I started the majority of the smaller stuff years ago, when I could see them. Now I do the larger scales as they are easier to see and look pretty.

Mostly 15mm….

Though 6mm for armor vehicle centric games

And what ever the hell scale for starship sorta games.

WW2 in 25, 10 and 3mm

I'll confess, 10mm Basic Impetus, 15mm DBA and 28mm WAB. I should have thought it out better!

yes, and I have a problem…
medievals in:

6mm
10mm
15mm
28mm

I also have napoleonics in 3 scales

Allen

Blimey, I think someone (^) likes his medievals! May I enquire as to how or why you ended up in several different scales for medievals? Was it club trends? Or maybe peer pressure (just say no)? Or to accommodate new wargaming acquaintances (and also, hopefully friends)?

Rhys

Not exactly using different scales in different games, but I do mix 72nd and 76th scale figures and vehicles. It depends on what is available in each scale.

Heresy, Grand Duke, heresy!