optional field | 22 Jun 2012 8:33 a.m. PST |
Do you treat these as different scales, or are they "close enough" that the difference doesn't matter? |
John the OFM | 22 Jun 2012 8:36 a.m. PST |
I don't have any of either, but I suspect that the difference is comparable to that of 25mm and 28mm. Both "scales" serve together on my table. |
Striker | 22 Jun 2012 8:37 a.m. PST |
I treat them as the same. |
combat wombat | 22 Jun 2012 8:41 a.m. PST |
i have craploads of both. mix fine with me. |
Angel Barracks | 22 Jun 2012 8:43 a.m. PST |
Close enough, especially given one mans 6mm figure is often 7mm and another 6mm figure is 8mm and all in between and so on. What is very noticable other than height difference is bulk of the figures, some are thin and others quite chunky. Even though they are small they don't all mix well.
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elsyrsyn | 22 Jun 2012 8:45 a.m. PST |
With historical vehicles, it can be noticeable if you have the same thing in both scales close together. Otherwise, I treat them as interchangeable. Doug |
Patrick Sexton | 22 Jun 2012 8:57 a.m. PST |
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ancientsgamer | 22 Jun 2012 9:17 a.m. PST |
Pretty much the same. Interestingly enough, we tend to have one or two brands in microarmor (GHQ and CinC) but multiple brands with the associated infantry. Ros is very popular in the U.K. for microarmor, not so much with the folks I game with in the U.S. |
Dynaman8789 | 22 Jun 2012 9:32 a.m. PST |
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HistoryPhD | 22 Jun 2012 9:34 a.m. PST |
I use both without distinction |
Dye4minis | 22 Jun 2012 9:45 a.m. PST |
Close enough for gaming purposes! |
wargame insomniac | 22 Jun 2012 9:45 a.m. PST |
Close enough. Would happily mix Epic and Battletech figures and scenary (subject to the difference in styling). |
Sundance | 22 Jun 2012 9:45 a.m. PST |
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Milites | 22 Jun 2012 10:21 a.m. PST |
I found the difference between the 1/300 manufacturers was pretty considerable to really worry about 1/285 not fitting in. |
FredNoris | 22 Jun 2012 10:28 a.m. PST |
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Kaoschallenged | 22 Jun 2012 10:47 a.m. PST |
When I use to game with them. I treated them the same. Robert |
Yesthatphil | 22 Jun 2012 10:59 a.m. PST |
No – but my only significant small scale action is 6mm. Phil |
raylev3 | 22 Jun 2012 12:04 p.m. PST |
When I had both I treated them the same, but the visual difference was/is really noticable. I stick to 1/285 now. |
NoBodyLovesMe | 22 Jun 2012 1:37 p.m. PST |
I tried mixing them originally but there really is a noticable difference to me so changed entirely to 1/285. |
Kaoschallenged | 22 Jun 2012 1:57 p.m. PST |
I pretty much used 1/285 with the ones not available in 1/285 but in 1/300 together. Robert |
DOUGKL | 22 Jun 2012 2:10 p.m. PST |
I use both together. As others have said just be sure all of the same vehicle or aircraft are the same scale. |
Splod89 | 22 Jun 2012 2:56 p.m. PST |
I tick to 1/285
There are better quality figs available and the size difference is really quite noticeable. |
Failure16 | 22 Jun 2012 3:19 p.m. PST |
For me they are completely interchangeable, for most of the reasons already enumerated above. If you are playing SF microarmor, there is no meterstick against which to measure since each manufacturer has their own ideas and it is all notional anyway. For real-world AFVs, I tend to stick to PFC-CinC with a smattering of GHQ (too expensive to use as a basis from my POV) and possibly some Scotia/Navwar/Irregular for larger [filler/fodder] units. At the end of the day they are really markers in a holotank, so if the size is close, it flies with me. Having said that, I cannot bring myself to use, say, Battletech AFVs on the same board as my other microarmor because the size differences are too glaring. |
sillypoint | 22 Jun 2012 3:46 p.m. PST |
Does gluing the skirting armor on my Centurion tanks the wrong way bother me, deep down, yes. However, the one game of Jordanian vs. IDF that I'm likely to have in the next ten years, no. Paint them, put them on the table and go. At 1 tank represents 5, shouldn't the ground scale be closer to 1:1500? The roads should be thinner, the buildings should be smaller, the hills might be about right, but you wouldn't describe them as the Golan Heights. Scale smale, just roll that dice and roll high! |
coopman | 22 Jun 2012 4:12 p.m. PST |
No, they're close enough to the same scale to not bother me
especially if you're 3' or more away from them. |
Bunkermeister | 22 Jun 2012 4:22 p.m. PST |
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SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 22 Jun 2012 4:56 p.m. PST |
I've never really cared, but I will use the same scale for each vehicle. |
Martin Rapier | 23 Jun 2012 11:15 a.m. PST |
1/300th scale are half the price so tend to get my vote;) I do mix up 1/300 and 1/285, but as the difference is quite noticeable, not the same vehicles in the same unit. |
Paul Y | 23 Jun 2012 4:48 p.m. PST |
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hagenthedwarf | 24 Jun 2012 9:30 a.m. PST |
With historical vehicles, it can be noticeable if you have the same thing in both scales close together. Otherwise, I treat them as interchangeable. 1/300th scale are half the price so tend to get my vote;)I do mix up 1/300 and 1/285, but as the difference is quite noticeable, not the same vehicles in the same unit. Place them together and you can note the difference; so I never place them together in the same army. 1/285 are nicer models but 1/300 notably cheaper; thus my choice is 1/300. |
foxbat | 24 Jun 2012 11:11 a.m. PST |
I mostly treat them different : 1/300 and 1/285 models do not mix if you have them side by side. But that does not extend to scenery and buildings (for me they are all "6mm") and of course, I've no issue playing an opponnet(s 1/300 army with my 1/285 minis. |
Dasher | 28 Jun 2012 8:00 p.m. PST |
I thought I'd be okay with it until I put a 1/285th Tiger I next to a 1/300th Tiger I
side by side, the 1/300th looked like a Mk IV. :-/ |
PVT641 | 11 Sep 2012 1:04 p.m. PST |
intermix. But only get the 1/300 for items not made n 1/285. Casting quality of most 1/285 scale manufacturers is much more supurb. |