| kallman | 04 Apr 2013 5:53 a.m. PST |
So please excuse my ignorance but if I am correct Micro Armor is close to 6mm size? What scale is that and which manufactures do you recommend for buildings in this size/scale. Would Z Gauge model rail road terrain be appropriate? thanks, Kim |
| VonTed | 04 Apr 2013 6:12 a.m. PST |
Z is a bit large for 6mm. Although you can a ton of cheap z scale trees for cheap :) There are several companies making rather good terrain for 6mm. Gamecraft
Timecast
GHQ
paperterrain
a host of others. Check out the forums for Cold War commander:
link |
| Dynaman8789 | 04 Apr 2013 6:27 a.m. PST |
I use Paper terrain for most of my 6mm buildings, at this scale the lack of texture is not a problem, they look great. Only items I had a problem with were the fortifications, getting the trenches done was a nightmare. |
| MajorB | 04 Apr 2013 6:59 a.m. PST |
Micro Armor is close to 6mm size? Micro armour is intended to be 6mm size. What scale is that 1/300 unless you are talking GHQ. They go for 1/285. |
| CPBelt | 04 Apr 2013 7:10 a.m. PST |
Z scale is 1:220. GHQ, the best modern armor IMO, is 1:285. Close enough for me. Pick up the Walthers N and Z sale Reference catalog for $16. USD
link Or look at this Walthers search for Z scale buildings. Expect to pay $25 USD+ for one structure. In the end, mimiature gaming structures tend to be cheaper. link |
| kallman | 04 Apr 2013 7:24 a.m. PST |
Yikes! CP Belt those Z scale buildings are expensive. Yea I will go with Gamecraft or Timecast. I had no idea the Z Gauge stuff was so pricey. GHQ does appear to be the way to go for vehicles. Nice detail and they seem to have just about everything. |
| GROSSMAN | 04 Apr 2013 9:21 a.m. PST |
First place goes to GHQ for vehicles,but they are a little pricey then I would flush out bulk needs from C in C miniatures, some of their vehicles are just as good as GHQ but cheaper.
I have a ton of Russians and some German US I could part with if you are looking start some armies, I will sell painted at lead cost.
PM me if interested. |
| GROSSMAN | 04 Apr 2013 9:26 a.m. PST |
Kim, here is a photo of a game I ran a while ago if you notice the buildings in the photo I made them from wooden blocks from Michael's spray painted grey, then drew the windows in with black magic marker, did about twenty for $10 USD took me about an hour. At this scale I don't feel the cost you pay is worth it once the game starts, I would rather spend money on vehicles.
link |
| Dynaman8789 | 04 Apr 2013 10:21 a.m. PST |
GROSSMAN – I like! I need some buildings for FFoT gaming and that idea works perfectly. How did you do the fields? Is that corrugated boxes painted up? Looks good. For even lower cost vehicles I go with Heroics and Ros. Even with shipping from the UK they end up at about $1 USD a vehicle. Noticably smaller then GHQ and the quality is not as good (Their T-80s are EXCELLENT though). |
| latto6plus2 | 04 Apr 2013 10:44 a.m. PST |
Scotia are good quality too and do a lot of the more unusual stuff – trucks, engineering, chinese. |
| ancientsgamer | 04 Apr 2013 11:34 a.m. PST |
1/300 = 5mm
1/285 = 6mm These are my opinions but looking at the Ros stuff, they are closer to 5mm rather than 6mm. Not trying to split hairs here. If you surf around, you can get GHQ at 20% off… GHQ is the best. CinC is very close and a great value. GHQ barrels tend to hold up better than CinC. |
| Gaz0045 | 04 Apr 2013 1:17 p.m. PST |
Take a look at these too….. link Nice terrain………..also Gamecraft in the USA…… |
| rct75001 | 04 Apr 2013 1:17 p.m. PST |
Timecast are wonderful. The other great newer manufacturer is Leven Miniatires – great prices too. levenminiatures.co.uk |
| EagleSixFive | 05 Apr 2013 4:05 a.m. PST |
Don't forget CinC, Best T64 with ERA available link |
GHQOnline  | 08 Apr 2013 2:59 p.m. PST |
Hi Kim, welcome to the world of Micro Armour! GHQ pioneered Micro scale gaming with our 1/285th scale Micro Armour in 1967. Previous to our Micro Armour, there were no micro scale models available. Have you checked the "Free Stuff" section of our website? There is a lot there, including some of the best paper buildings that we have ever seen, and they are all FREE. Have fun with the scale, it's incredibly versatile. You can use the same miniatures for small skirmishes that you can use for full scale battles. Depending on the miniatures that you use, you will not be giving up anything on the amount of detail. It's also hard to beat the price. For $9.95 USD you get 5 highly detailed vehicles! Please let us know if we can be of assistance to you with anything regarding GHQ products. Thank you for your support,
GHQ |
| wizbangs | 14 Apr 2013 4:32 p.m. PST |
I'm a big fan of GHQ and they go a long way toward supporting the hobby and keeping it going. I build out my battalions using GHQ since you can get them in multiples. I top off the units with Scotia Grendel. Their models are not as good, but you can get the hard to find stuff. The free paper buildings you can download from GHQ's site are excellent, but it takes practice and patience to assemble them, and they're for rural environments. I bought a bunch of resin buildings and houses from Leven miniatures and they were great. I've just placed my first order with Gamecraft, but am confident those will also be great buildings, although a little higher in price than Leven. |
| Leif the Red | 25 Apr 2013 8:21 a.m. PST |
Another perspective on microscale:
1/300 = 1" = 25 feet
1/288 = 1" = 24 feet (no suppliers advertise in this size but as it is 2x 144th I use it for comparison)
1/285 = 1" = 23.75 feet I like GHQ models the best (best detail) followed closely by C-in-C (softer alloy but very good) then Heroics and Ross (a tad smaller but harder alloy and very wide range). H&R is really doing some good things, they have a gifted sculptor named Ian Armstrong who is doing new models for them and his skill is very good and improving, still not equal to GHQ but pretty darn good. And in many cases the stuff he sculpts isn't made by anyone else (yet). The ranges of modern weapons is such that larger scale models require a more extreme compression of ground scale to model size or one plays 'skirmishes'. |
| GROSSMAN | 20 Dec 2013 1:55 p.m. PST |
@Dynaman, the fields are actually corduroy fabric cut into hexes. They could use a little ballast and dry brushing, but I was in a hurry to run the game so just went with the plain cloth.
Tried to PM you but no link to you. |
| fred oliver | 26 Dec 2013 9:39 a.m. PST |
Scotia and Skytrex (now owned by H&R) also make some good models, including some available nowhere else. Also check on Shapeways. The models in FUD (frosted ultra detail) material are exquisite but expensive. Those in WSF (white strong and flexible) material are much cheaper but have less detail. The easiest way is to go to link and search by scale. Shapeways also offers many wonderful airplane models. |
