"What scale buildings for 15mm figures" Topic

I think that 15mm is about 1:107 scale. A problem with representing buildings and scenery is that the height of the figures is about 1/100, but the ground scale is often about 1" = 50 yards (`1:2000) or worse.

In my opinion, I would like to see a figure standing next to a building, be somewhat believable. I am sorta using 1:144 scale buildings (a man is about 11.2mm tall at that scale) as a compromise, rather than using tiny buildings (which don't match the ground scale either).

What do people do and think works?

Genetally, using a 15mm building to represent a cluster taking up the appropriate ground scale is the accepted norm.

I don't game in 15mm anymore, well only ACW, which we don't play alot. But when we used to game in smaller scales, I'm with you & punkrabbit. I never liked using "smaller" scale either. It just don't look right! So we did as rabbit says.
Peter

I almost always use sub scale buildings, many 6mm buildings work fine with 15mm figs (hovels, timecast). Just make sure the buildings are taller than the figures or it looks odd.

Many people use "one size down" buildings. It is almost the accepted norm these days. So either 10mm or 6mm buildings with 15mm figures.

10mm or 6mm for me, sometimes I use 15mm if I am filling up the whole table to represent a portion of the urban spraw, but 10mm or 6mm work better as a village.

I am using total battle miniatures 10mm big battalions range. they look great with 15mm.

If you are using these with figures in buildings, then the same scale. To represent built up areas, then 6mm or smaller.
In other words, if you are actually fighting out of or inside then they need to match figure scale. Otherwise, it is just decoration for the table top. If fighting near buildings and in between, your 10mm option is perfect.

What era/genre are you doing?

I like 10mm buildings with 15mm unit based games..

Its depends how many of real men one 15mm figure represent.
If 1 figure = 400 men, then 2mm houses will be useful.

I wish companies would make building with a distorted scale. Peter Gilder used to make buildings that suited the problem of scale -- he made them tall enough for 25mm but with a small foot print. I scratch build buildings that are the right height but almost like flats -- one dimension is very distorted. I then group the buildings on the town sector base to create a village appearance as opposed to modelling a single building correct to scale but one that covers the entire sector. Each module has a church in the middle and tall but small buildings around it. I was inspired by the woodcuts of 17th century battles.

Using 10mm buildings for 15s would work too, I suppose.

thats how the total battle miniatures big battalions range are designed, small footprint, yet tall.

I like but will do more thinking about using tall but unrealisticly narrow buildings. Can anyone provide pictures of these?

here is a link:

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I use 6mm buildings with my 15mm figures, probably looks odd at first sight but does give an impression of a village.

It is too bad Total Battle Miniatures does not do an ACW range… I quite like what they are doing. Would be perfect if doing 15mm Naps.