"Miniature figures ... do you like variety?" Topic

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DWilliams	20 Oct 2014 6:00 p.m. PST
Do you like lots of variety in the poses and/or equipment carried by your miniature armies? (a) Yes, the more variation, the better. (b) Yes, but only a few variations are necessary. (c) No, I like them all to look identical.
Battle Phlox	20 Oct 2014 6:07 p.m. PST
a
saltflats1929	20 Oct 2014 6:09 p.m. PST
C. I have one figure I use from Carthage to WW2.
Yesthatphil	20 Oct 2014 6:52 p.m. PST
b
377CSG	20 Oct 2014 7:12 p.m. PST
a
Grelber	20 Oct 2014 7:24 p.m. PST
a, but I would feel different if I were doing Napoleonics, instead of Vikings, Gauls, and Medievals. Come to think of it, when I was doing Colonials, I would have gone with b, and maybe even one or two units of c. Grelbers
Grelber	20 Oct 2014 7:24 p.m. PST
a, but I would feel different if I were doing Napoleonics, instead of Vikings, Gauls, and Medievals. Grelbers
Sundance	20 Oct 2014 7:30 p.m. PST
a
John the OFM	20 Oct 2014 7:42 p.m. PST
I once put on an FIW skirmish game that had 25 different manufacturers in it. I guess that's an "a".
jowady	20 Oct 2014 9:05 p.m. PST
"A"
Martin Rapier	20 Oct 2014 10:05 p.m. PST
C for pre twentieth century, B for twentieth century onwards.
Dicymick	21 Oct 2014 3:19 a.m. PST
C. Depends on the scale and period.
x42brown	21 Oct 2014 3:29 a.m. PST
Not C B for formed troops but I always like at least an awkward 'character' in the formation (foundry did some good good ones) A for skirmish games and anything fantasy with the word 'Chaos' in the title. x42
Joes Shop	21 Oct 2014 3:49 a.m. PST
B.
Patrick Sexton	21 Oct 2014 6:32 a.m. PST
A.
farnox	21 Oct 2014 11:54 a.m. PST
I am with Martin on this one. C pre 20th B 20th and beyond.
etotheipi	21 Oct 2014 1:14 p.m. PST
a. Who woulda thunk it?
Old Contemptibles	21 Oct 2014 2:52 p.m. PST
It depends on the period and figure scale. A for 15mm ACW, FPW. A for 25mm Second Boer War B for 15mm and 25mm Napoleonics B for 25mm AWI Regulars A or B for 25mm AWI Loyalist Militia or Rebel Militia
optional field	24 Oct 2014 7:07 a.m. PST
(A) very much so in fact…
John Treadaway	25 Oct 2014 12:30 p.m. PST
What Dicymick said John T
Dasher	05 Nov 2014 2:11 p.m. PST
For most Ancients I like the same figure for ranks but will vary for files. As combat formations get more free-form, whether by function or time period, I am inclined toward more varied poses.