DOUGKL | 18 Jul 2015 2:10 p.m. PST |
Just started the period last year. After much consideration I went with 10mm. A combination of cost, the quality of the figures available, the completeness of the lines and available buildings. Another plus is the N-gauge civil war era trains. I have a friend who is a model railroader and I am working on a scenario with a running train. |
Shagnasty | 18 Jul 2015 2:34 p.m. PST |
15s for me though if I was starting now it would be 10s. I have a few 28s for skirmish games. |
Charlie 12 | 18 Jul 2015 2:44 p.m. PST |
Started in 15s (and still have 'em), transitioned to 6s about 15 years ago. If I was to do it now, I'd go with the 10s. |
John Miller | 18 Jul 2015 3:17 p.m. PST |
Started with 15mm in the eighties and will never look back. John Miller |
Jeigheff | 18 Jul 2015 3:17 p.m. PST |
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coopman | 18 Jul 2015 5:18 p.m. PST |
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Intrepide | 18 Jul 2015 5:59 p.m. PST |
I dumped all my other scales when I found Plank Road 10mm. I do think that I will dabble in 28mm or 54mm for some Western Theater, partisan ranger type skirmishes and that will do it. |
Milhouse | 18 Jul 2015 7:20 p.m. PST |
20mms . The one true scale. |
Trajanus | 19 Jul 2015 2:09 a.m. PST |
28mm we like the look and don't have the time for big battles using loads of units which smaller scales allow. |
Last Hussar | 19 Jul 2015 7:40 a.m. PST |
10mm. Mass effect and price. Plus Pendraken seems to be forgiving of my painting. I get 6-8 on a 30mm base (4 up front, plus second rank) and occasionally I'll put reloaders etc behind. |
Axebreaker | 19 Jul 2015 9:06 a.m. PST |
I have 28mm and 15mm. If I was starting from scratch I would have probably done 28mm and 10mm, but my 15mm collection is too large to start over plus I do like the look of them so they are a keeper. Christopher |
Inkpaduta | 19 Jul 2015 11:25 a.m. PST |
Started with 2mm. Did make for a large impressive game with several corps per side. Now I do it in 10mm. |
john lacour | 19 Jul 2015 1:17 p.m. PST |
15mm is where i started in the early 1980's(johnny reb 1 and confederetts). i have just been starting up again and i was seriously thinking about 10mm. while i do like the scale and "look" of the mass with 10mm, i think the "lower cost" idea is a myth. i was hopeing to get a lower price as compared to 15mm, but its just not there. i'll re start with 15mm. |
GoodOldRebel | 19 Jul 2015 2:36 p.m. PST |
15mm based for fire&fury (original) 28mm based for Guns at Gettysburg |
dantheman | 19 Jul 2015 5:08 p.m. PST |
I'm the rebel I guess. Everyone around me has 15s. So no need to add to the pile. Started 25s but they are big for moderate sized tables. Started painting 1/72 plastics. They look good. In short 1/72 is my answer for now. |
DWilliams | 20 Jul 2015 6:16 p.m. PST |
We use 15mm for brigade-level games, and 28mm for skirmish games. |
COL Scott ret | 20 Jul 2015 11:53 p.m. PST |
Not to be a complete pendant but only Vincent and Dan really answered the question. Only 1/72 is a scale the rest just told you the size. |
ACWBill | 22 Jul 2015 9:40 a.m. PST |
I think we all answered the question in the corrct manner according the the intent of the original post. |
gregoryk | 22 Jul 2015 3:20 p.m. PST |
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49mountain | 23 Jul 2015 10:45 a.m. PST |
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Private Matter | 24 Jul 2015 10:29 a.m. PST |
I use what is generically referred to in wargaming circles as 10mm although I do use 28mm for small skirmish actions. And not meaning to be completely pedantic, I think spell checker must have kicked in when COL Scott wrote pendant as I would assume he meant pedantic. ;-). Spell checker is not always our friend. |
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EJNashIII | 10 Aug 2016 8:36 p.m. PST |
10mm (my own) 15mm (other peoples figures) I have done 28mm once or twice. |
donlowry | 11 Aug 2016 8:36 a.m. PST |
Scruby's old so-called 9mm line -- actually about 13mm. |
uglyfatbloke | 11 Aug 2016 10:52 a.m. PST |
Thousands of 28mm and our home-brewed rules – which appeared in ACW gamer a while back. |
Regulars | 11 Aug 2016 3:56 p.m. PST |
10 mm (which includes both 1/160 US N Scale and 1/144 UK, N scale) for my collection. Best Joel |
Snowshoe | 11 Aug 2016 6:17 p.m. PST |
Over the decades: Started with 20mm – sold them off when I discovered 15s. Went to 15mm – sold them off when Old Glory introduced the Dave Alsop castings. Tried adding 10mm for the really "big battles", liked them just fine, but found I could play the same battles with the 28s, so…sold them off. Use the 28s where each unit is a brigade, games up to 2 corps per side. Over the years added Foundry, Perry, 1st Corps, Redoubt, Elite and other manufacturers to the collection. Finally at peace. |
Old Contemptibles | 12 Aug 2016 8:57 a.m. PST |
15mm. There are other scales? |
Albino Squirrel | 12 Aug 2016 11:22 a.m. PST |
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huron725 | 15 Aug 2016 4:44 p.m. PST |
28mm skirmish. I do have 15's that haven't seen the table in at least a decade. I like the look of the 10mm. |
grahambeyrout | 22 Aug 2016 2:17 a.m. PST |
I am a convert from 15mm to 10mm. Quicker to paint, cheaper and small enough to give a sense of space on a battlefield, yet detailed enough to feel one is using models rather than symbolic playing pieces. |
1968billsfan | 22 Aug 2016 7:46 p.m. PST |
15mm. If I was just starting I would do 10mm |
John Thomas8 | 25 Aug 2016 11:43 a.m. PST |
I'm about to put 9,000 or so 1/72 figures on the table for Antietam. |
Dexter Ward | 26 Aug 2016 2:28 a.m. PST |
20mm. Works pretty well – been used for everything from Volley & Bayonet through Fire & Fury to They Couldn't Hit an Elephant and Sharp Practice. |
donlowry | 26 Aug 2016 11:10 a.m. PST |
If I was just starting I would do 10mm Me too. |
1968billsfan | 08 Sep 2016 6:05 a.m. PST |
cwbuff 18 Jul 2015 12:16 p.m. PST 15mm. If I were do it again it would be 10mm. |
Cleburne1863 | 08 Sep 2016 8:27 a.m. PST |
15mm. I have a bunch of 6mm that I will one day paint and base. Even then I'd probably put a bunch on 1 inch stands and use 15mm rules. I don't play skirmish games, but if I did I'd use 28mm. |
Old Contemptibles | 08 Sep 2016 9:43 a.m. PST |
Figured Scale: 15mm Unit Scale: Regiment |
jambo1 | 09 Sep 2016 9:09 a.m. PST |
Just starting out on ACW and doing it in 10mm, still undecided on basing. |
John Thomas8 | 11 Sep 2016 11:50 p.m. PST |
I have over 10,000 1/72 figures painted and based, I guess I'm stuck with the scale. :-) |
AussieAndy | 13 Sep 2016 2:47 a.m. PST |
6mm. I would rather have done 10mm or 15mm, but a couple of other guys put their hands up to participate and they wanted to do 6mm. Given that I usually have to paint everything, I was happy to do 6mm if that got me some help. |
Karl von Hessen | 25 Sep 2016 9:43 p.m. PST |
6's (Adler). More figures in regts making units look more realistic (size-wise). Also more space on the table to maneuver (flank marches, etc.) |
DOUGKL | 24 Oct 2016 6:53 p.m. PST |
10mm and 54mm, big battles and skirmish respectively. |
TheWarStoreMan | 28 Jan 2017 5:43 p.m. PST |
40mm. The one scale to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them |
Azure Gryphon | 15 Feb 2017 8:28 p.m. PST |
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Blutarski | 16 Feb 2017 6:19 a.m. PST |
A friend of mine has painted his BF&F armies with each stand bearing ten x 6mm figures double-ranked. Looks fabulous on the tabletop. B |
bobm1959 | 19 Feb 2017 1:38 p.m. PST |
15mm….although some of them are clearly 18mm "giants" |