"Size of Starships" Topic

Starship ranges come in a variety of "sizes." Some model ranges are much larger than other model ranges. A "battleship" might be 3" long in one range, 6" long in another, and 9" long in a third!

Do you fight "large" starship ranges against "small" starship ranges, or do you try to use ranges of equal sizes?

Unless there are obvious features showing a "scale," I could care less. I have even used starcraft miniatures as drones (and even scenery) for 28mm miniatures. Scale, shmale.

Full agreement – until it comes to the newbies who want to do Enterprise vs Warbird and the models come from two vastly different ranges… That just looks silly.

I mix large and small models.

The only preference I have for scale is that different size classes are visually distinguishable. For example, I use a roughly 3" Galactica and Pegasus and 1" Vipers and Raptors in my boardgame. The vipers and battlestars are clearly not to scale with each other, but I can easily visually identify the fighter class units from the capital ships, so it's all good in my book.

I have fleet scale(small) Medium(most of the more popular ranges fit this size IMO) and Jumbo, firestorm Armada ships are ginormous.

I try to get the different size class ships about the same size.

You can't talk about spaceship size without knowing this…

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They don't make a correct scale Death Star to go with my micro machines X wings

Thumbs up, Cerdic!

Usually, I'll put them side-by-side; if they don't look jarringly out of scale, they'll play together. I won't necessarily play BB from company X AS a battleship with DD's from company Y, if those 'destroyers' are appreciatively larger.

Known ships from known backgrounds are a bit different, but even ST took the same ship, BoP's are the best example, and used them at different sizes across the shows.

Doug

I like there to be a tactical meaning to the sizes of different sized ships, tough not a strict scale. This is a descendent of building simulations, tabletops, wargames, and 1:1 training venues involving warships, commercial ships, pirate motherships, and small boats of various stripes.

They don't make a correct scale Death Star to go with my micro machines X wings

You should go play in this Arizona restraint.

… or maybe one of these locations.

And we all know Disney was prepared long before they bought the Star Wars property.

As long as the points of scale are not too obvious (cockpits, doors), I don't care overmuch.

I prefer smaller miniatures simply because some (e.g most Spartan miniatures ships) are simply too big to be practical. That being said, I would like to have a few Firestorm Armada escorts & frigates to use as cruisers, battlecruisers & battleships.