"Which periods and figure scales?" Topic

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Timbo W	05 Mar 2016 5:21 p.m. PST
OK then, I imagine this must have been done on TMP sometime before, but can't remember recently. Which periods and figure scales/ sizes do you war-game with? For me- Fantasy 28mm generic/Lord of the Rings Ancients 20mm Dark Age 28mm Wars of the Roses 28mm English Civil War 15mm Napoleonic 20mm American Civil War 6mm, well really 5mm Heroics and Ross Wild West 28mm Second World War 20mm WWII aerial 1/300 Sci Fi 15mm
Ragbones	05 Mar 2016 5:44 p.m. PST
Campaigns in the Sudan, 1884-1898 – 15mm Anglo-Zulu War – 15mm French Foreign Legion in North Africa, 15mm Boxer Rebellion – 28mm ACW – 15mm Feudal era (Teutonic Knights, Novgorodian Rus, Prussian, Lithuanian, Poles) – 15mm Peloponnesian War galleys – 15mm Medieval Cogs – 15mm Russo-Turkish War 1877-78 – 15mm Army of Darkness (assault on Arthur's castle) – 25mm Aliens vs. Colonial Marines – 25mm Terminator – 25mm The Alamo – 6mm Mexican – American War – 6mm War of Texan Independence, including The Alamo – 54mm-60mm Mexican-American War – 54mm-60mm
Doug MSC	05 Mar 2016 6:05 p.m. PST
ACW – 40mm AWI – 40mm FIW – 40mm Medieval – 40mm
Saber6	05 Mar 2016 6:17 p.m. PST
15mm: just about everything
John Armatys	05 Mar 2016 6:24 p.m. PST
Ancient – 5mm (plus some bits in 15mm and 25mm) Medieval – 25mm ECW – 15mm C18 – 5mm, 15mm and 25mm Napoleonic – 5mm and 15mm ACW – 15mm and 25mm Colonial – 15mm and 25mm C19 – 5mm, 15mm and 25mm WW1 – 15mm and 25mm Interwar – 20mm WW2 – 5mm, 15mm and 25mm Modern – 5mm, 15mm and 20mm Fantasy – 25mm Science Fiction – 25mm C19 and C20 "pulp" – 25mm Ancient Naval – 1:1200 and 1:3000 Renaissance Naval – 1:1200 Napoleonic Naval – 1:3000 and 1:1200 ACW Naval – 1:1200 WW1, WW2 and Modern Naval – 1:3000 WW1 Air – 1:144 and 1:300 WW2 and Modern Air – 1:300, 1:600 and 1:1200/1250 This is the stuff I own, I'll happily play with other peoples' toys in any size/scale they care to produce.
Hafen von Schlockenberg	05 Mar 2016 6:25 p.m. PST
Gee,why is that,Doug?
USAFpilot	05 Mar 2016 6:41 p.m. PST
Fantasy – 32mm Lord of the Rings Ancients – 15mm Napoleonic – wood blocks C&CN
Winston Smith	05 Mar 2016 7:03 p.m. PST
I have pared my collection down to the essentials. Everything else is sold off or given away. Here is what I have. 25/28mm American Revolution, on both skirmish and brigade basing. "True 25mm" British colonial 15mm Flames of War American, British and Soviet Still toying with: 28mm Jacobites 28mm the '98 28mm sedan chair racing These may or may not ever see the top of a table.
FusilierDan	05 Mar 2016 7:06 p.m. PST
Ancients – 15mm SYW – 15mm AWI – 28mm ACW – 15mm FPW – 15mm British Colonials – 25mm SCW – 20mm WWII – 15mm/28mm Fantasy – 28mm Belle Epoque – 40mm I have other periods mostly 28mm but either not painted or not really enough for a game.
Extra Crispy	05 Mar 2016 7:33 p.m. PST
Let's see…… Lord of the Rings 28mm SciFi 15mm SciFi 6mm Napoleonics 15mm Napoleonics 6mm ACW 15mm ACW 6mm World War II 15mm World War II 6mm Vietnam 15mm Old West/Plains Indians 15mm Seven Years War 6mm Space Ships Age of Sail 1/1200 Ironclads 1/1200 WW1 Naval 1/6000 Spanish Civil War 20mm
Doug MSC	05 Mar 2016 8:51 p.m. PST
Gee Hafen, it kinda just worked out that way. Strange isn't it?
Rich Bliss	05 Mar 2016 8:58 p.m. PST
Ancients -15mm Renaissance – 28mm 7YW – 28mm AWI – 28mm ACW – 28mm Colonial – 28mm WWII – 20mm SciFi – 15mm
Kevin C	05 Mar 2016 9:05 p.m. PST
Ancients 28mm Post Napoleonic 19th century 28mm Early 20th century (pre 1930) 28mm I am contemplating either 1/600 or 1/2400 pre-Dreadnoughts
Garand	05 Mar 2016 9:14 p.m. PST
Hmm… Fantasy – Warhammer 28mm, some HoTT 15mm (to support D&D) SF – Warhammer 40K, Infinity, BtGoA 28mm, SFB/ACTA 1/3225 Ancients – 15mm & 28mm Medievals -15mm & 28mm WWII/Moderns – 15mm & 6mm Damon.
Jamesonsafari	05 Mar 2016 9:23 p.m. PST
Ancient 15mm Feudal 28mm Later mediaeval 28mm Samurai 28mm SYW 15mm Napoleonic 28mm British Indian NWF 28mm WW2 15mm Modern 20mm
Scott MacPhee	05 Mar 2016 9:57 p.m. PST
Ancients 15mm Ancients 28mm AWI 28mm Napoleonics 15mm Napoleonics 28mm ACW 15mm ACW 28mm WWII 15mm WWII 28mm
Martin Rapier	06 Mar 2016 12:47 a.m. PST
Ancients 20mm Horse and Musket, Pike and Shot. 2mm and 6mm Nineteenth Century, 6mm and 54mm Ww1, 6, 15 and 20mm SCW 15mm WW2 6, 15 and 20mm. Have some 54 too. Cold War 2mm, 6mm, 15mm Many sub periods and genres within those broad categories.
arsbelli	06 Mar 2016 3:02 a.m. PST
Ancients 18 mm
Buckeye AKA Darryl	06 Mar 2016 4:18 a.m. PST
Mound Builders (15mm Eureka Miniatures) Vikings (15mm Khurasan Miniatures) 1790s Miami Campaign (20mm Frying Pan & Blanket Amalgamated) Napoleonics (15mm MiniFigs Prussians) Second Barbary War (15mm Thoroughbred Models) War of 1812 naval (1/2000 Valiant & 1/2400 Figurehead) Second Seminole War (15mm FreiKorps 15) Mexican-American War (18mm Eureka Miniatures) American Civil War (15mm Empire/Heritage Miniatures & 1/600 Thoroughbred Models & 1/1200 Titan Miniatures & Thoroughbred Models) Spanish-American War Naval (1/3000 War Times Journal) Balkans War (1/3000 Navwar) The Great War (18mm Blue Moon Manufacturing & 1/144 Wings of Glory) World War Two (1/285 Raiden & 15mm Eureka Miniatures) Korean War (1/285 Raiden and 10mm Pithead) Moderns (15mm Rebel Miniatures, IrishSerb, Peter Pig, Flytrap Factory, & Quick Reaction Force) Sci-Fi (15mm Rebel Miniatures, Old Crow Models, The Scene, Ground Zero Games, MicroPanzer, & Khurasan) and others!
McKinstry	06 Mar 2016 10:30 a.m. PST
6mm Ancients (Baccus EI and MI Romans,Sassanids, Parthians) 6mm ECW (Baccus+ Irregular) 10mm Crusades (Old Glory, Magister Militum, Pendraken) 6mm Napoleonic (Baccus infantry, Adler cav) 6mm ACW – (Baccus infantry, Adler cav) 15/18mm Old West – (Old Glory/Blue Moon + Peter Pig) 1/1200 VSF – Dystopian Wars (Spartan) 1/2400 Renaissance Naval – (Tumbling Dice + Figurehead) 1/2400 Age of Sail -(Old Glory + Tumbling Dice+ Figurehead) 1/3000 Age of Sail – (Westwind + Navwar) 1/2400 ACW/Steam- (Tumbling Dice + Panzerschiffes) 1/2400 Spanish American (VikingForge+Panzerschiffes+Tumbling Dice) 1/6000 Naval Russo Japanese (Figurehead) 1/6000 WW1 & WW2 Naval (Figurehead + 1/1200 Cap Aero airplanes) 1/4800 WW2 Naval (C in C + Shapeways + MY) 1/6000 Modern Naval – Figurehead + Shapeways 1/7000 Spaceships – Shapeways 1/???? Spaceships – Dropzone Commander Space game kickstarter Thinking about 3mm WW2 and Cold War
Hafen von Schlockenberg	06 Mar 2016 11:11 a.m. PST
Yeah,Doug, it is strange. I wonder what scales Pete Berry and Leon Pendraken game in?
Doug MSC	06 Mar 2016 5:20 p.m. PST
That's a good question Hafen. We may have to look into that.
Weasel	06 Mar 2016 5:58 p.m. PST
Okay, I am going to not list anything I have like 8 troop stands for, and just go with stuff that hits the table regularly or in the near future. 15mm – WW2, RCW, Cold war, scifi 3mm – Cold war 6mm – scifi 2mm (soon) – Horse and musket shenanigans 1/72 plastics – some ww2, the very occasional bit of ACW.
basileus66	06 Mar 2016 10:15 p.m. PST
Collecting (and painting! Imagine that!): - Crusades 15mm - Thirty Years War, 15mm - SYW, 28 mm (Austrians finished, now it is time to start with the Prussians) - WWII 20mm - Moderns 15 mm - Ultramoderns 20mm - Sci-Fi 28mm Wargaming, though… well, let' say that since 2011 when I opened my action figures shop time devoted to wargaming has been less than optimal.
Stealth1000	07 Mar 2016 5:02 a.m. PST
6mm Ancients 6mm Dark Ages 6mm Nap 6mm Colonial 6mm Marlborough A LOT 10mm AWI A LOT 15mm Sci-fi A LOT 15mm Fantasy 15mm WW2 28mm zombie and post apocalypse vampire horror. A LOT 28mm WW2 multi-scale Starships A LOT
Timmo uk	07 Mar 2016 2:54 p.m. PST
ECW – 25mm Napoleonic – 18mm Napoleonic naval – 1/1200 Sudan 1882/85 – 28mm WW1 Air – 1/144 WW2 Air 1/285 I have Pirates in 28mm and some WW2 in 20mm but they have only been painting projects thus far. Thinking of finally getting around to adding 1/14800 WW2 naval. If I had my time again I'd have done ECW and Sudan in 18mm. I have to admit to always finding this sort to thread really interesting to read. This time around I'm slightly surprised how much smaller scale stuff everybody is into.
Dexter Ward	08 Mar 2016 3:53 a.m. PST
Ancients 28mm Gladiators 28mm Dark Age 28mm ECW 20mm Pirates 28mm French & Indian War 28mm Napoleonics 28mm ACW 20mm Wild West 28mm Zulu War 20mm WW2 20mm Ancient Naval 1:600 Napoleonic Naval 1:600 and 1:2400 WW1 and WW2 Naval 1:3000 WW2 Air 1:600
Rudysnelson	10 Mar 2016 9:13 a.m. PST
15mm Napoleonics, ACW, SYW, WW@ 28mm for WW2 and Colonials 1/600 PT boats/small boat WW2, M1/285 tanks many years ago, 15mm tanks now. I would do 10mm if I had the source. Wings of glory