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Cerdic12 Apr 2018 2:05 p.m. PST

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The short chubby feller must be from another range?

dragon6 Supporting Member of TMP12 Apr 2018 2:08 p.m. PST

grin

robert piepenbrink Supporting Member of TMP12 Apr 2018 2:23 p.m. PST

Oh, yes. Range, not scale, though. Someone wound up with 23 figures of a 24 casting unit and raided his spares pile. We've all done it, but he should be in a back rank.

Personal logo Mserafin Supporting Member of TMP12 Apr 2018 2:40 p.m. PST

As long as the paint jobs match, he's OK.

Bunkermeister Supporting Member of TMP12 Apr 2018 10:17 p.m. PST

I use 1/87 scale vehicles, and 1/72nd scale figures and aircraft. And any number of other similar size buildings.
Seems to work.

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Daithi the Black12 Apr 2018 10:33 p.m. PST

The biggest problem with mixing ranges is that the equipment is frequently different sized. A rifle can look more like a submachinegun when the smaller model is compated to the others. And significant differencrs in helmet size can be off-putting.

Walking Sailor13 Apr 2018 7:40 a.m. PST

No rifle, lighter color shoulder boards; he's the (better fed) command stand.

Cacique Caribe13 Apr 2018 7:46 a.m. PST

Explain to me why everyone wants the Boxer Rebellion figures to all be the same height. :)

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PVT64113 Apr 2018 8:08 a.m. PST

Walking Sailor is spot on!

Andrew Walters13 Apr 2018 8:19 a.m. PST

+1 Walking Sailor

This is one of the best threads ever.

surdu200513 Apr 2018 9:28 a.m. PST

This would be more easily done if the figures had open hands so that you could use the same scale rifles regardless of the figure size.

Cerdic13 Apr 2018 11:37 a.m. PST

Surdu, that is an excellent idea! Why has nobody thought of it before?

Many Dark Ages figures are sculpted with open hands and you can get weapons separately. So no reason it wouldn't work in other periods.

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