| NCC1701D | 17 Jul 2018 10:34 a.m. PST |
As the title implies I am thinking of putting together a miniatures wargame to fight the "Team Yankee" battles in 3mm (Pico Armor) scale. I have seen many comments about playing TY in 6mm scale so I was curious if anyone else has gone over to the 3mm scale. If so what rule changes had to be made in order to downsize to 3mm? Thank you in advance for any feedback. I am thinking of the 3mm scale due to its significantly lower cost plus the ability to play with larger formations on a smaller tabletop space. |
| roving bandit | 17 Jul 2018 11:12 a.m. PST |
I have been thinking about doing this too. Also switching to 3mm FoW too.
I think the only changes I was going to use were Imperial Measurements read as cm. I was going to do 6mm, but my 3d print math was wrong and I ended up with more like 3mm. |
| NCC1701D | 17 Jul 2018 11:48 a.m. PST |
Isn't 3mm the "new 6mm"! To be honest the only factor holding me back is the sculpt quality of such small miniatures. I know Pico Armor tanks review well but can I distinguish them at a glance when they are all painted up and deployed on the tabletop. Do they look "lumpy"? I know they won't have the detail of a 6mm mini but I would hope at the very least that they have some detail even at such a small scale. |
| Jozis Tin Man | 17 Jul 2018 12:10 p.m. PST |
You can see some 3mm in action on my blog at: link Scroll back to older posts for Cold War vehicles, my photography is iffy at best, but I am fond of the scale. I do not have trouble ID-ing vehicles, but I did add labels for my Cold War stuff as I intend to ultimately run games with them at conventions. |
| NCC1701D | 17 Jul 2018 12:22 p.m. PST |
To Jozis Tin Man, Thanks for the information, your collection looks amazing. Do you use the Team Yankee rules or another one to game with? |
| creativeguy | 17 Jul 2018 2:21 p.m. PST |
My 3mm are currently based 3 to stand and set up for Brigade Commander… so a little different than what you are doing. However, for a while I had some based individually and may consider it again to play other rules. I personally think you can tell what everything is on the table. It was a problem at one point when my stand flock color was a little darker and the vehicle blended in a bit too much. I go with a lighter flock these days and it is way easier to identify the different models. The sculpt quality is great. |
| bishnak | 18 Jul 2018 3:35 a.m. PST |
I have some of my 3mm collection based individually, and have used them for Team Yankee. I call it "Travel Yankee" because you can play in a smaller space. I substitute the inch measurements in the usual 15mm TY game for centimetres when using 3mm. So a game range of 24" becomes 24cm when using 3mm. It means the equivalent area can be represented in a smaller area (the usual 6'x4' table becomes 72cm x 48cm). In actual fact, I play on a 120cm x 90cm surface, which is the equivalent of a 10'x7.5' table in 15mm. The other alternative is just to use 3mm miniatures on their smaller bases, but leave the TY game measurements and rules exactly as written. This is what our group does when playing TY in 6mm and it is equally valid for 3mm. It actually just gives a better spatial and ground scale representation than the 15mm table packed with tanks. |
 Extra Crispy  | 18 Jul 2018 7:23 a.m. PST |
I like the idea of 3mm but with my eyes I can barely tell tanks apart in 6mm. T34 versus Sherman, sure. Put PzIII vs PzIV at any distance no way! Up close tho the 3mm stuff is lovely. Maybe just put a small discreet label of what vehicle it is? |
| Jozis Tin Man | 18 Jul 2018 8:08 a.m. PST |
Crispy, dry brushing is my friend in 3mm. Discrete labels are not a bad idea either, I have done both. Also see: picoarmor.com/painting Pico Armor's painting guides |
goes beyond the straight line.