"Preferred scale for ECW?" Topic

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Editor in Chief Bill	12 Apr 2024 5:46 a.m. PST
Which scale of figures do you prefer when gaming the English Civil War?
20thmaine	12 Apr 2024 6:03 a.m. PST
25mm.
miniMo	12 Apr 2024 6:27 a.m. PST
15mm
Steamingdave2	12 Apr 2024 6:40 a.m. PST
For smaller battles definitely 28mm. For bigger battles, my available table size means 15mm work best.
robert piepenbrink	12 Apr 2024 7:23 a.m. PST
Very much a matter of battle size. 2mm or 6mm for Marston Moor or Naseby, but forage in 28mm.
Flashman14	12 Apr 2024 7:50 a.m. PST
15s for pitched battles. But for ECW themed skirmish games, 25/28s or whatever scale Bloody Miniatures are.
DisasterWargamer	12 Apr 2024 8:44 a.m. PST
15mm for battles
Frederick	12 Apr 2024 9:04 a.m. PST
25/28mm
skedaddle	12 Apr 2024 9:19 a.m. PST
28mm
Son of MOOG	12 Apr 2024 9:26 a.m. PST
15mm all the way
BillyNM	12 Apr 2024 9:58 a.m. PST
25mm all the way.
Grattan54	12 Apr 2024 10:14 a.m. PST
I do Thirty Year's war in 10mm. If I were to do ECW I would also do it in 10mm.
ochoin	12 Apr 2024 11:05 a.m. PST
1/72-20mm url=https://postimg.cc/9zWctnWV] ‌
Dye4minis	12 Apr 2024 11:16 a.m. PST
A year ago, my buddies and I bought into Warlords Epic Pike and Shot. They are somewhere between 10 and 15mm (IIRC 13mm) but painting goes fast as they come in strips. Contrast paints work well. This is a period where the massed look works well.
GildasFacit	12 Apr 2024 11:50 a.m. PST
I've re-worked some old 2mm armies for 'For King & Parliament' and that is my only ECW army.
Mollinary	12 Apr 2024 12:23 p.m. PST
10/12mm, which covers Pendraken, AIm/Minifigs and some Old Glory.
Little Red	12 Apr 2024 1:36 p.m. PST
25/28mm
Titchmonster	12 Apr 2024 2:20 p.m. PST
As 25/28 ish
ColCampbell	12 Apr 2024 5:27 p.m. PST
Been doing ECW in 15mm for 20+ years. Jim
Martin Rapier	12 Apr 2024 11:33 p.m. PST
It is a pretty peripheral period for me, so my mass of generic 2mm Pike and Shot stuff works fine. If I cared more I'd probably do 15mm or 20mm.
Frostie	13 Apr 2024 2:42 a.m. PST
10mm with big single based regiments
KeepYourPowderDry	13 Apr 2024 11:52 a.m. PST
No prizes for guessing that here at Château KeepYourPowderDry the one true 'scale'* is 15mm, of the true 15 variety. As for Epic I think I have fairly conclusively shown that as the ranges have come out Epic P&S has evolved into 'true 15mm'. * Yes I know it isn't a scale, it is a 'size'