Comments on: Miniature scale http://www.axelfendersson.co.uk/blog/2010/01/miniature-scale/ Mumbling of a demented squeezebox-player Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:28:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: AxelFendersson http://www.axelfendersson.co.uk/blog/2010/01/miniature-scale/comment-page-1/#comment-533 AxelFendersson Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:25:06 +0000 http://www.axelfendersson.co.uk/blog/?p=690#comment-533 28mm is too large a scale for Warhammer, really. The way regiments move about in blocks makes no sense at all when you're only dealing with units of about 15-30 soldiers. I know some games (mostly historical ones rather than SF/Fantasy) deal with this by explicitly saying that one model represents several soldiers, but that doesn't work for a game like Warhammer where characters have as much impact as they do. But at 15mm or smaller, you could certainly get a lot closer to the number of men that the rules imply. I guess what 28mm does work well for is skirmish/gang warfare games like Necromunda or Mordheim (or Blood Bowl), where you don't need a whole army of models, but you do want more than four or five. 28mm is too large a scale for Warhammer, really. The way regiments move about in blocks makes no sense at all when you’re only dealing with units of about 15-30 soldiers. I know some games (mostly historical ones rather than SF/Fantasy) deal with this by explicitly saying that one model represents several soldiers, but that doesn’t work for a game like Warhammer where characters have as much impact as they do. But at 15mm or smaller, you could certainly get a lot closer to the number of men that the rules imply.

I guess what 28mm does work well for is skirmish/gang warfare games like Necromunda or Mordheim (or Blood Bowl), where you don’t need a whole army of models, but you do want more than four or five.

]]> By: Nick http://www.axelfendersson.co.uk/blog/2010/01/miniature-scale/comment-page-1/#comment-532 Nick Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:57:07 +0000 http://www.axelfendersson.co.uk/blog/?p=690#comment-532 I suspect the compromise has more to do with what's appropriate for the game they're meant for. Any larger size for warhammer and they wouldn't fit decent size armies on any sort of table - the Epic scale is based on 40K shrunk so as to give the titans a reference point. But if we're just talking about miniatures outside of existing game context, from a painting perspective the best kind of game is probably one with 5-20 models a size at the much larger scales - perhaps some of the mecha style wargames could accomplish this I suspect the compromise has more to do with what’s appropriate for the game they’re meant for. Any larger size for warhammer and they wouldn’t fit decent size armies on any sort of table – the Epic scale is based on 40K shrunk so as to give the titans a reference point.

But if we’re just talking about miniatures outside of existing game context, from a painting perspective the best kind of game is probably one with 5-20 models a size at the much larger scales – perhaps some of the mecha style wargames could accomplish this

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