There has been a spate of rulesets release recently and I particularly like Lasalle and Black Powder. But here lies the problem, I don't have enough space to play either. My maximum table size is 6ft x 4ft and this is going to be too small for 28mm games ( I don't want to play skirmish ). On top of that I am running out of storage space !
So I have decided that I will go down a scale to 18mm. I've painted a few to test and I can paint them pretty well and paint a 32 figure unit 1/2 the time that I can paint a 24 man 28mm one.
So AB or CGM it will be probably AB.
So the whole French collection are on Ebay. With the Brits going on this afternoon.
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6mm man! That's the way to go. No point in 18mm half measures! :)
ReplyDeleteSeriously though, I'm going to be using 6mm on 40x20 bases for mine and then intend dropping 2 of those bases in the middle of a 60x60 so I can still play Grande Armee!
Cheers
Andy
In terms of space, how much less area a 32-figure unit in 18mm does take compared with a 24-figure 28mm unit? I am also limited to a 6'x4' table, but I concluded that, at least for large Napoleonic battles, 12-figure units in 15mm were the only viable option, as I like to have some maneuvering room both on the sides and in depth. For my marlburian period, I opted for 24-figure units in 15mm. I am sure that a 36-figure unit will look amazing!
ReplyDeleteWell the 28mm figures have a width of 20cm ( 5 cm x 4 ) so in Lasalle terms thats 24 base widths in a 4ft deep table as opposed to 30 base widths in 15mm ( with 32 figue battalions). Which actually makes a lot of differance according to the Lasalle site.
ReplyDeleteBut also you need less storage.
I can paint AB miniatures up pretty well, I just use 2 layers not 3, and generally a bit lighter.
Wow. That's drastic. Don't you feel you've now wasted your time a bit on all these 28s? Why not just reduce the base sizes (Lasalle) or movement distances (Black Powder)? Surely better than starting your project from scratch all over again.
ReplyDeleteYes a little drastic, but some times change is good. The whole thing (the painting \ collecting ) is part of a theraputic process though so nothing is lost.
ReplyDeleteMy paint setup is in a place where I am with the family when I paint so its all good. Otherwise I would have probably vegitated in front of Eastenders