ECW - just for arguments sake you understand

[garyp]

How big are the grid squares for TTS?

2"x 2"....you'll have to rebase.

Git!

[Essex Boy]

[garyp]

In all seriousness, I've just about finished my first unit and the pike with 2 wings of shot has a 320mm frontage, so won't fit in a 1 foot square.

And I'm not rebasing

[Essex Boy]

Oooh goodie. Looking forward to seeing the piccies.

[Jeremy]

Seems my job here is done

[valleyboy]

Pike length? Any suggestions on height?
My friend would like a bit of advice you see
He's currently prepping some Empress Miniatures infantry and wonder how long to make the Pike
They come in a 10 cms length but my Italian wars pike were cut to 8 cms
On 28mm figures I think this is reasonable
Any recommendations for 8 or 10cms or different again? My friend would be grateful for your opinions

[FreddBloggs]

Between 2.5 and 3 times the figure height. And your friend needs to join here for further advice.....

[Buff Orpington]

If the figure is LT the pike should be 1.5x figure height. If it's Purps it should be 4X figure height.
In case it helps, the plastic Warlord ones are 8cm.

[BaronVonWreckedoften]

80mm is about 16 feet in scale, which is about right for most "pikey" troops; by the time of the ECW they were being cut down to 14 (70mm) or even 12 (60mm) feet, but I think 70-80 looks impressive, as Fredd suggested.

[Buff Orpington]

I am a touch confused by the layout of the Warlord sprues. The main sprue has 13 bodies, 8 musket men and 5 that can take pikes. But it only has 4 pikes.
There are spare options on the command sprue but the box will end up making 32 musket men, 16 pike and 10 unit command figures. I suppose that I'll just add a couple of figures to a battalion command base.