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Re: What scale next?? 10mm or 6mm?
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 9:27 am
by Zenbadger
E minor pentatonic.
I like the look of the 12mm plastic WW2 from Victrix. I am wondering if it will fit in with Pendraken as Victrix tend to be dead on and Pendraken a little large.
Re: What scale next?? 10mm or 6mm?
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 10:31 am
by Essex Boy
My advice is to avoid detail. 6mm and 10mm with all the twiddly bits look lovely in photos, but you may end up taking ages to paint stuff which can't be seen at wargames distances.
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Re: What scale next?? 10mm or 6mm?
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 12:58 pm
by MarshalNey
Yeah, I moved into 10mm Napoleonics for a while then ran out of steam. EB is right about the scale thing from a wargames distance, you have to paint almost as much detail as 15mm but then the effect is lost. However, Austrians always look good in contrast especially against the dark blue of French and Prussians.
Re: What scale next?? 10mm or 6mm?
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 2:37 pm
by FreddBloggs
6mm is, coat and cuffs, crossbelts if obvious (like British white and buff ones), trousers, boots, hat, plume, backpack and flesh. Thin brown wash to pich up leather, metal on musket and swords, wood on musket etc. And done.
Re: What scale next?? 10mm or 6mm?
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 4:31 pm
by MarshalNey
I was thinking of doing 6mm sometime ago but thought 10mm was better - silly me.
Re: What scale next?? 10mm or 6mm?
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 7:30 pm
by World2dave
EB is right
(?!?)
When painted by people who know what they're doing, highly detailed 6mm and 10mm figures look amazing. From 2 or more feet away you tend to lose the detail/effect though. GM's 10mm DBNs are a great way to get the best out of very nicely painted smaller figures, because the playing area is small and you get to focus on the detail a bit more.
Re: What scale next?? 10mm or 6mm?
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2020 3:00 am
by tim.w
Not just me tempted by the new Victrix then? I'm intrigued to know what rules they'll put out alongside them. I've played some good 10mm Rapid Fire before.
Could make for one hell of an Ayton game one day.
Re: What scale next?? 10mm or 6mm?
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2020 8:01 am
by BaronVonWreckedoften
World2dave wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2020 7:30 pm
EB is right
(?!?)
Find a dark room and for heavens' sake have a lie down......
Re: What scale next?? 10mm or 6mm?
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2020 8:10 am
by Jeremy
World2dave wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2020 7:30 pm
EB is right
(?!?)
Can I remind you of this post Dave, made several days ago?
Jeremy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 06, 2020 12:55 pm
World2dave wrote: ↑Mon Apr 06, 2020 12:40 pm
Essex Boy wrote: ↑Sun Apr 05, 2020 10:08 pm
I second what Dave says.
I'm not sure I've come out of this well.
Yes, we actually can’t take anything you’d say seriously again. Pity that.
Re: What scale next?? 10mm or 6mm?
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2020 10:48 am
by Shahbahraz
