RE: [SG] 15mm Infantry

My comments have been added between Rick's notes.

Rick, may I add parts of your comments to my 15mm SF review section?

On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, Rick Rutherford wrote:
 
> It depends on how close to "true" 15mm you want to be. I've been
looking
> around for 15mm scifi figures for about a year now, and I've found
that
> there are two different types of 15mm scales for science-fiction, one
of
> which is noticeably larger than the other. In most cases, the older
the
> figure is, the smaller it will be, while the more recent figures are
> somewhere in between 15mm and 20mm scale. Unfortunately, the
difference
> is big enough that you can really see the size gap between them when
> they stand next to each other on the table. I don't know where GZG's
15mm
> scale figures fit in this range. I'll be ordering some from England
soon.
> --------------------------------------
> "True" 15mm scale figures (smaller):
> 
> Freikorps 15 colonial marines & aliens
> I got a bunch of these from Outland Games in Ohio, and the figures
aren't
> really well sculpted -- they're chunky, and the human figures are
somewhat
> misshapen. They remind me of historical figures from the 1980s.

The not-Aliens aliens are supposed to be better than the human figures
in
this line. Being aliens, exact scale and proportion is less important, I
guess.

> Tabletop Miniatures
> They're in Nottingham, I think, and the ownership recently changed.
> Cool figures, if you like the "science-fantasy" look.

The line troops seem very science-fantasy; this company does have the
only
SF 15mm police, starship crew, and other non-military figures.

(At least until we badger Jon in to doing 15mm versions of his 25mm
Street
Level lines!)

> Old Grenadier 15mm Traveller miniatures
> OOP, and hard to find -- one of the holy grails of 15mm scifi figures.

Great figures - lots of companies produced figures with Trav licenses, I
think, and many of them are very nice figures indeed. Very very out of
production, however.

> --------------------------------------
> "Large" 18mm? scale figures (larger):
> 
> Alternative Armies
> I got a sample pack in the mail from Lon Weiss at Brigade Games, and
I'm
> going to order some soon. They're definitely "science-fantasy"
figures.
> 
> Old Heavy Gear infantry
> OOP, and getting harder to find. I scrounged around a lot of
conventions
> & game stores last summer looking for these, and found some good
deals.
> These are the figures that I use for most of my StarGrunt games, but
> unfortunately there isn't very much variation in the figure line.

These old HG figs weren't supposed to be 15mm. They're HO (1/87th), so
they are supposed to be bigger than the usual 15mm figures. (15mm works
out to something around 1/100th, I think)

> Tactical Command Games
> This is a small, relatively new company in Iowa that has been selling
> scifi minis rules & 15mm figures this past year, and I picked up about
> 50 of them last summer because they're the same size as the old Heavy
> Gear infantry figures. I wouldn't recommend them, however -- the faces
> & human proportions are very poorly sculpted, and the uniforms make
> them look like WWII soldiers with shoulder pads and kneepads.

These really are big 15mm, then. Too bad about the quality, though.

Thanks for the quick reviews!

Brian - yh728@victoria.tc.ca -
- http://warbard.iwarp.com/games.html -

> 
> -- Rick Rutherford
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jaime
> To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> Sent: 10/24/00 9:58 PM
> Subject: [SG] 15mm Infantry
> 
> Ok we're in the midst of building some armies up here and since Brian
> Burger already has a 15mm army and it does look betting on the table
> we're all planning to go 15mm too. I've spent a few days trying to
find a
> good selection of 15mm infantry and so far I haven't found all that
> much.  GZG and Brigade have some and Peter Pig sorta has some. But I
> haven't found the selection I was hoping for. Can you guys point me to
> some more manufacturers of 15mm Sci Fi infantry?
> 
> Jaime
> 
>
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