Re: Scales again (froth, gibber!)

'Introduction to Battle Gaming' by Terence Wise, 1969,
p.29 'Recruiting your Army':
"Model soldiers come in a variety of sizes and prices. The sizes can be
divided into three - 54 mm, 30 mm and 20 mm [...]. All measurements are
taken from the crown of the head, excluding the hat, to the top of the
footstand"

Greetings
Karl Heinz

From: "Laserlight" <laserlight@quixnet.net>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Allan Goodall <awg@sympatico.ca>
>
> > Rob, do you have any kind of reference for this? I've seen only
> > anecdotal  evidence of this. I've tried to hunt down a source for
the
scale
> > size thing, but I haven't been able to find it.
> >
> > The reason I ask is that I'm pretty certain I heard the "foot to
> eyes" thing
> > in the early 80s, and quite possibly in the late 70s. But I can't
> find
> > anything definitive.
>
> Napoleon's Campaign in Miniatures, copyright 1977 by Bruce Quarrie,
> page 15, last paragraph:
> "There is a lot of argument as to precisely what these scales
> mean......interpretation depends on whether the scale relates to the
> 'man' or the figure; in other words, should a 25mm figure measure 25mm
> in height from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head; or 25mm
> from the soles of his boots to the crown of his hat."