Re: Scales again (froth, gibber!)

On Sat, 27 Jan 2001 23:51:32 -0800, "Laserlight"
<laserlight@quixnet.net>
wrote:

>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."

Thank you! I'm hoping that at some point I'll be able to research this
and get
a "definitive" historical answer for how scales were actually measured.
There
is enough question in the hobby that it would be cool if someone could
answer
this once and for all.

Allan Goodall		       awg@sympatico.ca
Goodall's Grotto:  http://www.vex.net/~agoodall

"Now, see, if you combine different colours of light,
 you get white! Try that with Play-Doh and you get
 brown! How come?" - Alan Moore & Kevin Nolan,