Re: Infantry mounting in 6mm

I use 3/4 " by 3/4 ".  And yes, I put my infantry into different
formations
(that way I can tell the difference between rifle, assault, and combat
engineers).  I only mount four per for regular stand and two per for
weapon
teams, but that's just my "tightwad" factor making another appearance. 
And
yes, I use H&R WW2 figs too.

Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn M Wilson" <triphibious@juno.com>
To: <Stargrunt-Fullthrust@yahoogroups.com>; <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 6:46 PM
Subject: Infantry mounting in 6mm

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> Subject: Infantry mounting in 6mm
> Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 18:24:43 EDT
> Message-ID: <20010403.153425.9495.0.dwarf_warrior@juno.com>
>
> Okay, 6mm fans, a question.  Now this is specifically relating to
> Dirtside 2 but it applies in theory to any era where you get away from
> line, column, square tactics.
>
> I am mounting all my vehicles one to a stand with my larger/largest
yet
> vehicles (Eureka's new Grav Tank) on a 2" x 1 1/2" rectangle, the
large
> ones (Modern M1 by GHQ) and medium (various modern GHQ and modern/WW2
> Scotia) vehicles on 1 1/2" x 1" with the small and smaller (name
> forgotten - Scotia's modern French 90mm armed wheeled vehicles) on 1"
x
> 3/4" stand.
>
> Now, I have a bunch of H&R WW2 French and GHQ WW2 Brits plus some
Future
> Wars and Dirtside 6mm Infantry on order plus some Battle tech infantry
> stuff (as large 'Mecha' style vehicles) to mount.  I am debating about
> the infantry mountings.
>
> The FW stuff comes 40 in a bag, IIRC, and the DSM stuff comes 24 (and
the
> H&R and GHQ stuff I have in the basement and am too lazy to run down
from
> upstairs to find out the exact numbers (48?? and 72??)) but the
question
> I have has to do with 'how' you mount them.
>
> I am thinking of using 3/4" x 3/4" stands with 4-5 figures per stand
for
> fire teams (half squads.)  Now since this is representational mounting
I
> was thinking a variety of formations might be aesthetically pleasing.
>
> Here's what i had sketched out:
>
> 5 per:
>
> 2-1-2 as on the five side of a die
>
> 'arrow head" - an inverted "V"
>
> "V"
>
> Skirmish line ( 0 0 0 0 0 )
>
> 2 up and three back  :       0      0
>					    0	   0	  0
>
> 3 up and two back (reverse of above)
>
> Lazy "N" :		0		   0
>				       0
>			  0		     0
>
> and double column:	   0
>				       0	   0
>
>				       0	   0
>
> The four man Fire Teams would be :
>
> Box:	   0	   0
>	       0       0
>
> Diamond:	   0
>			 0	0
>			      0
> Line:   0 0 0 0
>
> Column:   0
>		     0
>		     0
>		     0
>
> But will there be enough room on a 3/4" x 3/4' square or should I
> increase the size of the base?  Or should it be rectangular?
>
> I am looking to achieve a reasonable looking set of stands.  I realize
> that you can't really reflect real tactical formations because the
future
> will (even more then today) require distance between troops to avoid
> getting multiple figures in the same 'beaten zone'  but this is a game
> and mounting 6mm figures individually is a bit extreme, IMO.
>
> Besides the DS2 rules call for fire teams to act as a unit (and on a
> stand that means IMO.)  What size stand does the membership of this
list
> use for infantry in post-1938 games?	How many figures do you put on a
> stand?  What is too many/too few on too large/too small a base in your
> experience?
>
> Yes, this is a bit over kill but I don't want to have to remount them
> (even if they are 6mm) 6 months down the line because I failed to
consult
> more experienced players and more experienced 6mm players in
particular.
> <grin>  Give me your words of wisdom...
>
> Gracias, Dwarf Warrior.
> This address is where I do my fantasy and most of
> my 10/6 mm miniatures game activities.
> Alternate: Triphibious@ juno.com (Science Fiction)
> and warbeads@juno.com (Historicals.)	Axes Advance!
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