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Re: Eli's retro power armour pictures posted

From: Glenn M Wilson <triphibious@j...>
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 15:59:22 EDT
Subject: Re: Eli's retro power armour pictures posted

Book, chapter, and verse!  Well done, Sir!

Now we just need to convert these "...poor benighted 25mm Heathens..."
and these "...diluted true faith 15mm souls..." and we will all be happy
6mm ware game players!

LOL!

Gracias,
Glenn/Triphibious@juno.com
This is my Science Fiction Alter Ego E-mail address.
Historical - Warbeads@juno.com
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On Mon, 8 Oct 2001 14:05:50 -0400 "Chris DeBoe" <LASERLIGHT@QUIXNET.NET>
writes:
>
>
>> On Mon, 08 Oct 2001 19:28:10 +1100 Derek Fulton 
><derekfulton@bigpond.com>
>> writes:> <snip>
>> >These miniatures are the ONE TRUE SCALE 25mm (not 6mm or 15mm
>> >dammit!!!!!!)  <snip>
>
>Glenn soothed:
>> Just relax, Mr. Fulton and your shot will start to make you feel 
>better
>> shortly. <grin>
>>
>> Now about height, ground scale and... cost... <LOL>
>> 25mm for skirmish and 6mm for 'real' battles - 15mm for whatever is 
>in
>> between?
>
>No, no, no.  6mm for real battles.  6mm for skirmish (1mu = 3 meters 
>in
>scale, 1cm on table).	6mm for everything in between.	See how much 
>simpler
>that makes things?  One scale for all figs, one scale of all terrain, 
>one
>scale to rule them all...ahem.
>
>You *can* use 15mm for skirmish (1mu=3m=1") if you have plenty of room 
>and
>don't have 6mm figs for some reason.  And don't mind artificially
>compressing weapon ranges.  And have plenty of time to paint.	And 
>lots of
>money (this doesn't really apply, though, because you'll spend the 
>same
>amount of money.  The 6mm gamer will just get 3 different platoons for 
>the
>money a 15mm antiquarian will use for a single platoon).
>
>I think 25mm is for "display" aka "look, don't touch" minis.
>

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