Re: [GZG] New GZG 15mm vehicle pics

My world keeps getting smaller.
Sadly, I was doing the con as a favor for the gaming group and was as
poor 
as the dirt you were picking plants from. :P

J

John K. Lerchey
Assistant Director for Incident Response
Information Security Office
Carnegie Mellon University

On Fri, 20 Apr 2007, Mark Kinsey wrote:

> John Lerchey wrote:
>> heh. I actually remember when Martian Metals came out with the 15mm
sci fi 
>> tanks.  I was at a convention in Baltimore, helping a lawyer (of all 
>> people) to run a game of Longsword, developed and produced by a local
Pgh 
>> gaming group.  I saw the tanks in the vendor area and drooled on the
spot. 
>> I didn't have the money to buy any then.  And since I was then
playing 
>> Starguard in 25mm, I would have used the as light tanks or something.
 But 
>> still, I feel for your nostalgia.  I too have some stuff that my
friends 
>> think are simply horrible minis because I liked them back in 1975 or
so 
>> when I started gaming. :)
>> 
>> If I had started in 15mm I likely wouldn't hate them.
>> 
>> But over the years I have really grown to love what I can do with
large 
>> battles in 6mm. And there seems to be a resurgence on the market, at
least 
>> somewhat.  I'm not hurting for units, only for time to paint and
play.
>> 
>> Now I'll return myself to the evil of painted my converted turtle
blood 
>> bowl team... ;)
>> 
>> John
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> John Lerchey wrote:
>>> 
>>>> It can be as flawed as you like.  I say that I hate 15mm.	It
should be
>>>> ok for me to hate them. YOU can like or love them. It bothers me
not.
>>>> My response to Mark was supposed to be very tongue in cheek.
>>>> 
>>>> I'm happy to drop this now.
>>>> 
>>>> J
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> John K. Lerchey Assistant Director for Incident Response
Information
>>>> Security Office Carnegie Mellon University
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>>>> 
>>> John,
>>> 
>>> I'm glad you took my comment in the spirit it was intended. I
thought your
>>> response was excellent. It just goes to show how personal scale
decisions
>>> are. It has alot to do with history and personal aesthetics.
>>> 
>>> I started mini gaming in 15mm with Striker and the old Martian
Metals 
>>> minis when I was in my teens. I didn't play with them for over 20
years. 
>>> Then a little over a year ago  Suddenly one night I got curious
whether 
>>> there were any 15mm vehicles out there (always a problem in the old
days).
>>> Martian Metals made a few which have now been re-released by RAFM. I
>>> discovered GZG that night and spent several hours on web searches. A
few
>>> nights later I was wondering if there were any cons I could go to.
Imagine
>>> my surprise to discover GZG ECC was two hours away in Lancaster, PA.
>>> 
>>> I like painting 15mm, I love working my old minis into a scenario.
I've 
>>> spent a fair amount of money collecting figs and vehicles that I 
>>> desperately wanted as a kid . So I can't abandon 15mm. I also like
the 
>>> look of the figure scale to ground scale ratio. A look at the
pictures 
>>> from Stuart Murray's "Company Rules" game from GZG IX will tell you
why I
>>> love 15mm.
>>> 
>>> If I didn't have any 15mm I'd probably be more active in 6mm and
25mm. I 
>>> have a few of each scale I haven't done anything with. After the
latest 
>>> offering from GZG and the re-release of the vehicles from RAFM I'm
even 
>>> more solidly in the 15mm camp. As soon as Jon issues the 15mm Grav
Tank 
>>> and APC's in platoon packs I'll place an order.
>>> 
>>> -Mark Kinsey
>>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> John K. Lerchey
>> Assistant Director for Incident Response
>> Information Security Office
>> Carnegie Mellon University
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> John,
>
> I was at that Con. I still have the APC and Tank they unveiled then.
Retail 
> would have been around $30 which was 10 hours of picking green beans
at the 
> time for me. Totally worth it.
>
> -Mark
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