RE: Starguard figs / Ogres for DII

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>From:	"Mike Wikan"[SMTP:mww@n-space.com]
>Sent:	Thursday, February 06, 1997 2:08 PM
>To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
>Cc:	George,Eugene M
>Subject:	Re: Starguard figs / Ogres for DII
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>GW Space Marines look about a foot and a half taller than a SGII
trooper and
>more than twice as wide. that GW/Warzone scale (30mm or so and bigger
every
>year) is really too large to look right against 25mm figs. On the other
hand
>the GW WH40K plastic vehicle kits are almost right for 25mm.(At least
the
>RHONO APC+ variants is) 

	The generally accepted scale for GW (40k) minis is 28mm-30mm
which
comes out to between 1/61st scale to about 1/58th scale in modeling
terms.

>However a source of OK cheap figs is the ALIENS Colonial marine boxed
set.
>Most stores are liquidating them if they have any. I bought 3 boxes for
$4.00
>US each. They look pretty good with my SGII FSE Minis. I use the group
as
>mercenaries to explain the figure equipment variations.

All the stores around here don't seem to want to drop their prices on
Leading Edge's figs, they ain't worth full price, even with the case and
all..... 

Gene