Re: Scales again (froth, gibber!)

>----- Original Message -----
>From: Allan Goodall <awg@sympatico.ca>
>
>> Rob, do you have any kind of reference for this? I've seen only
>anecdotal
>> evidence of this. I've tried to hunt down a source for the scale
>size thing,
>> but I haven't been able to find it.
>>
>> The reason I ask is that I'm pretty certain I heard the "foot to
>eyes" thing
>> in the early 80s, and quite possibly in the late 70s. But I can't
>find
>> anything definitive.
>
>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."

There's an easy way out of all this....

"If it looks OK, use it......"

;-)

Jon (GZG)