Re: Scales again (froth, gibber!)

<grin> Capitalist Pragmatist!  But this contravenes the dialectic!

25mm for the Elite and 6mm for the masses.  Or was that skirmish and
battle??

Gracias, Glenn/Triphibious
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On Sun, 28 Jan 2001 10:57:19 +0000 Ground Zero Games <jon@gzg.com>
writes:
>>----- 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)
>
>
>

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