Re: Pendraken 10mm SST Mini Pix!

On Thu, 15 Feb 2001 23:12:31 -0500 Allan Goodall <awg@sympatico.ca>
writes:
>On 15 Feb 2001 16:09:48 -0500, "David Reeves" 
><davidar@nortelnetworks.com>
>wrote:
>
>>dunno Andy.  it seems silly to me as well, since hardly anyone makes 
>10mm SF minis.  so i 
>>guess we're stuck with infant bugs compared with 15mm or super-sized 
>next to 6mm....
>

Yes, the list is of 10mm SF manufacturers *is* small, less then half a
dozen IIRC.  But Then I was hoping to use them primarily in Historical
or
mass battle fantasy and the side effect of use in SF is just gravy to
me.
 I think for this scale in this genre (SF) it will be heavily figure
quality and figure line size (more and varied will be better of course)
dependent then 25mm or 6mm because those already have rules/history for
SF application.  But 10mm is growing in popularity in many areas.

>10mm is a growing scale. It's gaining in popularity amongst 
>historicals. GHQ
>has had 10mm Civil War for a while. There are a number of other 
>companies
>coming out with 10mm figures. I'm not sure it makes a lot of sense for 
>sci-fi,
>but it makes a lot of sense for mass combat games. 
>

I am not sure where I will use 10mm (other then smaller races in SF
Skirmish) but for battles (a la DS2) it will depend on how good they
look
 and if I can find a rule set/niche for them.

>But... I applaud them. There are far too many people doing stuff in 
>oversized
>25mm. Jon is selling 15mm, which is a good departure from the usual 
>(so, for
>that matter, is his true 25mm line). Departure is good. It gives 
>people
>choices.
>

Agreed, this is good.  Even though 15mm is been the hidden scale locally
(except one man's crusade for DBM games a the local cons and a North end
of town Friday Night game session) I now see it has several appearances
in local historicals (WW1 IIRC) games scheduled this year for one club
alone.	Maybe I will get a chance to become addicted to yet another
scale
<grin>.

>Funny enough, I found some 10mm Battletech figures. I have probably 
>100
>figures from the old Battletech infantry line. I was going to use them 
>with
>Striker, but not sure what to do with them now (I have plenty of 15mm 
>figures
>for SG2).
>

Really?  How much are looking to get for them?	Have you posted to
Bartertown?  How do they compare to Reviresco or other 'true' 25mm scale
figures?  [sigh, another  temptation to find to fulfill my "Mice in
Space" race needs.]

>Oh, and 10mm is very, very close to the N-scale model railroad gauge. 
>Terrain
>shouldn't be a problem. 
>

Good, I seem to have "terrain maker's block"...

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