Re: [GZG] 6mm Stargrunt

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l, on the plus side, 6mm is the right scale for SG2.

???!??? you say!

10m = 1" = 2.54 cm. 6mm is slightly less than 1/4". That's 2.5m. So 6mm
is
pretty close to a 2m figure in full battle rattle.

So 6mm starts out being right - 6mm terrain can become very nearly
WYSIWYG.
If you base a squad on standard GZG 2,3,4 person bases (2-3 of them),
you
can generally handle normal scenarios and detached elements.

I briefly toyed with mounting every figure via a brass rod peg
protruding
from the base and a hole in the middle of each 'figure space' in Jon's
bases. When I realized the accuracy I'd have to develop in drilling to
get
this right, I sort of abandoned the plan.

I think if you want removable figures, you might try:

1) Don't glue the figure into the GZG base, just use a small bit of
blue-tac. That should hold it and you can lift it out as needed.

2) Don't use a GZG base. Make an approximate right sized base out of
hardboard 1/8" thick (or a metal base from sheet metal, or a cardstock
base
from heavy cardstock, or a plastic base from some stiff sheet styrene).
Mount a pile of blue-tac on it. Paint said blue-tac green and flock it.
Then, drill each figure's base (with a pin vise) between the legs and
insert
a small chunk of brass rod or else a short chunk of a finishing nail.
Leave
it to protrude from the base about 3/16" or so. Since the blue tac
should
remain a bit tacky, you should be able to just push the pin into the
blue-tac.

This seems odd, but I have a friend does this with his tropical trees.
He
has stands about 4-6" with flocked blue-tac (I think in his case, he
gets
florists clay from a florist), paints it, and flocks it. Then the trees
he
just stabs into it. If he wants more trees in the stand, he stabs a few
more
in. Less, he pulls them out. Moving the bases is easy - he detaches
trees
from stands and both ship pretty flat.

This same approach (blue tac or florists clay) could be used to give 6mm
figures an easy insertion/removability aspect.

If you avoid this, you could go with wound caps or the small elastic
marking
wound states put around the figure. Seen both of those in 1/72 at
wargames
conventions.

6mm would give you a more appropriate feel for the scale of t he
battlefield, which is why it has always tempted me.

The only impediment is I hate painting 6mm figures!

T.
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