Thoughts on 2mm Figures?

[Imperial Dave]

40mm is a right handy size to use.This page never fails to impress me.

http://www.angelfire.com/games4/bobsgames/tiny_warriors.htm

I only used 60mm because of the daft 1:1 idea  One of those just because you can/doesn't mean you should moments 

they really do look good dont they?

[Tim]

40mm is a right handy size to use...

I only used 60mm because of the daft 1:1 idea  One of those just because you can/doesn't mean you should moments 

David

Actually a 60mm wide basing scheme is not completely daft.  A lot of rules covering our period use 60mm wide bases for 25/28mm figures.  There is nothing stopping you using the 2mm figures and using the 25/28mm ground scale.  From memory those I have where this would probably work include DBM, DBMM, FoG:AM (and FoG:R's very early battles), L'ADLG, and Poleaxed.  There are likely others I can't recall just now.

Tim

[Jim Webster]

40mm is a right handy size to use...

I only used 60mm because of the daft 1:1 idea  One of those just because you can/doesn't mean you should moments 

David

Actually a 60mm wide basing scheme is not completely daft.  A lot of rules covering our period use 60mm wide bases for 25/28mm figures.  There is nothing stopping you using the 2mm figures and using the 25/28mm ground scale.  From memory those I have where this would probably work include DBM, DBMM, FoG:AM (and FoG:R's very early battles), L'ADLG, and Poleaxed.  There are likely others I can't recall just now.

Tim

Impetus would work as well. Especially as Impetus is moving over to a measuring scale based on the base frontage. So as long as both sides have the same sized bases all is well

[Tim]

David, see, we are now moving forward on this topic.  Don't let gravity or friction slow your progress.

[Andreas Johansson]

Actually a 60mm wide basing scheme is not completely daft.  A lot of rules covering our period use 60mm wide bases for 25/28mm figures.  There is nothing stopping you using the 2mm figures and using the 25/28mm ground scale.  From memory those I have where this would probably work include DBM, DBMM, FoG:AM (and FoG:R's very early battles), L'ADLG, and Poleaxed.  There are likely others I can't recall just now.

I've been tempted to do precisely this for DBMM. If you take a pace as 0.75 m, a 60mm basewidth (80 scale paces) works out to a ground scale of 1:1000, which is quite close to the figure scale (approx 1:900 for 2mm figures). If the figures are of realistic bulk compared to their height, it should be possible to use historical numbers and figures (as far as is known).

[kodiakblair]

It's not the 60mm part that's daft, more the 1:1 bit. I painted and based 21 bases per paper strength Legion so I need at least 4 foot of table top just for the Legionaries.

This eejit then took it further and raised 4 Legions  Total overkill

Aye I can just use 1 base per Cohort, the 1:2 figure ratio still sits easier with me but I've loads of bases will never see the table.
Only way that'll happen is I decant to the spare room and set up a 3M wide table in the main bedroom

I blame the micro tank folk for my woes At shows I see tanks trundling through streets in 1/300,looks great. Turn around and see 3 cavalry figures towering over the hill they're deployed on 

[kodiakblair]

Andreas

That was exactly my thinking,I just took things too far 
If I'd stuck to an army list instead of reported numbers I'd have saved myself time and money.

[Tim]

.... I painted and based 21 bases per paper strength Legion so I need at least 4 foot of table top just for the Legionaries.

This eejit then took it further and raised 4 Legions  Total overkill

...
Only way that'll happen is I decant to the spare room and set up a 3M wide table in the main bedroom

...

All seems very logical to me.  When do you reckon the main bedroom will be ready...?

(You would deploy the legions double depth as was done in some of the battles of the Roman Civil Wars and that way you could get all 4 legions with allies/auxillia on a 6' x 4', 2 legions per side - on the 3M table you could even have all 4 and room for some Barbarians...)

[kodiakblair]

Tim

Such drastic action may not be needed 
Recently moved 24 bass guitars out of the living room,with strategic placement of the 6ft double bass a 3M table could fit 

Just the moggie issue to contend with,he's claimed the living room 

[Tim]

I believe Ancient Roman armies used an animal's entrails as part of the Augury, so that solves the moggie problem...

[Imperial Dave]

Ick.......

[Patrick Waterson]

I believe Ancient Roman armies used an animal's entrails as part of the Augury, so that solves the moggie problem...

If this works, one of our more distinguished mediaeval specialists might develop a sudden interest in the Roman period ... ("You don't mind if I borrow the small evil quadruped cat, do you, dear?")

[Tim]

LOL!

[Imperial Dave]

just had a random thought.....how do you represent an augury on 2mm scale!

[Patrick Waterson]

just had a random thought.....how do you represent an augury on 2mm scale!

Think of yourself as the deity ...