Quick "Size Isn't everything..." post.

Comparison Pics.

Before the bods go away; a quick "What is 1/72" comparison post with snaps re. various medieval figures. Pics are self explanatory (I hope).

Quite a variation (as usual) as you can see, though personally I have no real issues "mixing 'em up" for medieval because;

1) there would be a big variation in terms of people's size/height.

2) ditto horses. I can pick and mix most of these anyway, but generally big men ride big horses, little men whatever they can afford to stretch to (in every sense of the word).

3) all kit and weapons would be hand-made, and so much more likely to be bought (or, in the case of them as could afford it, made) to suit the person (big strong man buys - or has made - big axe, little man item to suit) so I feel variation in weapon/helmet size is much more acceptable in "medieval land" than in the "one-size fits none" of the factory-made world.

As mentioned before, the thing I have most issues with figures is "bulk" and proportion. Strelets medievals are on the "chunky" side, but generally acceptable. The Tumbling Dice lads I have already painted up are VERY well fed for peasants. However, the TD WoR men at arms, currently waiting painting, are nice, normal human being proportions. Watch this space for them...

It will be noted that I, again, favour plastics. Most metal figures I come across have the bulky and/or (even worse) "pumpkin head" effect, which I really don't like - or remain unbought due to the "no pictures on the website "syndrome (!!!??? It's the 21st century guys...).

Next post will be the promised Battle Report.
  
                        

I Really Should Be Painting.......

Middle of the Working Week for me (night shift) so have been lazily looking at bods and sorting through the Plastic Mountain for the projects "kinda on the go" before my pre-work nap...

On the cards some time this side of Xmas are:

• A revamp of my old Colonial Campaign (loosely based on the world of "Sanders of the River" - I found my old campaign map & scratchbuilt river boat "Zaire"last year).

• A Romano-Judean thang (I'm part way through painting up a Judean force & lots of flat-topped houses) and more testudos.

• Getting That Schiltron done (It's O.K. Robin.... The Bishop of Huntingdon has just brought in some Scots mercenaries.. Nothing to see here, just move along...).

• FINALLY getting my Napoleonic & FIW skirmish-only figs painted (Hah!).

• Possible pipe-dreams: Mid 19thC colonial - small scale skirmishing/Maori wars/Sarawak etc. Lots of conversion necessary though - unless I'm going to switch scales (shudder)...... I REALLY need to read less Flashman.....

• Dad's Army WW2 - but am finding the ol' "One-scale-fits-none" issue when trying to mix & match manufacturers a tad trying (yes, "other scales are available", but "shudder", as above)....

"WILL paint you - under one condition... That one of you reveals the true size, approximate or exact, of the scale known as 1/72.."

Also dabbling in some RPG work (25mm-28mm); sci-fi, board game proxies & modern policing.

Or maybe I'll just carry on with the traditional wargamer displacement activity of re-boxing the bods, online (i.e looking at more figs.  "Curse You PSR!!"), fiddling with board games - and dreaming up more projects....

Meanwhile, back on earth; I posted this pic below on the FB groups last year.... 



May be of use/interest to someone. I find that for a "Generic Western Barbarian" (Yes. I Know.. But sometimes you need as many bods on the field as you can get..) army they all mix in pretty well once on the table - with the odd Irregular Miniatures 20mm chap thrown in and some 15mm slingers etc. for herd boys and over-eager kiddies... I "rationalise" the HaT Germans (generally thinner figs. - and sparingly clad) as "youths & low status folk" - on the basis that they ain't been getting the nutriments or are at that teen "gangly" stage..

I will try to do more of these comparison things ("Denyer ! You should be painting !!!!") for different scales as I set up for games/dig things out of boxes since, when I stumble across them online, I find them really useful - given the horrid worlds of scale-creep, pumpkin-heads, "I still really live in the 1970s so never put pics of my products on my website" manufacturers (WTH ?? I gave up buying blind from classified ads in wargame magazines in 1985 !! ) and bloatism (Climbs down from soapbox... Shakes bee from bonnet..).

I will also post some more re-vamps of "How I roll" techniques, event & decision table and "Movement Spiders" previously posted on FB groups, but there will be a brief "radio silence" here, since I'm trolling off to "A Small Town In Germany" to fight our dear friends the Jerries (1504 reenactment, deep down in Baden-Württemberg) next week.

I shall return - unless they give us "Inselaffen" too good a good pasting (most of 'em are half my age these days.. :) ).