Does size matter?

makeandcreate

Tabletop gamers seem to be split into 15mm and 28mm camps; smaller scales are cheaper and quicker to complete, larger scales allow for much more detail and beautifully painted miniatures. Both scales work best with a bit of terrain or "scenery" around them. Which begs the question, why is 20mm (or 1:76 or 00) scale so ignored? Model railway enthusiasts and tabletop gamers of the world unite!

a fat guy

One is for folks who prefer more realistic wargames, the other is for those who prefer aesthetics or skirmish games.

The problem with 20mm is that folks usually prefer their models big or tiny. Rather than appeal to both groups, I think it appeals to neither of them. Too big for the 15mm crowd and too small for us 22mm'ers!

Personally, I'm 28mm all the way. No bigger or smaller, it's perfect for me.

Edit: Also, I thought this was a spam post about viagra when I saw it at first. Thought I'd mention that for the laugh.

makeandcreate

Thanks for the reply.
If you're building yourself a whole horde of zombies then 28mm can soon become pretty expensive at 5-18 euro per miniature. I'd seen an online company doing 20mm figures and they seemed glaringly cheap by comparison - 20 zombies for 12 quid (sterling). Plus the fact that the train scenery miniatures and accessories would then be bang on scale,every day toy items like corgi cars would look more on scale making it all a more and match sort of set up.
I am looking at making some laser cut scenery, backgrounds, houses etc and a few mm makes a difference when working to scale - noticed a lot of 28mm figures (which originally started out life as 25mm) are now stretching to a 32mm figure - which are getting a bit too jumbo imo. Similarly 15 mm are growing to 18mm in many cases. So maybe it is a case of mine is bigger than yours :rolleyes: and no one wants to be average at 20mm!

HivemindXX

€5+ per mini is crazy to be honest.

Here's a link to a set of 40 plastic 28mm zombies for £25. I have never used these, it's just the first link I found when I searched for cheap plastic zombies.

http://www.manticgames.com/mantic-shop/kings-of-war/undead/product/undead-zombie-swarm-40-figures.html

Personally I think what scale you want comes down to whether you want a battle or a skirmish. 15mm give the impression of a significant battle at the cost of individual elements not being so pretty.

You also need to think about who you will want to play. Certain games tend to get played primarily at a certain scale. If 90% of people play the game you are interested in at 28mm or 15mm then you will probably find it easier just to play at that scale even if you don't like it