One of the great things about playing with 6mm models is you can use accurately sized miniatures and still have plenty of room to maneuver. For me the size difference between a tank and an infantryman is important, part of the emmersion of the experience. And when it comes to representing Ma.K it is doubly important as some of the vehicles are truly massive! Here, I'll show you:
The "Nutrocker" (a Japanese misspell of Nutcracker) is HUGE, and sizing it so it compared realistically to the infantry was paramount. It even dwarfs the Krote autonomous walker.
The infantry figures are from Darkest Star Games (disclosure: I am the owner of said company) and really show how the PKA suit is just a little larger than a "naked" troop, and though they are a bit more massive they are not outrageous and look as though one of the troops would fit inside just right. One of the difficulties of printing models this small though can be seen in the PKAs panzerfaust, they break very easily if the mini is not carefully handled, and sometimes the shaft doesn't print at all!
Stay tuned for some WIPs!
So I guess 15mm is too large for your personal requirements? No shade, I love 6mm, have a bunch of 10/12mm, but for my particular mecha warfare of tomorrow needs, ended up going into 15mm.
ReplyDeleteMostly because the selection of figures is so much better, otherwise I'd be working in 10/12mm because for me in my dotage, I need glasses to see 6mm, which have to be taken off to be able to focus while playing the game (long sighted).
Hi Ashley! I am with you on the glasses front. I don't wear my readers nearly as much as I should!
DeleteFor this project, yes, 15mm is too large. That's mostly due to the speed with which some of the units move and the range of weapons while still wanting the ability to maneuver. In some games we may have a heck of a lot of units out at the same time, which in large scales could change game play (or leave us with the should-to-shoulder tank park effect, yuck!).
I do have some of these minis in 15mm, as well as some other scales, mostly 1/76 and 1/20. The 1/76 stuff is beautifully detailed but was atrociously expensive to collect (mostly garage kits from the early 1000's) and there are not nearly enough of them. Plus, at those scales units like the Nutrocker are HUGE, taking up a lot of table volume. Thus, the DIY approach in 6mm.
Cheers for taking the time to reply. I agree, 6mm or even smaller is the way to go for big battles.
DeleteI've resigned myself to only having a 40 x 45 inch table to play on, and given I'm using 15mm for my current passion project, this means small skirmish games.
It is what it is.