I have no problem with 10's...they're just not for me. Maybe I am
getting old - the thought of painting something that small makes me
shiver. I'm just not a plastic fan. I'd much prefer sawdust mixed
with resin to create a truly new alternative figure line.

Congrats on the granddaughter!

Brent


--- In Piquet@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Jones" <piquetone@...> wrote:
>
> --- In Piquet@yahoogroups.com, "bo9493" <OmanBT@> wrote:
> >
> > Ick. Aren't 10mm figures inexpensive enough?
> >
> > For the life of me, I don't understand the fascination with plastic
> > figures. OK - maybe if you have to have Perry style at a less
> > expensive price...but...
> >
> > I don't get it. All I can guess is that instead of 200 unpainted
> > figures stored away, gamers can have 300 figures unpainted stored
away.
> >
> > Plastic this, plastic that...it all looks like duplication of existing
> > lines and periods to me.
>
> Brent, you're too young to be talking like this. Change and new
things are always a part of
> life. In this case, ACW is perfect for plastic 10s as it allows
some degree of mass for
> uniforms that are, on the whole, rather nondescript anyway. You
could still use
> compatible metal "head of the column" figures for officers,
drummers, standards, etc.
> and, properly done, could allow true Corps or army level actions at
a very reasonable cost.
> (The dismal grey, khaki and brown of WWII are an even better case!)
>
> The look of the denser regiments at 10 mm. is perfect for the large
battles of the ACW or
> FPW, and they still have the ability to have a great deal more color
and character than most
> would think. In these times of economic pressures a less expensive
price is not a bad
> recommendation, either.
>
> I would suggest that the likelihood of unpainted figures goes down
with scale. I suspect
> that there are fewer 10s in drawers than 54s and fewer 15s than
28/30s. As for it
> duplicating existing lines and periods, this is only true if you
already HAVE the lines and
> periods. For new gamers 10s offer an attractive option for big
battle games. For gamers
> new to the hobby, all new figures of whatever scale are...well, NEW!
They have no great
> investment in one scale or casting substance as you do in metal 28s.
>
> I, personally, have sold all my large scales and converted to 10s,
which I find an absolutely
> GREAT wargame scale. I also am very pleased with Pendraken metal
figures for several
> reasons, among them are great animation and detail, and attention to
some less popular
> periods I have grown to love-such as the FPW. However, I would look
at plastic ACW
> Union troops for conversion to the FPW Republican French without
hesitation. In any scale,
> after they're painted and mounted, there is no discernible
difference except to the
> pocketbook.
>
> I am now having some great fun with mass battles with a 2000+ figure
collection of
> Imperial Period FPW troops, and a soon to be developed 1500
Republican Period troops. I
> will be expanding to Maximillian and Austro-Prussian in the next
year-all 10 mm. They
> look great! I can only hope somebody adds some plastic 10s in these
periods for at least
> the "rankers." I could then get to some truly BIG battles.
>
> I don't always understand you elitist 28 mm. guys (even if I was
once one of you-though I
> was younger then, and that is always a handicap). I will, however,
try to not call my
> figures Nappies-even if my new granddaughter has made me more than a
little aware of
> nappies.
>
> Chacun a son gout. But some gout is truly meilleure!
>