Well, I really like the massed look of 10mm armies. And plastic
sprues would really help for bulking out units and getting a good
troop density. It also has other advantages. Gun barrels won't get
bent all the time, like they do with small metal miniatures. And
armies as a whole will end up being somewhat lighter and easier to
transport without damaging them. So I would definitely be interested
in some plastic 10mm miniatures.



--- In Piquet@yahoogroups.com, "bo9493" <OmanBT@...> wrote:
>
> 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!
> >
>