!5mm Or 28mm?

[Irishrover13]

Hi all, I am new to historical wargaming and I just picked up Disposable heroes, what do people suggest for minis 15mm or 28mm? Is there much difference? 15mm seem like they are more conductive to large battles at least or am I wrong?

Cheers,
Irish

[Driscoles]

20 mm is a Great Scale for Disposable Heroes.

[vonplutz]

My club is doing Bolt Action in 15mm and it is working really well.

[fastolfrus]

15mm needs less space for storage (especially terrain) and can be cheaper for vehicles etc.
20mm gives a lot of options for using plastic kits.

[Irishrover13]

Where do you get 20mm?

[Hummster]

20mm you can use soft plastic figures like the ones produced by Italeri, Revell and Ceasar miniatures for example. In hard plastic the http://theplasticsoldiercompany.co.uk/ does German, Russian and British infantry (also in 15mm and 28mm). Metal 20mms are also widely available from SHQ, Dixon Miniatures, Elheim miniatures, etc.

The only thing to be careful of (in any scale) is getting figures which are able to mix well if from different ranges.

[David]

your scale will depend on who you are going to play?
are you in a club or are you going to play a mate?
We play 6mm, 10mm, 15mm, 20mm and 28mm. depending on the rules.

[Irishrover13]

Sadly I don't have a club yet, Though I am putting adds and stuck out to find other gamers. The thing is I am rather far north in Alberta, Canada. I am teaching my grade 7 class to play Disposable hero to help learn about World War 2.  I am thinking 15mm might be the best option because it is pricey to go with the 28 and have enough for all the kids.

[vonplutz]

Sadly I don't have a club yet, Though I am putting adds and stuck out to find other gamers. The thing is I am rather far north in Alberta, Canada. I am teaching my grade 7 class to play Disposable hero to help learn about World War 2.  I am thinking 15mm might be the best option because it is pricey to go with the 28 and have enough for all the kids.

15mm is very cheap to get into, especially now that plastic figures and vehicles are beginning to pop up. Where in Alberta are you? I can ask around my club (here in Toronto) if anyone knows some gamers where you are.

[Will Bailie]

How far north are you?  Here in Edmonton, we have the Edmonton Wargames Group, we meet twice a month on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays. Please check out our Yahoo group, we may be able to put in contact with gamers in your area if you are further north.

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/EWG/

[Irishrover13]

I am in St Paul about a 2 hour drive to get to Edmonton. So Tuesday are right out since they are a school night.
I have checked out the Group and I may pop in for you may event.

[Will Bailie]

Yes, even I have some trouble with the Tuesday nights and I live in Edmonton!  It's pretty tight to fit in the game in the 2h window.  However, there are occasional weekend events, both officially and unofficially.  Keep active on the Yahoo group and I'm sure we can make something work!

Cheers

Will

[Irishrover13]

Hey Will,
Can you buy historical minis in Edmonton or do you order online?

Cheers,
Daniel

[Vonkluge]

Ok everyone, stand back! here's the answer! Well ok no err maybe.....

If you have no gamers friends yet and this is really to teach kids you need to consider COST / Wear ability / availability / storage. If this is for school kids  you definitely need to go as cheap and easy as possible. They will be tough on the stuff. Plastic 20mm or 1/72 scale as we call it is fine for them. They are light and when you are finished box them up and go. Cheap figures with quick easy paint jobs is best for now. There are tons of 1/72 or 20mm items for sale cheap on the internet. In fact I think I might have a bunch of items you can have for postage if you like! Vehicles, troops in 20mm-1/72

15mm nor 28mm are cheap as the sources are limited to mostly metal. You CAN spend money in any of the scales when you get to the high end type terrain and figures but for kids...no

I have played dozens of rules and written one set, I would use CROSSFIRE for teaching kids. That however depends on what your are trying to teach them.

Now that being said I have 20mm (huge collection) and some 28mm for small skirmish. Mine are all Metal figures, metal/resin/plastic vehicles

When you find a group for private gaming then talk amongst yourselves and figure out what the group wants to invest in otherwise you might spend money on a period or scale that the others don't support / play.

Bill W



In one of the upstairs rooms of the Manor! Hans listens to the Victrola while Conrad takes a turn at the Piano! The figures are shown about 4 times their size....they are 20mm

[Driscoles]

To me 20 mm plastic is unbeatable in price. Especially if you need lots of them. They also look better than 15 mm and paint faster than 28mm. All vehicles are usually cheap and with the new click models they are pretty fast in action. You get 20 mm on every model website at least in Germany and if you get them here you`ll get them in Canada too. And if you want them in metal you get this scale in metal too but I would always go for plastic in this scale.

Cheers
Björn