10mm VSF?

[Ruarigh]

I was reading the Soldier's Companion the other day and started wondering about getting back into VSF. I don't have any VSF figures at the moment but I do have a 10mm Danish army for the 1864 Slesvig-Holsten affair. Therefore I started thinking about VSF in 10mm since I could easily start the Danish colonisation of Whoknowswhere or something like that, which would save me starting completely from scratch. I know of a large number of 15mm and 28mm ranges but was wondering if there were anything appropriate in 10mm or that would work with 10mm. Can anyone help?

Cheers,
Ruarigh

[Argonor]

Where do you live, Ruarigh? (Your nick sounds Celtic (Rory?), but that might not mean anything..)

I'd love to see Denmark invade Mars

Black Hat has some 18 mm Martian Cephaloids that could easily be used for other scales (I'm going to get some to use for 28mm Fantastic Worlds):

http://blackhat.co.uk/catalog/index.php?cPath=107_110_117

[Argonor]

Found some 10 mm ACW:

http://www.minifigs.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=41_1

Edit: And a Manufacturer called Heritage Crest Miniatures should do 10 mm zulu war - but their website seems to have vanished.....

Another Edit:
Old Glory: http://www.oldgloryminiatures.com/products.asp?cat=111

Last Edit:
http://www.pendraken.co.uk/

This last one should do the trick - my web-fu works today 

[Ruarigh]

Hi,

I live near Hull in England at the moment. You are right about the origin of my name, which is, in fact, my first name, or rather a hypocoristic form thereof. I normally go by wukong on forums but it just seems easier to sign up with my first name these days. I think I must be getting old!

Thanks for the links. My Danes are Pendraken figures so I knew about that but the other links are useful and I reckon the cephalopods could come in handy. What about the sf element of vsf? Any suitable martians, clanks, tanks, walkers or similar that would work with 10mm?

Cheers,
Ruarigh

[Argonor]

Yes, the sf-stuff... did not come about much of that - I guess some of the Black Hat 18 mm vehicles could be turned into something useful..?

http://blackhat.co.uk/catalog/index.php?cPath=107_110_115

At 10 mm some scratch-building should not be too hard, either?

I was thinking: Clockwork soldiers, perhaps take some 'normal' troops in static poses and paint them brass/bronze..?

Clanks... difficult one if you're not into scratch-building, I think... also depends on the size you want - the bigger, the easier to use other scales (Warmachine light Warjacks, for instance).

Martians... you might be able to use some Amerindians (just saw this wonderful word on another thread  ) as stand-ins?

What relative scale is (X/YY) or railway scale is 10 mm btw? I think there might be some railroad stuff available for conversions...

And paper models. Airships! http://www.schreiber-bogen.com/

[Ruarigh]

There's a good question, what scale is 10mm? I think it works out to approximately 1:150. Is that N gauge for model railways? I did wonder about using Spanish Civil War improvised armoured vehicles, but cannot find any SCW ranges in 10mm yet. I think they should look about right. Scratch-building is not out of the question, although my time is limited and I would prefer to spend it playing rather than building and painting. Unfortunately, money is also limited so I cannot afford to hire someone to do all this for me. 

I like your idea for the clockwork soldiers. I reckon a Prussian force should have them since the pickelhaube seems well suited to the clockwork soldier. A paint conversion for that would be easy enough.

I was just looking at the Irregular Amerindians and wondering about using them as Martians. Again a paint conversion might be all that is needed. Fantasy Orcs might be another option, now that I think about it, or Lizard Men. They might suit some of the alien races nicely. If there are any Elves on Lizards, that might be appropriate for the Space 1889 Martians too.

How big are the Warmachine Light Warjacks? They are certainly an option if not too big.

[keeper]

Sounds like a great idea Ruarigh

Pendraken used to do a 10mm maritan tripod that I think was sculpted by Germy, but I can't find it currently on their website.  Might be worth asking after it.

And those BH Cephaloids look even better when painted! Even when its me that has done the painting!

    http://www.cheddarmongers.org/prod/gallery2/d/11668-1/Celophod_All.jpg

[Argonor]

Can't find a comparision pic at the moment, but I can measure one of mine when I get home.

They would be towering constructs, though (even more so the heavy 'jacks), being a bit taller than humans (28/30 mm heroic scale).

A big plus: They're steam-powered, so they already have boiler/exhaust parts sticking out.

Using fantasy minis is a very good idea - someone must be making non 'dark elves on cold ones' (or maybe GW does them for Warmaster?).

Kallistra has some in their Hordes and Heroes range: http://www.kallistra.co.uk/

Copplestone also does a 10 mm fantasy range, but no elves, yet... the orcs have nicely pointed ears, though....  and the Half-orcs (Uruk-Hai) have some interesting helmets.

[argsilverson]

I'd love to see Denmark invade Mars

Yeah, In alliance with Greece!  Remember the Greek King George A was a Danish prince [George Christian etc of Schleswig Holstein, if I remember well!]

By the way, I forgot to advise you in the thread for Balkan wars that the Greek miniatures in kepis are almost identical to the Danish uniforms of the era!
So, you have the miniatures that can serve either as Greeks or Danish!

[archangel1]

10mm works out roughly to 1/161 scale, so, basically, N Gauge (1/160).

[Thunderchicken]

There's always the GZG tripods, here's some pics courtesy of Plynkes and Answer_is_42:

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=6879.0

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=4811.0

[Argonor]

I have a Cygnar light 'jack that's 30 mm to the top of its head, about 40 mm to the top of its carapace, and a little more than 46 mm to the top of its exhausts.

[Boggler]

I had a similar idea in mind but based on Land Ironclads, which I was thinking of scratchbuilding alongside Pendraken Colonial / Crimean Brits v. Franco Prussian War Prussians and French. For the Martians I'd use the 90mm tall tripods from GZG.

 

[Ruarigh]

Yeah, I think scratch-building might be the way forward. I have not got into Land Ironclads yet, and was thinking of a more Space 1889 background, since I already have tons of stuff for it. One idea would be to convert the RPG scenarios into set-piece encounters and run them as linked wargames scenarios for example.


Cheers,
Ruarigh

[dampfpanzerwagon]

This may be repeating what has already been posted on other forums (we are allowed to talk about 'other forums' aren't we?),

Check out a 10mm group of scratchbult German or Prussian Land Ironclads.

Tony
http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.com/

By the way I had always assumed that 10mm was 1/180th!