What gaming scale do you favor for Steampunk?

[Enakan]

I've done some conversions before in the sci-fi and fantasy worlds,

Been thinking lately of trying some sea, air and land machines out for the steampunk "era".  Do folks around favor 25 or 15mm figures for games?  Say that I do get around to playing with the toys once they're built?

Reason I'm asking is size, quite a bit of difference in the scales! 

Also, what do you use, home made or store bought rules too???

Thanks ahead of time!

 

[OSHIROmodels]

28mm for VSF, the one true scale 

We use a Fistful of Lead mod for small skirmish games and an M&T mod for larger ones.

[v_lazy_dragon]

28mm for my Steampunk post apocalypse stuff (and back when I used to play VSF). 15mm sorely tempting as it allows for larger contraptions, but I was just too heavily invested in 28mm scenery
GASLIGHT for the rules

[Enakan]

I'll need to go through all my old 25mm/28mm figures then,

Dang, there sure are some nice figures/companies out here nowadays!   I'll go back to lurking and find some inspiration from you guys!

Thanks!

 

[VSF Gamer]

25/28mm for me for all my VSF games.

[Deflatermouse]

15mm for me and my VSF games. I can play large battles (got a quite few armies) and can use the same scenery and figures for smaller actions. I can afford the  figures and scenery and have a reasonable sized table.
I don't get to have the wide variety of individuals but can glean them from various ranges.

For the large battles I've used Martian Empires and mid-sized I've used Space 1889.
For the small stuff I also use Space 1889. A familiar system which plays well.

[DivisMal]

15mm for me as it allows me to bring big robots, machines, fevilish contraptions and dinosaurs!

The problem is, I have too many projects and my VSF collection is a bit neglected.

See here for examples:

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=102869.0

[Enakan]

Thanks Gentlemen!

I have a big town full of older HO scale Wild West buildings, I guess they can fit either 25mm or 15mm?  Since they're 20mm, maybe a bit small for 25's or a bit big for 15's.......

Plus some other more modern buildings, say around the turn of the century. 

Does anyone use trains?

[DivisMal]

Trains? Nay, though I bought a lot of train terrain. Problem is that often it looks to „real“ and not in the heroic style of minis.

Diecast models (matchbox, majorette, hot wheels etc.) are your friends and have great potential for conversions!

[OSHIROmodels]

Yes, many times. The kit is the Minicraft Vulcan, it's not great but serviceable with some work. I've had fun making new rolling stock for it though.






Lots of battle reports here 

http://redplanetminiatures.blogspot.com/

[Blodwin]

28mm for me for large skirmish games but being tempted to try 2mm for very very large battles 
Rules - home grown as I like to dabble!!

[Cat]

I have a big town full of older HO scale Wild West buildings, I guess they can fit either 25mm or 15mm?  Since they're 20mm, maybe a bit small for 25's or a bit big for 15's.......

HO (1/87) will look tiny with true 25s (c.1/64), and Lilliputian with 28s (c.1/56).

It works fine with 15s (c.1/100).  18mm is about 1/87, but with chunky metal figures on bases, they will look like they will hit their heads badly on the doorjambs, but it works well enough.

[Enakan]

I looked at some "O" scale trains, from Wiki that scale is about 1/43 or so.  So for 28mms it would be a bit large.  What is the closest scale to 28's or 25's?  Something easy to get hold of, and not too expensive?  Some trains are KA-CHING high!!!

 

[Cat]

I looked at some "O" scale trains, from Wiki that scale is about 1/43 or so.  So for 28mms it would be a bit large.  What is the closest scale to 28's or 25's?  Something easy to get hold of, and not too expensive?  Some trains are KA-CHING high!!

Yes, O scale track is way too wide for 28s, you could never tie a victim to the tracks across the rails.

S scale  trains (1/64) work better with 25/28s.  Usually you can get old American Flyer equipment on the cheap.  American flyer track however is very toy-like.  I picked up some MTH brand S scale flex track on EBay that looks superb.

[shadowbeast]

Either go for Sarissa Precision's gaming trains, or try Bachmann's On30 products.

Steampunk is only steampunk to me in 28-32mm, as it lends itself best to the small groups of characters that typify steampunk, so it really depends on whether you actually mean steampunk or VSF.