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In 1:285 scale, a typical 20 mm base can mount approximately 3-5 infantry figures; or three strips of four figures in rank-and-file formation.<ref>[http://www.wargames.co.uk/RandomS/Library/size.htm "Size does matter!"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928072823/http://www.wargames.co.uk/RandomS/Library/size.htm |date=2007-09-28 }} article at wargames.co.uk</ref> |
In 1:285 scale, a typical 20 mm base can mount approximately 3-5 infantry figures; or three strips of four figures in rank-and-file formation.<ref>[http://www.wargames.co.uk/RandomS/Library/size.htm "Size does matter!"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928072823/http://www.wargames.co.uk/RandomS/Library/size.htm |date=2007-09-28 }} article at wargames.co.uk</ref> |
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1:285/1:300 is a popular scale for [[micro armour]] games, while modern games emphasizing [[tank]]s and other vehicles have been catered to by specialist figure manufacturers such as [[GHQ (company)|GHQ]], Heroics and Ros and Baccus Miniatures. Sci-fi and fantasy games that use these scales include ''[[BattleTech]]'', ''[[Ogre miniatures]]''<ref name=sjg/> |
1:285/1:300 is a popular scale for [[micro armour]] games, while modern games emphasizing [[tank]]s and other vehicles have been catered to by specialist figure manufacturers such as [[GHQ (company)|GHQ]], Heroics and Ros and Baccus Miniatures. Sci-fi and fantasy games that use these scales include ''[[BattleTech]]'', ''[[Ogre miniatures]]''<ref name=sjg/>, ''[[Epic (game)|Epic]]''<ref name=stephane/> and [[Hammer's Slammers]] <ref name=slammers/>. Other genres, such as historical periods (ancient, medieval and later periods) and [[medieval fantasy]] have miniatures made by Heroics and Ros, Baccus Miniatures and Irregular Miniatures.<ref name=gmi/> There are many sites of landscape creations and miniatures <ref name=napoleon/> |
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<ref name=sjg>{{cite web|url=http://www.sjgames.com/minis/ |title=Steve Jackson Games Miniatures |accessdate=19 May 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520142656/http://www.sjgames.com/minis/ |archivedate=20 May 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
<ref name=sjg>{{cite web|url=http://www.sjgames.com/minis/ |title=Steve Jackson Games Miniatures |accessdate=19 May 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520142656/http://www.sjgames.com/minis/ |archivedate=20 May 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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<ref name=gmi>{{cite journal|journal=Games Master International|publisher=Newsfield|date=February 1991|title=Beyond the Citadel: Irregular Miniatures|author=Blease, Steve|page=35|issue=7}}</ref> |
<ref name=gmi>{{cite journal|journal=Games Master International|publisher=Newsfield|date=February 1991|title=Beyond the Citadel: Irregular Miniatures|author=Blease, Steve|page=35|issue=7}}</ref> |
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<ref name=napoleon>{{cite web|url=https://napoleon6mm.blogspot.com/|title=napoleon}}</ref> |
<ref name=napoleon>{{cite web|url=https://napoleon6mm.blogspot.com/|title=napoleon}}</ref> |
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<ref name=slammers>www.hammers-slammers.com/home.htm</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:27, 13 May 2024
1:285 scale or 6 mm figure size is a US Army scale introduced in the late 1960s, and used for wargames and some scale model dioramas. It is used in miniature wargaming to depict large battles in a relatively small gaming area.[1] 1:300 scale (5 mm scale) is an almost identical NATO standard scale.
Both figure scales are based on the 1 mm = 1 ft calculation that reduces the average 1.72 m height of a human male to a 5.7 mm tall figure. "6 mm" is therefore used as a rounded-up reference to the scale.
In 1:285 scale, a typical 20 mm base can mount approximately 3-5 infantry figures; or three strips of four figures in rank-and-file formation.[2]
1:285/1:300 is a popular scale for micro armour games, while modern games emphasizing tanks and other vehicles have been catered to by specialist figure manufacturers such as GHQ, Heroics and Ros and Baccus Miniatures. Sci-fi and fantasy games that use these scales include BattleTech, Ogre miniatures[3], Epic[4] and Hammer's Slammers [5]. Other genres, such as historical periods (ancient, medieval and later periods) and medieval fantasy have miniatures made by Heroics and Ros, Baccus Miniatures and Irregular Miniatures.[6] There are many sites of landscape creations and miniatures [7]
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- ^ Picking a Figure Scale at fanaticus.org
- ^ "Size does matter!" Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine article at wargames.co.uk
- ^ a b "Steve Jackson Games Miniatures". Archived from the original on 20 May 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2007.
- ^ a b "Epic History". Archived from the original on 22 October 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2007.
- ^ a b www.hammers-slammers.com/home.htm
- ^ a b Blease, Steve (February 1991). "Beyond the Citadel: Irregular Miniatures". Games Master International (7). Newsfield: 35.
- ^ a b "napoleon".