What is the most popular figure size for playing Lasalle?
The book pictures figures of 6mm, 10mm, and even 28mm, but it looks like 15mm is predominate.
For me, I use to have a sizable 25mm Napoleonic collection, but this has been dwarfed (pun intended) by my 15mm figure collection.
Some of my very first Napoleonic figures were the 1:72 (about 20mm) plastic Napoleonics made by Airfix.
I do 6s and 28s but 15s seem to be the most common (no surprise as it is most common in general). Lasalle isn't scale dependant so the sizes used fall pretty much in line with what is out there.
28mm napoleonic is on a very sweet moment thanks to Victrix and Perrys making an army affordable on a short time. Being myself an old 6mm grognard I think 28 is a scale more modeller/painter than player oriented , I´ve fallen in 28mm (eyes go aging...)but can stop thinking that opposing line seems tooooo close one to another in firefights...
If it were my own choice (you must play with those scale your group does..) with this rule set I would be for 15mm.
I don't know what the most popular is but I'm working on 28mms now, 10mms soon and probably end up buying some 15mm as well. I suspect that 15mm will be popular around my area but I prefer 10mm.
Im into 28's, but I suspect 15mm are 2:1 favs over in any other scale....
In my current gaming group we have 6mm, 15mm, and 25mm Napoleonic collections, and I have seen the new Victrix and Perry's 28mm plastic miniatures. I have been tempted to get a few boxes. If not Napoleonic, then American Civil War. Though, the figure lines are not exclusively plastic (most seem to be metal), and you have to eventually get metal figures.
I think 15mm figures are the most popular because:
1) At a distance, visually they still look good (1).
2) Require less space to play a larger game.
3) Because of the smaller game table, easier to reach across it.
4) Are supposed to be easier to paint.
5) Cost less, therefor you can get more for your buck.
6) They are Easier to transport (an important factor for some).
7) Take up less space when storing away.
8) Are lighter to carry than the same number of units in 25mm scale (not plastic).
9) Are bigger than 6mm figures :-)
(1) Especially the larger 15's (true 17mm, 18mm, 19mm figs). It's amazing that some figure manufactures (and even gamers) still call an 18mm or 19mm figure a 15mm one. That's like saying a 30mm figure is a 25mm one... but people do that too :-) AB, which are some very nice figures BTW, used to call their 18mm figures 15mm ones. But now they refer to them as 18mm figures. A trend I hope spreads, because for a new comer to the hobby, this whole "large 15mm" concept can get a bit confusing I would think.
Some companies try to justify this by saying the measurement is from the ankle to the eyes, or something silly like that. But the true distance, and a lot of early gaming miniatures used this as a standard, is to measure the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head excluding base and shako. And it makes sense too. When you go to the doctor, he doesn't check your height from your ankle/shin/knee to your eyes/nose/mouth, he checks your height from the bottom of your feet to the top of your head, like normal.
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Size matters ;-) ..In an historical sense too, it were the reason after all those towering bearskins caps anyway... bigger figures do not only allow for more detail, they catch the glimpse of all us so its a common trick between manufacturers, none really wants create a new standard -a few may be , as they done exactly that with 10mm - . But if I can convince everybody that my 17mm are 15mm lots of players will be buying my magnificient big minis to substitute his now downsized "real" 15
Some of our local guys are ging with 10mm figs on 1" wide bases. Using the Old Glory "strips" mostly.
But all of us have 15mm Napoleon's Battles based collections as well. At the moment I'm still focused on 15mm but if it means more gaming time may do a 10mm force to.
The group in NE Florida is working with 10mm minis on 40mm wide bases. They are quick and fairly easy to paint, more affordable, give the illusion of larger units, and are still able to be seen from 4' away. We know they will look very dwarfish if we play against someone who collects 15mm, but, as someone else rightly mentioned, we are more likely to play amongst ourselves for some time.
I game in 6mm and 25mm. I must be one of the few people on the planet who doesn't have anything in 15mm.
Some are doing 10mm, while others are doing 15mm. I'm lucky enough to have both. I've also made the plunge into 25mm by purchasing the Hat Bavarians. I'm more apt to say 15mm is probably the most prevaliant though. Most of us 'cut our teeth' on 15mm Napoleonics. I'm actually looking into doing one more 15mm army, but for the life of me, I can't figure out which I want to do.
Steve
"The Dial Dude"
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I have used 6mm with 30bw frontage ..and 15mm with 40bw ....both games play fine!
I must admit when you play different scales the game seems different? 15mm seems more tactical? but when you play 6mm it seems more operational? it could be because on a 6 x 4 table using 6mm you can manouevre more. Will have to try 15mm on a 8 x 5 ...
cheers Paul
In our local gaming group we will have 10mm, 15mm, and 28mm Lasalle gaming going on simultaneously.
I do beleive that 15mm figs on a 1.5"/40mm BW is becoming the most predominant convention in the US.
Personnally...I'm going with 15mm figs for now with my existing collection and will branch out to 10mm figs on 1" BW to game with the smaller scale guys locally.
Having got a basic Russian army with 1 support choice sorted i've now turned my attention to 28mm Perry French plastics. Now don't get me wrong, i really like my Russians, but very little compares to 28mm Naps IMO.
But on the Q of guns - i'm starting to think that only a single gun or maybe 2 is enough to represent the gun batteries
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