Thursday, 6 September 2018

Matters of scale and taste 

I ordered this and it arrived today in a lovely blue box-


A thing of joy to behold ,pressing many nostalgia buttons for me. Here it is (1/72) with some 54 figures on my gaming cloth-


I like the look of them together and feel it gives the result l am after , a game aesthetic based on 1930s toy soldiers ,vehicles and home made scenery. I would however be very interested to see what you think.

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17 comments:

  1. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.com6 September 2018 at 13:15

    My first thought was "Wow! What an attractive model/toy" so I looked them up on the web and soon found myself thinking "I'd better get out of here quick!!"

    My 3rd thought is that Marx used to do this with underscale vehicles, just not as drastically usually, more like 1/48th with 1/32 figures but same idea and so does Memoir, Axis & Allies etc. As long as they are "game pieces" (sic) for games and not a diorama it works well enough.

    I find there is a lot of imagination needed to fully enjoy this sort of game anyway but in my case my imagination can handle it better than say a "skirmish" game where 1 figure is 1 figure and all the terrain and figures are to scale but the other end of a house is long rifle range!

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    1. tradgardmastare7 September 2018 at 15:26

      They are tempting indeed. I feel very much like your third thought.

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  2. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.com6 September 2018 at 13:19

    ps, I've been thinking about handing over the 1930's to my 1" Marx figures but they could use some appropriate vehicles and guns..... they've taken over my tiny Dinky Light Tank bought for my 40's...

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    1. tradgardmastare7 September 2018 at 15:27

      I look forward to seeing the Marx fellows on your blog.

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  3. Maudlin Jack Tar6 September 2018 at 18:35

    Wonderful little tank - great acquisition. Scale doesn't bother me much if the game is fun and that game of yours looks like super fun!

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  4. The Good Soldier Svjek6 September 2018 at 18:53

    Looks very Old School .

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  5. Conrad Kinch6 September 2018 at 22:05

    That looks lovely Alan. It's rather fantastic.

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  6. Mark, Man of TIN7 September 2018 at 06:37

    It's a little beauty! It has a look of an interwar Tankette, a little like the Italian ones. There is a 42mm Irregular Miniatures Vickers light tank and Russian armoured car that you probably shouldn't look at ... maybe a little too big?
    http://www.irregularminiatures.co.uk/indexes/42mmindex.htm look up WW2

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    1. tradgardmastare7 September 2018 at 15:29

      I fear they are a tad big but splendid in their own right.

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  7. KEV. Robertson.7 September 2018 at 07:17

    The Medium Vickers Tank looks a little beaut. It is nice to have treasured items. Good to see you doing what you like best Alan. Cheers. KEV.

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  8. Fitz-Badger7 September 2018 at 07:29

    If it works for you that's the main thing. I don't recall how they scaled, but when I was a kid I used the little plastic airfix figures alongside matchbox vehicles. And they were from different eras!

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  9. Jon Meech19 September 2018 at 00:20

    I love them. My 'modern' armies are Skybirds figures. The new reproduction vehicles are lovely.

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