Vehicle Sizing

[Sirrob01]

I've slowly been working on a vehicle and the issue of scale came up. I know most of us go with a what looks right but I wanted to give myself a standard baseline scale to work to.

I stumbled on this article
www.frontline-command.com/blog/?m=201005

Definitely worth the read if your designing up a vehicle model and your stuck on the scale/size question. Its based on ww2 gaming but the rules are equally applicable to fantasy/historical and scifi.

The short summary is, Aim for something in the realm of 1/48 to 1/50 if your designing for 28mm figures to the eye as this appears to be the best pick of bunch of bad options.

Taken from article so please visit his blog
Reallife men with sherman:



1/50 sherman with 28mm men


1/56 sherman with 28mm men



I'm really not trying to open up a can of worms on this topic I just found the article and comparisons very useful as I was slightly stuck on a current project and this provided me that last little bit of guidance I needed as to scale/sizing

[Rhannon]

Great topic Sir Rob.

This issue is discussed a lot among WW2 historical wargames' players.

when I was playing ... some years ago ...

Some my russian infantrymen ( from another topic ):

And a my friend's german infantry:

we preferred that the vehicles were slightly larger than undersized ( without the "can of sardines" effect , that this was true only with ww2 italian vehicles ;D )

Today there are many manufacturers. They offer kits specifically for wargames (many manufacturers are the same that produce minis ), others offer traditional static model kits ( tamya ... ) ...

wk.frothersunite.com/sc/pulp/ww2vehicles1.htm

wk.frothersunite.com/sc/pulp/ww2vehicles2.htm


but I have always preferred ww2 metal cast vehicles.

wk.frothersunite.com/sc/pulp/ww2vehicles3.htm

Obviously I preferred Solido/Verem models ( There are a few other good producers, but their products are for collectors and therefore too expensive for wargames, imho ), in 1/48 or 1/50 scale, that in Italy they have always been very easy to find, as well as in neighboring France, where they were produced.

solijouet.free.fr/msv.htm ( in french )

Today I don't know what happened to this series.

Another problem is that usually the vehicles' scale is correct while that of minis represents the height from the foot to the eye, without considering, rightly, the base, and without considering however the other head portion.

There is a good article ... But you have already found this, because the photos are from there ;D


So if you try to match the two scales often figures are a bit oversized.

[glennwilliams]

If you look at the two pictures there's another issue to consider: the effects of bases. The second picture where both the tank and figures have bases of similar thickness results in a more realistic appearance. My preference has always been for the thinnest base possible for that reason. Thick bases throw off vehicles (including riding figures standing in the back of a truck) as well as doors, windows, and barricades.

[cowboyleland]

Reivaj bases for the win!

[hafu999]

Yeah you are right that some strong issue are also occurred in both scale..One officer shot the officer whose has his own..But these types of issue is created.I really like this game.