From:	Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject:	Re: About miniatures
Date:	Sat, 23 Sep 1995 21:10:17 +0100

> From: Eve Forward <lutra@******.COM>

> Has anyone ever tried upscaling the use of miniatures so that you could
> use the smaller types of "action figures" (the Star Wars ones were pretty
> small as I recall) instead of 25mm? I bet those things would take
> modification and enamel paint pretty well, and be more durable than lead
> or pewter, and be somewhat poseable.

I have this feeling paint will chip off of them, but it could be worth a
try :) You'd have to find a way to keep them standing upright, though -- I
recall they had a tendency (more like an urge, really) to fall over...

But large-size figures do (as Stefan pointed out earlier) need lots of
room. Even in 25mm you need lots of room if you want ground scale to be
equal to figure scale ("25mm" figures are actually about 1:60, or 30mm
tall, so 1.5 cm on your table equals 1 meter IRL). Try that with your
10cm Star Wars figures :)

> (Of course, playing with action figures might cause regression and
> you'd all have to go outside and play with them in the dirt of the backyard,
> but then again that might be kind of fun too.)

Don't forget to make all the weapon noises as well if you want to have
even more fun :)

> -E (planning on buying some cheap ones and trying this)

Better be fast... with this whole new Star Wars craze coming up (I have my
brother to keep me informed on that...) maybe prices will soar.

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