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Post by epicfox on Jan 21, 2017 5:20:17 GMT
Hello all. I'am not only new to this site, but I have just recently began playing DBA. I have a a large amount of 15mm I have used for skirmish gaming that I have rebased. Along with all of that I have a very large amount of 15mm / 1:100 scale scenery, buildings, trees, etc... It all seems a little out of place on a DBA mat. Would 1:300 buildings, camps, trees, and other terrain features be better? Is that what other people are using? Even my marshes and bogs all are around 1-3 BWsq to large for the rules any way so I need new stuff one way or another. I did a search but couldn't find any relative info. Thanks in advance for any help.
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Post by paulhannah on Jan 21, 2017 5:57:18 GMT
Welcome to this site and to DBA. I hope you get as much enjoyment from the game and the hobby as I have reaped from DBA over these many years.
Yes, figure-scale vs. ground-scale is always an issue in wargaming, and perhaps especially so in DBA with our uniquely small, game-boards. Even 2mm "hair-roller" armies don't fit the ground scale. And, to my eye, 1/300 scale terrain looks a little odd, when garrisoned even by my "true 15" Mikes Models.
My suggestion? Be like Queen Elizabethan: Find the middle way. Go with terrain that looks "right" to you. Could be that 10mm terrain hits that for you.
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Post by timurilank on Jan 21, 2017 7:02:39 GMT
Hello all. I'am not only new to this site, but I have just recently began playing DBA. I have a a large amount of 15mm I have used for skirmish gaming that I have rebased. Along with all of that I have a very large amount of 15mm / 1:100 scale scenery, buildings, trees, etc... It all seems a little out of place on a DBA mat. Would 1:300 buildings, camps, trees, and other terrain features be better? Is that what other people are using? Even my marshes and bogs all are around 1-3 BWsq to large for the rules any way so I need new stuff one way or another. I did a search but couldn't find any relative info. Thanks in advance for any help. As Paul mentioned, you will need to find a middle ground that appeals to you. Since DBA 1, my own terrain has progressed through a series of evolutions and what I have now for 3.0 works best for me. I do not have a lot of space to store large pieces, so my terrain items have become modular.
Fields, BUA, marsh, etc. are constructed such that small sections placed together can now produce a larger feature. (See photos): dbagora.blogspot.nl/2016/12/campaign-rule-options-stratagems_17.html (See photos): dbagora.blogspot.nl/2016/12/campaign-rule-options-stratagems_15.html
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Post by martin on Jan 21, 2017 11:44:47 GMT
Many amongst those I play use 1/300 buildings for 15mm games. It makes the BUA look more like a hamlet/fort/city, rather than having just one, maybe two, 15mm scale buildings on the table. 'Looks' about right to me. Likewise the trees we use aren't big enough for true 15mm scale, more like 6mm- 10mm scale heights.
Martin
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Post by epicfox on Jan 21, 2017 17:04:31 GMT
Thanks everyone. Those are nice pics Timurilank thanks. I believe my thoughts are similar to Martin. I will likely take a shot with some 6mm buildings and trees. I think that would "pop" more for me in terms of visualization. My forest bases can swap trees to any scale so that's not an issue. It's mainly any issue of representing a BUA appropriately,and I guess ground scale as a whole in the simplest way possible. I think a few elements jammed in between some 6mm buildings would make it easy for my mind to picture a few thousand men (or whatever) packed in the streets. Thanks again!
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Post by johnw on Jan 24, 2017 22:57:13 GMT
Scenery is a problem with figure scale and ground scale so different.
As others have said, what looks right to you is most important.
My solution for Hamlet is to create a single building that looks good by itself. Shepherds' hut with pen, Inn, Farmhouse etc. A watchtower would be an alternative to a Fort
John
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Post by martin on Jan 25, 2017 6:23:15 GMT
My preferences are:- City or Fort- fixed model on a scenic base, as the position of the occupying figure element doesn't need to be represented. Hamlet - a base (eg felt) representing the area the hamlet occupies, with 1/300 buildings, hedges, walls etc scattered around it. These can be moved aside as required when elements move through the hamlet, so the exact position of the element can be shown. Edifice - bit more problematic, but again a felt (eg) base to show the area of bad going, with a removable model on top.
Martin
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Post by terry37 on Mar 3, 2017 3:31:42 GMT
Although I am more a HOTT player than a DBA player these days, I game in 15 MM, but usually use 6 MM models on a 60 x 80 MM base to create my camps/strongholds. That let's do more of a diorama look to it, and seems fine with the board and the figures. Here are a couple of examples Both are 6 MM models on a 60 x 80 MM base. Hope this is of help, Terry
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