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Tiny Armies, Epic Battles: Exploring the 10mm Miniatures Revival — Domain of Many Things
all a matter of perspective – Maximum fun with Mini Mini scale Minis
By Rand Al Thor
In-house Painting Chap
For some time now I’ve been obsessed with smaller scale games. Where as classic table top war-games are played out with 28mm miniatures, smaller games exist that use 10 or 6mm mini-miniatures. Classic titles include Warmaster & Epic but of late we have seen a number of titles as well as fan updates in the form of Warmaster Revolution breathing life into this genre.
An Obsession
Why have I got such an obsession with it I hear you ask? Well 28mm games zoom into the action seeing characters duke it out in scenarios that tell out their stories which is great for skirmish games. But 10 year old me is still in the Edinburgh GW store imaging grand armies clash in a huge battles worthy of the cinema. However the reality of this was challenging and remains so. Trying to paint that number of units and having the table space to play is a real barrier.
A Manageable Feat
Enter the “mini’ miniature scale. Smaller scale makes painting hundreds of troops a manageable feat, there’s plenty of space on even an Ikea kitchen table to maneuver with platoons of tanks or legions of troops, and with more modern rulesets and the wonders of 3d printing this has now become a viable reality. A plethora of rules support your choices here including Kings of War (just shrink everything down a bit), Fantastic battles and fan supported options including Warmaster Revolutions & Mini Hammer.
But it’s not all fantasy having all the fun and my eye has also strayed to science fiction universes too. Above are some of the amazing minis from The Lazy Forger
This is an area I continue to enjoy and I hope to bring you more developments in the future. If any of you play 10mm or smaller scale games drop a comment below so I can add them to my growing list of games and minis!
Thanks for reading folks, RandAlThor
For some time now I’ve been obsessed with smaller scale games. Where as classic table top war-games are played out with 28mm miniatures, smaller games exist that use 10 or 6mm mini-miniatures.
I’ve been watching From which is a series by the creators of Lost, and it’s very much in a similar vein. Our protagonists are trapped in a contained location, and its spooky, dangerous, and ruddy mysterious. Whilst watching it, I’ve spent most of the time thinking of how awesome it would be as a TTRPG game, but I’ve been very conscious of not wanting it to turn into a railroad – where the actors, mysteries, and events play out exactly as the show.
Alongside other life things, the Rusted Colossus has been ticking away steadily in the background, and the greatest advances forwards have been in making art assets for the adventure, so that’s gonna be the topic of today’s dev diary.