[Whiterook]

Scales in the miniatures market had me stumped for a long time. I actually do a little model railroading, and it's much easier to understand in that realm; but wargaming miniatures are all over the place, even in the same scale.

Some figures, for instance...two different manufactures often have different production goals in the "realism" catagory, so on one line, the heads look a little big for the body, in order to accomodate more accurate scupting of features, whereas another manufacture is willing to sacrifice the fine detail for a more accurate head size. Strange, eh?

The times I hear the most confusion from folks is when they're looking for more cost effective alternatives to a current game component, be it Axis & Allies Miniatures armor, or Memoir' 44 armor...both drastically opposing styles and scales.

Glad you lads found it interesting. My hope is to maybe shed a little clarity on a very confusing topic. Hopefully, it didn't put anyone in a coma!