Thursday, 20 November 2014

A Question Of Scale/A Matter Of Taste

Hi there folks!
Some have asked: what scale is xyz to pqrstuv?
Here, we delve deeper into why 1:5000/1:4848.48* is my preferred baseline for STAW and similar tabletop games.
It just works. Its big without being too big like 1:1000 or 1:2500 can be. It lets you field massive starships and, with a slight upscaling, it lets you fit the small shuttlecraft and fighters easily.
It is also storage and transport friendly.

I also feel more of whats available out there scales well to these two ships, the Hallmark Warbird and Eaglemoss/Shapeways Valdore. The Dragohawk (available from many makers out there) sits nice. The other types sit well. Once I locate a Griffin and a Raptor, they'll sit well next to it and be in scale with the akira class and nebula class.

Here's a specific comparison;
Eaglemoss Valdore to Hallmark Warbird to Furuta D.


Above: What I said before, but somehow a tetrahedron snuck into frame. I feel they scale well. Thanks to Si's Soldiers for the idea - I would never have become involved in STAW if I had never found your blog. I would be keen to hear your thoughts on scale and in particular, romulans.

Above: Valdore Type is a wider but sleeker craft that is not as long as a standard warbird. This craft scales well to Shapeways Sovereigns and to the Furuta Ent E.

So, here's a little more to the scale debate;
what do you feel? Where should scale be?
Should I 'upscale' the borg geometries? Should I upscale the existing romulan designs?

Cheers!

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