[DS] Stand size for infantry

> At 11:49 PM 12-12-98 -0800, you wrote:
I use pennys with four or two troops on a base, fasa`s davion and kurita
troops work quite well.

What stand sizes are common and work well for infantry?

> At 11:22 PM 12/12/98 EST, you wrote:

I use 1" Zinc anodized washers for line squads and ('merkin) pennies for
specialist teams. They are both common and work well. Of course you might have
a different definition for those terms;)

> On Sat, 12 Dec 1998, John M. Atkinson wrote:

> JDoch226@aol.com wrote:

That sounds familiar...My PA is on bases 1" wide and about 1/2" deep -
the width was determined by the ruler I was using for cutting, so that's how
wide they were...ditto my cavalry, on 1" x 1", also determined by my metal
ruler...

The rest of my infantry is all Irregular's SF inf, which comes cast into
bases, and some of my GMS/L teams are Scotia, likewise ready based. The
rest of my specialist teams are on roughly 1/2" x 1/2" bases.

All my homemade bases are thin sheet styrene plastic, painted before the figs
are glued down and flocked afterward.

Hope this helps,

> JDoch226@aol.com wrote:

> What stand sizes are common and work well for infantry?

I use 3/4" by 3/4".  Why?  Dunno, it just works out-that's what I
grabbed first when I started my current stock of Infantry.

This is EXACTLY what I use as well. For Infantry, I base 3 per penny. For
Power Armor, I have 2 sizes of Scocia miniatures. I base 2 figures per penny
for the smaller PA, and 1 per penny for the larger. The larger will also work
well for size 1 scout mecha.

> scipio@interlog.com wrote:

> I use pennys with four or two troops on a base, fasa`s davion and

> >JDoch226@aol.com wrote:

I use G*m*s W*rksh*p 20cm X 20cm infantry stands and their plastic infantry,
because I had them handy and they were cheap. (when I got them)

I also use 20mm square bases for a lot of my infantry. No particular reason,
possibly because I had based my WWII infantry on that size base and it means I
can use them in DSII.

Of course the infantry packs from GZG come with bases anyway so its not a
relevant question.

MIke E.

Chen-Song Qin <cqin@ee.ualberta.ca>
14/12/98 01:25

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cc:    (bcc: Mike Elliott/UK/BULL)
Subject:  Re: [DS] Stand size for infantry

> >JDoch226@aol.com wrote:

I use G*m*s W*rksh*p 20cm X 20cm infantry stands and their plastic infantry,
because I had them handy and they were cheap. (when I got them)

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> John D. Atkinson wrote:

> > Of course the infantry packs from GZG come with bases anyway so its

[snip]

> 2)The GZG infantry packs are designed for Stargrunt, not DSII,

Um, John... are you *sure* GZG's 6mm infantry packs are designed for SGII and
not for DSII?

[snip]

Regards,

> Mike.Elliott@bull.co.uk wrote:

> Of course the infantry packs from GZG come with bases anyway so its

Of course it is!

1)Most of us (barring the fellow who asked the question, presumably) have been
playing long before GZG put out their infantry packs (and they've only been
available in the states for a few months).

2)The GZG infantry packs are designed for Stargrunt, not DSII, in that
they carry GMS/Ps, but don't include GMS/Ls nor APSWs.  Their platoon
sizes are also too small to be of use to those of us who prefer
4-vehicle platoon and/or light infantry.

3)I (and presumably others) just happen to like other company's infantry
lines.

John M. Atkinson

> Oerjan Ohlson wrote:

I don't agree with you. If nothing else, the name of the 6mm line - DSM,
or DirtSide Miniatures - is a small hint of Jon's intentions with them
<g>

Since they represent the same forces as the SGII models - same universe,
like - they're miniature versions of the 25mm models. The line is
expanding rather fast - it's only existed for a year, if that! - and I
wouldn't be surprised if GZG turn out 2-man heavy weapon crews  someday
soon as well; but 'til then I just assume that the GSM/P and /L
categories are baked together into one in DSII.

BTW, the "long-ranged buzzbombs" and "GSM/P" are likely to be one and
the same in a few years time, at least if the British MoD gets what they want
in the current LAW "contest" :-/

Regards,

> Oerjan Ohlson wrote:

> > 2)The GZG infantry packs are designed for Stargrunt, not DSII,

> John D. Atkinson wrote:

I assume John meant the ORGANISATION of the packs, not the size of the
figures!! We put 24 figs plus a selection of 2, 3 or 4 man bases into each
pack (in the UK - I don't know what numbers KR is packing them in for US
sale), to give either 3 x 8-man squads or 4 x 6-man. It is really just a
convenient number of figures & bases to fit our standard price code for the
packs - in fact we have recently stopped referring to them as "platoon"
packs and just started to call them infantry packs to try and avoid confusion.
Once you've bought them you can organise them however you want!!

> Oerjan Ohlson wrote:

> I don't agree with you. If nothing else, the name of the 6mm line -

That may be what Jon intends. I'm telling you what I saw based on the physical
miniatures in the package I bought.

> Since they represent the same forces as the SGII models - same

I have 1-2 GMS/L teams in each platoon, so I can't simply wait for
two-man missle teams to come out.  I use Scotia's Rocket Teams.  Nice
minis sculpted in the prone on bases.

> BTW, the "long-ranged buzzbombs" and "GSM/P" are likely to be one and

Some people are apparently under impression GMS/P is equivelant to
Dragon, with GMS/L equivelant to TOW.  God knows what this turns a GMS/H
into, but when someone a while back posted about being a TOW platoon
leader, someone said "And this is GMS/L!"

It's not.

GMS/L is Dragon/Javelin size/weight.  GMS/P doesn't exist today.  It's
got the same penetration as an IVAR.  So it's really just a buzz-bomb
warhead with a sustainment motor and a better guidance system.  GMS/L
teams are two-man crews of Dragon equivelant, as they have more punch.

GMS/P is logical follow-on to LAW, if you wish to have dedicated LAW
troopers. Or you can hand IVARs out to all your riflemen as a secondary
weapon.