The Commander Series Forum

Ok, due to various unscheduled (and unexpected) hitches I have lost most of my wargaming collection, terrain,minis,books you name it, I probably lost it

so, when the wind blows in the right direction (some time in the future) I plan to start over, along with 20mm WW2 I plan to start collecting WW2 and COLD WAR in 6mm (nice and cheap and dont take up much space)

clearly I will need to buy terrain, mats, minis etc
so any advice would be welcome

but, as to the models themselves, what do I go with?

Do I go with GHQ, beuatiful but very expensive (and slightly bigger) or one of the cheaper brands (and if so which ones?)

who does good infantry? GHQ inf doesnt appeal but I like htei vehicles

and how do you stop the gun barrels from bending,
heck even the BRAND NEW out the box GHQ kit i had before had bendy barrels (and hteir online pictures make them all look like they are perfect and ramrod straight as well)

I like the Heroics and Ros stuff Alan. Good enough detail and great price; approximately £25 - £30 will get you a complete battlegrop if you go the H&R route.

No problems with H&R barrels as they are thicker than GHQ. If they are bent tweezers and pliers will carefully straighten them.

If you break a H&R/Navwar barrel, just buy a new tank! They are nice and cheap.

Thanks guys, thats a start
I really am going to be startign from scratch

feels funny not having the stuff that I have been so used to having packed away, but, still, I will start again

If you were on this side of the ocean, I'd say bendy barrels be damned! The 1/285 GHQ models are beautiful and worth it (just keep your eyes open for specials at GHQ and other places such as Noble Knight) and CinC are cheaper but compatible. If you go with GHQ, avoid their infantry (nice figures but lousy mixes of support weapons) and go with Adler (provided you don't mind their oversized noggins (which don't look as bad in the flesh as it were)).

If you are going the 1/300 route (Scotia, H&R, Armstrong), the Adler figures may be too oversized. See http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bob_mackenzie/6mm%... for some information on the various sizes on infantry.

Hi Alan

I think that the 'health & safety' inspired move to pewter models sorted out the droopy gun barrels issue a fair bit!

From a gaming point of view sultanbev is pretty 'spot on'!

Personally I have a mix of H&R, Scotia, and Skytrex models in my forces and I'm quite happy with them even when my main gaming buddy is a GHQ addict. The GHQ are lovely but I'm not sure the difference shows on table! Skytrex seem a little bigger than the others but I tend to buy my 'heavy tanks' from them for precisely this reason.

I quite like Irregular infantry but they look terrible 'in the metal' although you can get them looking decent with a reasonable paintjob. The Hallmark infantry sold by Magister Militum are great and I feel more realistic than most others - nearly all the Hallmark guys are in prone positions.

When I get round finally to my CWC armies I am going to be using CinC models as they always seem to have good sales on at the moment...and the tanks and AFV etc look great

I've collected GHQ and CinC 6mm, both WWII and Cold War.

I hated the twisty bendy barrel thing. Then I hit upon an answer. I cut off the barrels and replace them with proper length and diameter brass rods. I use plastic sleeves for muzzle breaks and other appurtenances on the barrels. I did that for all my Cold War stuff. (Wasn't smart quickly enough to figure it out for the WWII stuff. ) It's a bit of a fiddly pain, but the benefits are well worth the effort.

darn, when did that happen???

I have never had a 6mm tank yet that didnt have 'droop' issues

in fact I found a small bag of H and R 6mm tnaks last night (yaaaay I have toys) and even though they are 'as new' in bag, all their barrels are darn bent to bits anyhow

do they all just come like that or what?

hmm, replacing the barrels osunds a good call
but perhaps just tooooooo much work, I dont know, I reckon I would end up destroying the mini if I tried that

Does sound like a fiddly job on a 6mm tank

yeah, it blinkin' well does, it would maybe be worth it on a GHQ tank, but on a bog standard 40p job, nah, I dont think it would be worht the effort really

You could always try 2mm if you want cheap and easy to store armies / battlegroups? See for example photos on Irregular Miniatures website.

5mm or 6mm Ros & Heroics is easier to see the infantry and what they are.

But if I was starting all over again then I would go for 10mm or 15mm as they have lots of detail are relatively cheap and are easier to store. And both have lots of choice in vehicles while infantry actions are also easier on the eye. (Ie I can make out what they are without having to pick them up!)

Carl Luxford

"You could always try 2mm if you want cheap and easy to store armies / battlegroups? See for example photos on Irregular Miniatures website."

Nah, 3mm is the way to go...I recently bought Odzial Osmy minis for CWC and the level of detail is crazy...chech Fighting 15's or Picoarmor for pics.

yep, bought some 2mm a while back, still got it I think
just waaaaaaaaay too tiddly for me though

heh, just sold off all (ok, not all but a lot of) my vast 15mm collection, so wouldnt go there again (it would be too much to stomach having to buy it all again, and 10mm is too close to it for me to be comfortable with for the same reasons plus I sold all my 10/12mm Cold war and terrain

Hmm, well, decision made

I reckon I can go with CinC for vehicles (at about a £1 each they are probably twice the price of Scotia but they are cheaper than GHQ and still a very good model)

and Adler for infantry

phew' made my mind up at last
no idea when I will get the first purchase made though
money tight right now

Just think though - you could get twice as much from Scotia or H&R

heh,heh,heh

don't tempt me sir, don't tempt me

I have to admit, I think I may have gone a little overboard in the past, but if I sgtart over in 6mm t lest it will be cheap