Epic Space Marines

[lgmdaniel]

I can confirm back then you used to get some metal Marines thrown in with blisters and with mail order parts. I have a few, enough to make 4 bases. They are pretty much the same size as the new scale.

 

[lgmdaniel]

For example, as I painted these up for Titanicus when it re-released in 2018. Drilled out some holes in some MDF bases.

 

[lgmdaniel]

 

[ManicMan]

ah... so you can remove figures when they are taken out... well.. at 6mm tall, that isn't gonna happen cause they would get lost easily.. unless I magnet them.. mm.. lets see what I got and what I can do..

 

[Brother Meredith]

Magnets? Not sure that is the idea, the base of minis is a single stat/figure in the game.

 

[ManicMan]

yeah, but when I look at the stat cards I got which say 'when you unit 5 marines is cut down to 3, then roll a moral check, it gets messy keeping track of how many are taken out of a unit if you don't remove minis like with normal 25/28mm ^_^;

 

[MichaelStockin]

What fresh hell version of the game is that?

When I played a stand was there or not, fail a save and the stand is removed.
The only thing I can think of is if maybe a detachment or regiment of say 5 stands is reduced to 3 stands .. ?

 

[ManicMan]

^_^
this would be Space Marine 2nd in 1991 though I think some of the issue is my misunderstanding of the rules as I don't play..

for example.. A Space Wolf blood claws Pack says a pack is 5 Blood Claws.. fair enough.. 5 mins.. but then says the unit of broken once it has lost 3 troop stands.. Just checking the rule book.. troop stand is a base of 5 minis... which has slightly confused me as.. a pack of 1 troop stand, yet the unit brakes when you lose 3 troop stands? ... yeah, i'm very confused ^_^;

when they say a pack is 5 Blood Claws.. they mean 5 troop stands? so.. a unit would be... 25 minis?

 

[MichaelStockin]

I think so, the detachment/unit cards used to have piccies that showed and explained it:

 

[ManicMan]

yep, they are the cards.. well, apart from the ones i got right here are space wolf ones for clear reasons. slight change between wording and.. well, the images don't fully help.. like that says 4 terminator stands.. right.. so a stand is 5 terminators on a base... so.. 4 images should be more.. 20.. okay.. I think i'm getting this ^_^;

 

[ManicMan]

ugh.. searching and so far.. I found the complete renegade box set in the loft.. with it's sticker cause it was £1 at a boot sale in the... either 90s or early 2000s.. bit pointless just having chaos and elder cards and rules but oh well.. I know I had some more figures someplace..

 

[MichaelStockin]

Each little man represents a single base/stand.
Each little vehicle represents a single vehicle.

 

[ManicMan]

yep. Getting that now ^_^ I might have played a game years and years ago but.. don't think so.
still debating basing vehicles.. but I debate that will 28mm sized ones too ^_^;
If I can't find the stuff (and I can't say I'm caring enough for a really huge search) It won't matter to much with a few Ork tanks, 1 space marine and a couple of Titan heads.

wonder why they went 6mm compared to 10mm which alot of small scale stuff appears to use more (though these days, HUGE range of scale levels ¬_¬)

 

[Cap'n Smyrk]

My guess would be that 6mm corresponds to 1/285-1/300 scale a popular micro-armour historical wargaming scale from at least the late 1960's.

Cap'n Smyrk

 

[MichaelStockin]

I would not be surprised if it was just a happy accident.

They made Adeptus Titanicus, that game took off so they thought about infantry, which based on the size of the Titans they had already made meant they would be about 6mm tall.

Stick some metal ones in with Titans to gauge interest and it took off.

 

[Brother Meredith]

Some more details about the mini metal marines!

https://www.instagram.com/theimperialarchivist/p/DAYyKmrtpjE/