• From: Denver, CO
  • Registered: 2005-03-27
  • Posts: 3,578

Topic: 1:2400 scale issues

PEGGY MATHEWS wrote:
dergrossest1 wrote:

> >I have opted to use GHQ's 1:2400 minis for my WWI battles. 
> The choice
> was easy for me since the GHQs are of jewel-like quality, the
> 1:6000s are just too small for my taste and there are no
> intermediate scale manufacturers which I could find. 
> Unfortunately, I am now wrestling with the space issues
> related to the large scale which I have chosen.
>
> >So, my question is, does anybody else play GFs in this scale?  If so,
> do you just use the table top conversion rules and forgo
> hexes altogether?  Or, do you just use a 2" per hex map and
> let the models spill into adjacent hexes?  Or, do you use
> giant hexes?  If you use giant hexes, how big are they and
> where did you get them?
>
> >Thanks.

> For me, I had the 1/2400 GHQ models before I had Grand
> Fleets, so I made it work.  Similarly I had the 2" hex cloth
> first, so.......  We just let them over-lap and stagger them
> a bit.  However, if I could easily get 3" hexes, I'd do that
> though the "Kitty Cats" would still overlap a bit I think.

I really think that's the best way to go. Although the overlap may on some level detract from the aesthetics, it really doesn't affect gameplay at all, except maybe at extremely close quarters.

Daniel Kast
Majestic Twelve Games
cricket@mj12games.com

mj12games's Website

  • Registered: 2005-04-02
  • Posts: 34

Re: 1:2400 scale issues

I use that scale.  I use the tabletop conversion, but I double the gunnery ranges, entirely for aesthetic reasons.  After all, if aesthetics didn't matter, you might as well use cardboard counters.

-Eric

  • Registered: 2006-01-17
  • Posts: 740

Re: 1:2400 scale issues

Hello everyone,

I am a Starmada player, but used to play WW2 naval minature games 20+ years ago.  I was able to purchase 1/3000 scale figures from a gaming store near St Petersburg, Fla.  The store is/was called Modelers Mart in the nearby town of Safety Harbor, near Clearwater, Fla.  These figs are skillfully molded & nothing has to be put together.  I still have c120 of the figures.  They were fun to use, and not to large.  The figures were made in the UK (Sheffield?).  I still use some of them as Starmada ships and am enjoying that game a lot. [Their use is similiar to the StarBlazers series remaking IJN Yamato as a space ship.]  Check and see if these are still available.  They were well made and I had much fun with them while attending the University of Florida.  Hope this helps.  smile

Steven Gilchrist; Jacksonville, Fla, USA

PS:  Happy New Year everyone   big_smile

  • Registered: 2007-09-13
  • Posts: 99

Re: 1:2400 scale issues

For Grand Fleets we went with a hex mat with 3" hexes and 1/3000 scale ships which seemed to work perfectly.

If you've already got your 1/2400 scale ships, you can always order hexed game mats from here:

http://www.hotzmats.com/index.html

with hexes upto 5" across to reduce/eliminate overlap.

  • Registered: 2022-11-16
  • Posts: 516

Re: 1:2400 scale issues

Soulmage wrote:

For Grand Fleets we went with a hex mat with 3" hexes and 1/3000 scale ships which seemed to work perfectly.
If you've already got your 1/2400 scale ships, you can always order hexed game mats from here:
http://www.hotzmats.com/index.html
with hexes upto 5" across to reduce/eliminate overlap.

I agree, although for my 1/3000 scale NavWar ships I'm using a 2 inch hex mat available off the following site with no problems:

http://www.portsmouthminiatures.com/ShipsforSale.htm

Now, all of my games so far have been using pre-WW I ships. I believe the longest WW II NavWar ships will probably be a little longer than two inches, and so they will probably hang a little over the edges of the hexes.
Kevin