Donnybrook with 15mm Miniatures

[raif]

hi guys,

has anyone tried a donnybrook game with 15mm figures? or is this no the way to play donnybrook?

if yes, you have played with 15mm figs - which manufactorer have you used?

[raif]

no one have played donnybrook with 15mm? ok.

[quindia]

Raif, I generally prefer 25-30mm for skirmish games, but Donnybrook will work fine at 15-20mm, making adjustments to movement, ranges, etc (substituting cm for in is usually an acceptable convention).

If I was inclined to set up anything at this scale, I would probably use Blue Moon... They have soldiers from all periods plus pirates, civilians, mob (check out the Horror sets), natives, terrain, etc.

https://www.bluemoonmanufacturing.com/i ... ?cat_id=32

Hope that helps!

[raif]

Raif, I generally prefer 25-30mm for skirmish games, but Donnybrook will work fine at 15-20mm, making adjustments to movement, ranges, etc (substituting cm for in is usually an acceptable convention).

If I was inclined to set up anything at this scale, I would probably use Blue Moon... They have soldiers from all periods plus pirates, civilians, mob (check out the Horror sets), natives, terrain, etc.

https://www.bluemoonmanufacturing.com/i ... ?cat_id=32

Hope that helps!

hi clarence,

thanks for your feedback! i have mixed experiences with skirmish games and scales. for example saga i play only with 28mm but musket & tomahawks i play with 15mm and both works fine.

but the key fact, why i ask about the possibility to play donnybrook in 15mm are my troubles to find the right miniature ranges in 28mm. i live in austria and thought it would be a fine chance to try the ottoman/hungarians/habsburgs conflicts 1680+. but there are no manufactorers which have all ranges i am looking for.

there are nice ottomans-figures from TAG. But their German/Imperials are for 1650. Because of the scale of TAG (near 25mm and not 28mm) there is the problem to find the right opposite range. Perhaps dixie, but i have no idea if they are compatible.

because of this thoughts i was thinking about 15mm. here i have more options.

[barr7430]

Raif,

for 28mm Austrian/Empire troops the Warfare figures will be very appropriate. Their are German Armoured cavalry suitable for 1680-1714 in helmet, tricorne, hat or bareheaded including 3 command packs. The infantry with apostles or with cartridge bag are perfect. The dragoons in hat will fit. Only mounted dragoons missing really.
These should fit fine with TAG figures for Ottomans in 28mm

[raif]

Raif,

for 28mm Austrian/Empire troops the Warfare figures will be very appropriate. Their are German Armoured cavalry suitable for 1680-1714 in helmet, tricorne, hat or bareheaded including 3 command packs. The infantry with apostles or with cartridge bag are perfect. The dragoons in hat will fit. Only mounted dragoons missing really.
These should fit fine with TAG figures for Ottomans in 28mm

Hm. I will give you a chance

Say. What are the differences between the infantry packs with apostles? The hats? I can't really see any variations on the images in the shop.

[barr7430]

I have several reference books on Imperial uniforms of the period. I can see no appreciable differences with most other western European types except perhaps when you get down to the detail of pocket shape and no one caters for absolutely every variant of nationality. If it is 1680 era then the miniatures are right.. that was the whole point of the range!

With regard to the Apostle codes the difference is that every pack has a different head variant for each position for example:

8 different heads kneeling firing
8 different heads standing firing
8 different heads ready
8 different heads loading
8 different heads ready variant

[Joe Legan]

I only play 15mm. I second blue moon as their figures are top notch. they are not really 15mm but 18mm. I have also used Eureka and even some peter pig figures. With peter pig I just use a thicker base to make up for the height.

joe