Who are Too Fat Lardies: Best Miniature Range to use?
December 7, 2017 by johnlyons
I'm joined with Richard from Too Fat Lardies to talk about who they are and what they do within the tabletop world.
We have available some amazing rulesets from Too Fat Lardies for as cheap as a pint, however there are no miniature ranges to play with on the tabletop; so which ranges are the best to use within Chain of Command?
With the amount of already sculpted ranges out there from companies such as Perry Miniatures, Warlord games and Flames of War there's definitely a huge selection of choice and scale for you to play with.
What miniature ranges do you enjoy playing in Chain of Command?
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This reminds me of Cheapass Games. They produced board games and card games that sold in envelops for a few dollars each. The idea is that you took the rules and whatever else was in the pack and add the boards, tokens, minis, etc from your personal collection for the rest of the components. Not every company needs their own line or miniatures or paints. I love this idea for miniatures games as well for systems like DBA and Warpigs.
Most historical rules are not affliated to a figure range.
Its more the realm of fantasy and sci fi that do that.
In think it would probably look best in 15 or 20mm
There are a plethora of figures and terrain for all nations in these scales
Just Google WW2 15mm or WW2 20mm and you’ll get loads of hits
We always use 15mm for CoC because the ground scale is correct for that size 🙂
Bolt Action second edition won the 2016 best miniatures game and I have my copy of the rules. Warlord have a great game and range of miniatures but the Chain of Command play through was a fantastic video and I think I will get the rules at some point. The Perry’s come up slightly smaller than the Warlord range, but same as Richard I have a box of DAK and British Commonwealth for when I get around to some African campaign action. I think terrain seems to be the tripping factor for crossing scales far more than ranges of miniatures.… Read more »
Using 28mm as we play Bolt Action in the first place is in our group and already have all the equipment, a little like what Richard said about having the 28mm building at the ready, Secondly – for me personally – I like the individuality and character of 28mm figures, it’s a “show off” mentality maybe when you see a whole army painted up and ready to be played with in 28mm. I also have to agree on the fun of mixing different ranges; for my Army Commandos and Red Devils I put together a force consisting of Warlord, Black… Read more »
gotta be Plastic Soldier Company’s 20mm plastic range!
I play Chain of Command in both 28mm for France and beyond and 20mm for Eastern Front. I’ve also used 15mm where the close fit to the groundscale gives a fascinatingly different feel to the game than playing in 28mm.
Personally if starting from scratch I would go with 20mm as the best compromise for the closer match to the groundscale compared to 28mm and the greater characterisation and ease of identification of individual figures. Plastic Soldier Company have an excellent range while AB figures are little works of art. Plenty of choice for vehicles too.
Indeed, if I could go back and do it all again I’d start with 15 mm instead of 28 mm. I find that 28 mm games of Bolt Action crowd the table at this scale.
But, I’m fully invested in two full German 28mm WWII armies with terrain as well so historical inertia will keep me at this scale.
I’m looking forward playing more CoC because it gives you more of an empty battlefield feeling that I don’t get quite as much of with Bolt Action.