Having been much enamoured lately by TooFatLardies' Chain of Command, and having made loads of terrain for it in 10mm scale, I watched their series of YouTube videos on Sharpe Practice. It seems to me that if CoC works in 10mm, so should this. The only thread I can see here on the idea was inconclusive - no-one who commented had tried it as of that time.

has anyone tried Sharpe Practice in 10mm now? Is it too fiddly with close formations?

I have to admit virtually no interest in the period, but I am enjoying skirmish scale gaming...

I've not played SP in 10mm but I have using 28mm figures based in groups of 6 and it worked just fine. I reckon you could substitute inches for centimetres and it would work very well. You might want to use multiple based figures for the line troops though as it could get a bit fiddly trying to move them all individually.

Hmm... I like being able to remove figures for casualties, but I can well believe it gets fiddly. I think I read it's designed for 'large skirmishes' - how many figures are needed on average?

It also occurs to me I'd have to paint all those Napoleonic era uniforms... 

I've been debating this one for some time but thats as far as I have got. Main issue is lack of 10mm terrain that keeps putting me off.

I have seen 10mm based on washers smaller than a 1p bit and even based on 5p pieces which have then been placed on sabot bases to allow individual figure removal, but then the cost of 10mm starts to creep towards that of 28mm figs which defeats the object of the exercise.

I'm using 10mm figures on 12mm washer bases for WWII Chain of Command, but I've never looked at the possibility of sabot bases. If you got a load of those teensy little magnets, you could fit one into the hole in each washer, and just use a metal plate for the base...

... possibly not the cheapest option, I admit...

Although I've painted and individually based a load of late war stuff for Chain of Command, I'm going to use my existing armies for 1940, Western Desert and AVBCW, which are based in 3s on 30x30mm bases. I'll use little dice to mark casualties and remove the base when the third man is dead.

I've already been doing this for years playing I Ain't Been Shot Mum in 10mm, with no problems at all. I don't see why this should not work for Sharp Paractice either. perhaps put 4 figures on smaller bases (20x20mm?) for line units and 2 figures for skirmishers.

Hmm... one of the things I like best about skirmish scale is the individual treatment of figures. It looks and 'feels' more like a proper battlefield. I'd not get the same feeling with milti-base figures.

On the other hand, I already use 7mm dice in dice frames on my Impetus bases to record losses, so I could do the same here...

This nice Blog shows a few approaches to basing, allbeit in 28mm, but should be applicable to 10mm. Hope this helps?

http://dusttears.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/the-adventures-of-claude-canard-episode_20.html

That was interesting, sorry I forgot to reply. I have, after playing a bit of CoC with individual 10mm figures, decided to experiment with individual figures for this too. Although exactly when is another matter - not this year anyway (but that's just a matter of weeks...)

I play Dux Britanniarum using 3 10mm figures based on a penny and count the base rather than the figures. Works well for this set, especially in conjunction with War Bases penny slot bases.