Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 30 December 2018, 10:18:23 AM

* Eyes are very long sighted, and I don't have a pair of specs that can correct for close work (Maybe should chat with the optician - what say the forum?)

I am long sighted, and would strongly suggest getting specs for close work.  I also use an Optivisor. If you do not need specs for anything else it might be worth asking the optician if they can give you glasses to correct your long vision and then add a magnification, 1.5- 1,75 times seems about right

Quote from: Orcs on 30 December 2018, 11:45:27 AM
I am long sighted, and would strongly suggest getting specs for close work.  I also use an Optivisor. If you do not need specs for anything else it might be worth asking the optician if they can give you glasses to correct your long vision and then add a magnification, 1.5- 1,75 times seems about right

Really appreciate that, I'm sue to visit the optician soon and will discuss my particular requirements.
I have specs for looking at computer screens, because my arms are too short to reach a keyboard (evan with long arms and a fair bit of distance between kbd and screen) and read the screen - that's how far the long sight has gone.

It appears to be a family curse: Affected my grandfather and father.
At this time of year, my favourite demonstration of the "super power" is to pick a tree about a quarter mile away and play a game of "Count the branches / twigs".
However in the last few years it has become a plague for any close work, and I wasn't aware that it could be easily corrected.

Thanks for the tip.

Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 30 December 2018, 02:00:06 PM

At this time of year, my favourite demonstration of the "super power" is to pick a tree about a quarter mile away and play a game of "Count the branches / twigs".

I look a quarter of a mile away and play a game of 'is it a tree'  

6 mm North Africa - models too small / fiddly.

15 mm models too big to reflect the vast sweeping expanse of the desert.

10-12 mm perfect. You can tell what they are and a 6' x 10' table still looks vast.

When I relaunched my hobby, I discarded everything that I had up to that point. This was mostly 20mm from a variety of manufacturers (Ancients, Medieval, Napoleonics, ACW, Western, WWII), lots of 15mm Peter Laing (ancients, dark age, medieval, Samurai, ECW, Marlborough, Napoleonics, ACW, WWI, WWII) and some 1:300 (WWII, Arab-Israeli, Modern (well 1980s)). I could also field quite a few 15mm SciFi and a few 25mm fantasy left over from my T&T days.

I wanted to find a single scale and preferably a single manufacturer for all period. I quickly rejected 25mm as I think they are too big, especially for C20 periods. I rejected 1:300 as it's too small. I rejected 20mm as I'd done a lot of 20mm and didn't want to go over old ground, and I rejected 15mm 'cos 15mm is dead and doesn't know it yet and 'cos of Flames of War. (I am a contrarian.)

Thus, I alighted upon 10mm, and have never been happier. 

Just painting some of the TB line knights and they are superb! (The sculpts that is ... I'm being very careful and my painting standard has risen to mediocre.  )



 

Sadly, I have NOT!  10mm IS an excellent scale, allowing you to field large looking units on a relatively small table...yet still great for smaller actions. The size of the pieces...especially AFVs allows detailing, without showing up the 'fails' as much as 1/176 etc.  
HOWEVER!
Having amassed huge quantities of 10mm Naps, ACW, ECW and Ancients, my ageing eyes and fingers, find painting the masses rather daunting. I am considering attempting to revisit my rather large leadpile of 25mm Naps and trying to forget the fantastic paint work of others!    Retro is Good!!!  
I have also developed a stange fascination with trying to improve and detail Skytrex 1/200 WW2 stuff...it CAN be done to some satisfaction...of the "Now, THAT looks Better!" kind. They are easier to work with than 1/285 though ...and customer service is excellent also.
My massive leadpiles of 1/285 and 3mm armour are on hold for the foreseeable future! LOL!  
There is also the primal urge to actually build a plastic kit...though, nowadays, an Armourfast Sherman would be easier than an Airfix! But...then, you HAVE to add stowage...etc...
My personal circumstances...(family health problems), do not allow me the time or energy to persue much in the way of hobbytime. (Currently, none!). BUT, I still dream of ''I would like to do this...' and buy the damn stuff!!! lol!  
I would still recommend 10mm to anyone wanting to start up in the wargame field...it 'feels' about right...I cannot enthuse about a 'horde/phalanx/regiment' of maybe 10 figures...however much effort went into the painting! If you can do it...go for numbers and see the battle rather than the 'game'  

Started with Airfix like we all did I think then moved away from wargames and just played RPG's for years. Some chaps at a local club invited me to play in a 6mm French 1940 campaign so used 6mm exclusively for many years.The Crossfire ruleset appeared around the same time as we are one of our infrequent trips to Derby and saw the Wargames South Ranges and decided they would be ideal for the game. It was probably warmaster that convinced me that along with 6mm it was the scale to go with

Quote from: Heedless Horseman on 31 December 2018, 02:36:24 AM
I cannot enthuse about a 'horde/phalanx/regiment' of maybe 10 figures

On that Sir, I agree.

QuoteThus, I alighted upon 10mm, and have never been happier.

However, it brought you to this Forum, and now the same could not be said of us.

  bit harsh!

I kept circling like a moth to a naked flame... I am well browned now...

I stumbled on Scotia's 10 High ACW figures in the mid-80s.  It's been 10mm ever since. 

It was Warmaster

I'd bought Chariot  for ACW (in the 90s) because cheaper than 15mm (The Guardroom in Dunstable - remember that?)*
Very sparsely based (again, money)
Then Skytrex 1:200 for Rapid fire.
Tried demo of Warmaster in MK GW. Immediately hooked. Found 10mm on 40x20 bases perfect size.
Resurrected the WW2 stuff with Pendraken.
Then the ACW
And then Leon cast some sort of spell. (actually Stepson wanted a Roman Army for WM. I phoned, and was offered 'republican, early imperial etc' I said 'Hollywood' and the person at the other end- I assume Leon**, said "I know what you mean" and sent perfect WM army).

*My first army was from Guardroom - 1:300 Modern Dutch, 1989 I think.
** Because not all of us cower in terror and feel the need to call him "The Dark Lord"

The Guardroom, I was there as it closed! 

Known round here as 'The Cheeseshop'...

An accident in a revolving door   

Quote from: mad lemmey on 18 January 2019, 01:24:36 PM
The Guardroom, I was there as it closed! 

Known round here as 'The Cheeseshop'...

He was a miserable bugger though.

Saw an 18th century game at Carronade, just looked too damn cute not to get involved with them.  Despite yet another scale!

I must admit that C18th looks really good in 10mm. It was one of those situations where finding a set of rules that appealed spurred me to buy my first SYW army (and to sell off my small 15mm collection).

Bought 2 FPW army packs at Salute in the 90's as they satisfied my mass effect/paint job compulsion