Raymond Bull
United States
Massachusetts
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Over in the "Tags" thread Zeekhotep started discussing scale, and that wasn't what I started that thread for so I'm starting a new one to talk about scale in Mechaton games.
Zeek Hotep wrote:
Mini-fig(S) - mini-fig = human
Micro-fig+(S) - 7 plates = 6 feet
Micro-fig(S) - 5 plates = 6 feet
Two-plate(S) - 2 plates = 6 feet
Tile(S) - one tile or plate = 6 feet
Trophy(S) - one mini-fig trophy = human
Game-fig(S) - one Lego game figure = human
Nano(S) - any scale smaller than tile
Fleet(S) - a type of nano scale where the ships are one scale and the fighters and mechs are another.
You may have noticed that three of the scales that I listed are equal to "human" and not 6 feet. This is due to the shape limitations of the Lego figures. Try building a "scale" model of any SUV that can sit three people accross one row of seats in mini fig scale. Then put a mini-fig standing next to it. The mini-fig will just barely clear the hight of the scale wheel, where a 6 foot human would stand about the same hight as the SUV.
This is Zeekhotep's initial post positing some of the different scales possible.
Zeek Hotep wrote:
I reposted my list of scales on my blog right after posting it here. I added that I knew it was not complete. I even mentioned that Mechaton can be (and has been) played "non-Lego" in 1/144th scale. The list I made was of scales that can represent infantry or civilians using Lego elements. There are some I left off: three plate, four plate, six plate, and all the increments between seven plate and mini-fig. If you want to go larger you could use a technic figure or one of the other large scale Lego figures. If the scale you prefer is not one of those then you most likely are not using infantry in your games, or not representing them with Lego elements.
What scale do you prefer?
I'm not really sure I paid attention to scale until I started building microscale vehicles. And, no, we've never used infantry in our games.
Zeek Hotep wrote:
The photo in your flickr account with the three trucks that I commented on several days ago looks like its in 3 plate scale.
I measured them, and they're seven and a half plates high. If we go with the usual American bridge standard and say it's 13'6", that would make it 1.8' per plate. If we round up to 15' that makes it 2' per plate.
If you look at my 18 wheeler, that's 12 plates high. So 13'6" would be 1.125' per plate, and 15' would be 1.25' per plate.
